Brownfield land in Bath & North East Somerset: 114 sites on the register
Part of development land in the West of England — 974 sites across 4 councils.
Bath and North East Somerset Council has published 114 brownfield sites in Bath & North East Somerset on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 86.9 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Bath & North East Somerset register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derelict Yard, Bath Old Road, Radstock | 8.80 | — | permissioned |
| Parcel 200, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton | 7.59 | — | permissioned |
| Bath Western Riverside, Bath (western) | 5.11 | — | permissioned |
| SB8 Bath Western Riverside, Bath (western) | 5.11 | — | permissioned |
| Eveleigh House, Grove Street, Bath, BA1 5LR | 5.00 | — | permissioned |
| Sion Hill | 2.90 | — | not yet |
| 37 Coombend, Radstock, BA3 3AN | 2.60 | — | permissioned |
| Co-Operative Store A, Wells Road, Westfield, BA3 3RQ | 2.52 | — | permissioned |
Source: Bath and North East Somerset Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 31 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Bath & North East Somerset states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
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 Bath & North East Somerset 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. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Bath & North East Somerset, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- 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 Bath & North East Somerset
- Development land in Bath & North East Somerset
- How much brownfield land is there in Bath & North East Somerset?
- Where can I build houses in Bath & North East Somerset?
- Bath & North East Somerset land availability assessment
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