Brownfield land in Dacorum: 41 sites on the register
Part of development land in Hertfordshire — 582 sites across 10 councils.
Dacorum Borough Council has published 41 brownfield sites in Dacorum on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 71.9 hectares with an estimated capacity of 3,195 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Dacorum register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemel Hempstead Hospital site Hillfield Road | 11.71 | 400 | not yet |
| Former Sappi Nash Mills | 6.67 | 38 | permissioned |
| West Herts College site and Civic Zone Marlowes | 5.70 | 500 | permissioned |
| Caddington Hall, Markyate | 4.65 | 10 | not yet |
| Hemel Hempstead Station Gateway Station Road | 4.32 | 140 | not yet |
| National Grid land 339-353 London Road Hemel Hempstead | 4.32 | 350 | not yet |
| Bourne End Mills Bourne End Lane | 3.98 | 45 | permissioned |
| Chipperfield Garden Centre, Chipperfield | 3.22 | 71 | not yet |
Source: Dacorum Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 1 further entry repeats the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once.
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 Dacorum 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. 3,195 is what the council thinks Dacorum’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 Dacorum
- Development land in Dacorum
- How much brownfield land is there in Dacorum?
- Where can I build houses in Dacorum?
- Dacorum land availability assessment
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