Consultation on Brownfield Passports: Making the Most of Urban Land

Ensuring that local housing need is met firstly through the re-development of previously developed sites is a subject close to our heart we therefor welcome and support the Government’s ambition that development must look to Brownfield first and the proposals set out in this working paper. In our opinion the introduction of Brownfield Passports will make a significant contribution to bringing forward development on Previously Developed Land/Brownfield Sites.

To be most successful it is essential that these are ‘put together’ with inputs from local stakeholders including the local community. We do not a support a presumption in favour of brownfield land if it results in building in isolated, unsustainable locations in the countryside. We believe that any Brownfield Passports are therefore kept strictly under the control of the LPA in accordance with the Local Plan.