End of 2017 reasonable target for brownfield land registers

Date: 31/3/2017

Local planning authorities have until the end of the year to prepare new registers of brownfield land suitable for housing development. The new rules come into force from 15 April.

Graham Jones, Community Infrastructure Levy and infrastructure planning specialist at the Planning Officers Society, told Planning magazine: "It is a relief that we will be given a reasonable amount of time to get this up and running."

Jones said: "Local authorities will already have quite a lot of information on these sites, but it will require a bit more work to pick up the smaller ones."

Graham Jones