Environment Bill

[Helian]

Developers should be forced to redevelop brownfield first but for obvious financial reasons prefer "not previously developed" land (I will avoid the phrase Greenfield as that has specific connotations). Purchasers also prefer less costly new homes on not previously developed land.

Planning Inspectorate can also force local authorities to grant planning permission on not previously developed land. So between a rock and a hard place....

[JennyMorgan]

Regarding industrial contamination, already mentioned, perhaps there is a case for substantial government grants in order to encourage the use of brownfield sites.  We have acres and acres of contaminated brownfield sites besides Lowestoft Harbour, not only that but there is a mile or more of breathtakingly expensive iron shuttering that needs replacing before any building work can commence.  That, and the huge cost of asbestos removal, makes for very, very expensive building land when compared with greenfield sites.