Member

While I completely support the underlying objective of Amendments 96 and 118, a legal duty to allocate brownfield land before greenfield land in local plans would represent an overly rigid approach. It could mean that councils are forced to allocate poorly located or unviable brownfield sites before well-located greenfield sites. The Government have now proposed options for a brownfield passport to help ensure that the default answer to suitable proposals is yes. We are now considering the views received to decide what further action could be taken to support development of brownfield land, including as part of further reforms to national planning policy.