{"entry-date":"","start-date":"","end-date":"","collection":"brownfield-land","dataset":"brownfield-land","description":"land that has been previously been developed","name":"Brownfield land","plural":"Brownfield land","prefix":"","text":"This dataset contains a register of Brownfield land sites in England that are suitable to be added to the Brownfield land register. \n\nEach site references the following categories:\n\n* [ownership-status](/dataset/ownership-status)\n* [planning-permission-status](/dataset/planning-permission-status)\n* [planning-permission-type](/dataset/planning-permission-type)\n* [site-category](/dataset/site-category)\n\nIt can be used for:\n<ul>\n<li>informing planning policies</li>\n<li>identifying suitable sites for residential and other development</li>\n<li>encouraging private investment</li>\n<li>accelerating housing construction by providing clear, publicly available information on previously developed land with development potential</li>\n</ul>","typology":"geography","wikidata":"Q896586","wikipedia":"Brownfield_land","entities":"","themes":["development"],"entity-count":{"dataset":"brownfield-land","count":38234},"paint-options":{"type":"point","colour":"#745729"},"attribution":"crown-copyright","attribution-text":"© Crown copyright and database right 2026","licence":"ogl3","licence-text":"Licensed under the [Open Government Licence v.3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).","consideration":"brownfield-land","github-discussion":28,"entity-minimum":1700000,"entity-maximum":1799999,"phase":"live","realm":"dataset","replacement-dataset":"","version":""}