Brownfield land in Doncaster: 243 sites on the register
Part of development land in South Yorkshire — 1,097 sites across 4 councils.
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has published 243 brownfield sites in Doncaster on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 527.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 625 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Doncaster register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site Of Former Rossington Colliery, West End Lane, New Rossington | 51.70 | — | permissioned |
| Site Of Former Rossington Colliery, West End Lane, New Rossington | 49.04 | — | permissioned |
| Former McCormick Tractors International, Wheatley Hall Road, Wheatley | 41.41 | — | permissioned |
| Former McCormick Tractors International, Wheatley Hall Road, Wheatley, Doncaster, DN2 4PG | 40.65 | — | permissioned |
| Informal Land, Eden Grove, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, DN4 0DA | 32.09 | — | permissioned |
| Kirk Street/Ramsden Road/Eden Grove | 21.30 | — | permissioned |
| Site At Former Yorkshire Main Colliery , Broomhouse Lane, Balby | 17.60 | — | not yet |
| Former Yorkshire Main Colliery Tip Site, Lords Head Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9LP | 16.99 | — | permissioned |
Source: Doncaster Metropolitan 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 site in Doncaster records an area that cannot be right (the register's hectares column sometimes holds square metres) and is left out of the hectare total. 5 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. 230 of the 243 sites (95%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 13 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 Doncaster 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. 625 is what the council thinks Doncaster’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 Doncaster
- Development land in Doncaster
- How much brownfield land is there in Doncaster?
- Where can I build houses in Doncaster?
- Doncaster land availability assessment
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