Brownfield land in Croydon: 552 sites on the register
Part of development land in Greater London — 6,119 sites across 33 councils.
London Borough of Croydon has published 552 brownfield sites in Croydon on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 163.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 33,576 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Croydon register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitgift Centre, North End | 8.80 | 1000 | not yet |
| Croydon University Hospital Site, London Road | 8.17 | 290 | not yet |
| Valley Park (B&Q and Units A-G Daniell Way), Hesterman Way | 6.75 | 641 | not yet |
| Morrisons Supermarket, 500 Purley Way | 4.57 | 1028 | not yet |
| Coombe Farm, Oaks Road | 3.99 | 90 | not yet |
| Tesco, 2 Purley Road | 3.81 | 990 | not yet |
| Homebase & Matalan stores, 60-66 Purley Way | 2.84 | 482 | not yet |
| Stubbs Mead Depot, Factory Lane | 2.71 | 440 | not yet |
Source: London Borough of Croydon brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 18 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. 1 of the 552 sites (0%) states no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 551 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 Croydon 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. 33,576 is what the council thinks Croydon’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 Croydon
- Development land in Croydon
- How much brownfield land is there in Croydon?
- Where can I build houses in Croydon?
- Croydon land availability assessment
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