Brownfield land register


Last updated December 2025

Brownfield land registers provide information on sites we consider appropriate for residential development having regard to the criteria set out in Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017.

Local planning authorities are required to prepare and maintain a register of previously developed land that;

  • is at least 0.25 hectares or is capable of supporting 5 dwellings
  • is suitable for residential development
  • is available for residential development
  • is achievable for residential development (in the next 15 years)

‘Brownfield land’ is defined in Annex 2 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012) as;

'Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure, including the curtilage of the developed land (although it should not be assumed that the whole of the curtilage should be developed) and any associated fixed surface infrastructure. This excludes: land that is or has been occupied by agricultural or forestry buildings; land that has been developed for minerals extraction or waste disposal by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through development control procedures; land in built-up areas such as private residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds and allotments; and land that was previously-developed but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface structure have blended into the landscape in the process of time.'

Inclusion of a site on the resister can trigger a grant of permission in principle, which you can find out more about on the government website, for residential development for sites in our registers where they follow the procedures required as part of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 on the government website.

The Register

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) brownfield land register for the North York Moors National Park (CSV file)

The North York Moors National Park Brownfield Land Register (open data source from data.gov.uk)

Map of the Brownfield Sites Register


Submit a site for the brownfield land register

If you would like to find out more about the sites, or would like to submit a new site for consideration or suggest changes to the register contact our Planning Policy Team at policy@northyorkmoors.org.uk

Please include an outline plan of the site and any details of the availability and suitability of the site for development.

The site must be mostly brownfield, and capable of supporting five or more dwellings or be at least 0.25 hectares in size. Sites should be suitable for residential use and free from constraints that cannot be mitigated. Where a brownfield site is subject to an allocation for a use other than housing in an up-to-date local plan and there is compelling evidence supporting that allocation, it is unlikely that the site would be regarded as being suitable for housing.

You can find further information about brownfield registers on:


Last updated: 21 Oct 2026

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