Brownfield land in Amber Valley: 67 sites on the register
Part of development land in Derbyshire — 596 sites across 9 councils.
Amber Valley Borough Council has published 67 brownfield sites in Amber Valley on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 261.5 hectares with an estimated capacity of 3,072 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Amber Valley register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Adventure Theme Park, Pit Lane, Heanor | 46.90 | — | permissioned |
| Former American Adventure Theme Park Pit Lane Shipley | 46.48 | 307 | permissioned |
| Land North of Denby | 40.42 | 720 | not yet |
| Land at Taylor Lane Loscoe | 9.92 | 250 | not yet |
| Former LB Plastics, Spanker Lane, Firs Works, Nether Heage | 9.04 | — | permissioned |
| Firs Works Spanker Lane Nether Heage | 9.03 | — | not yet |
| JG AMBERGATE LLP, Bullbridge Hill, Belper | 8.55 | — | permissioned |
| Land at Bullbridge Hill Ambergate | 8.20 | 143 | permissioned |
Source: Amber Valley Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 21 of the 67 sites (31%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 46 that do — the real total is higher.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Amber Valley register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 3,072 is what the council thinks Amber Valley’s register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
- Brownfield land register Amber Valley
- Development land in Amber Valley
- How much brownfield land is there in Amber Valley?
- Where can I build houses in Amber Valley?
- Amber Valley land availability assessment
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