A register of all brownfield sites in Leicester assessed as appropriate for residential development. The data is formatted in accordance with Regulation 18(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 and is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.
Use Cases
- Identify potential residential development sites based on brownfield land assessments.
- Analyze land use planning permissions (full, outline, permission in principle) for specific sites.
- Support policy compliance and reporting related to brownfield land registers.
Strengths
- Data is structured according to a specific UK statutory regulation (Regulation 18(2) of the 2017 Brownfield Land Register Regulations).
- Includes sites with and without planning permission, providing a complete view of assessed land.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Assessed and compiled as part of statutory brownfield land register requirements.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Leicester, United Kingdom