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Brownfield Sites

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 5 November 2025UIN 85707

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to publish an annual brownfield site audit for England.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Local planning authorities are required to maintain a register of brownfield sites that they have assessed as appropriate for residential development. My Department has no current plans to undertake an annual audit of such registers.

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