Brownfield Passport
Brownfield Passport is a term used by the UK government in a call for evidence to look at how to accelerate building in urban areas. It is part of the Labour government’s brownfield first approach to deliver homes in the areas people need amounting to 1.5 million homes during their Parliament term. The term and associated proposals aim to support and expedite approval of urban sites, such as car parks.
As signalled in the National Planning Policy Framework consultation, the government is taking further steps toward the introduction of an effective ‘brownfield passport’ to ensure where proposals meet design and quality standards, the default answer is yes. A call for evidence will be launched on options to further increase certainty in relation to brownfield development. These will include bold proposals that provide far greater clarity as to the principle, scale, and form of brownfield development with a view to lowering the risk, cost and uncertainty associated with securing planning permissions.
For further information see the policy paper 'Planning Reform Working Paper: Brownfield Passport' dated September 2024.'
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