Brownfield land in Elmbridge: 251 sites on the register
Part of development land in Surrey — 1,502 sites across 11 councils.
Elmbridge Borough Council has published 251 brownfield sites in Elmbridge on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 118.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 3,145 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Elmbridge register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rydens Enterprise School and Sixth Form College Hersham Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surr | 16.73 | — | permissioned |
| Hersham Place Technology Park, Molesey Road, KT12 4RZ | 4.18 | 173 | permissioned |
| Stompond Lane Sports Ground Stompond Lane Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1HF | 3.10 | — | permissioned |
| Imber Court Trading Estate Orchard Lane East Molesey Surrey KT8 0BY | 3.03 | — | permissioned |
| 30 Esher Place Avenue, Esher, KT10 8PZ | 2.79 | 52 | not yet |
| Walton Court, Station Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1NT | 2.78 | — | permissioned |
| Civic Centre, High Street, Esher, KT10 9SD | 2.71 | 300 | not yet |
| Haleon, St. Georges Avenue, Weybridge, KT13 0DE | 2.59 | 120 | not yet |
Source: Elmbridge Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 7 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. 148 of the 251 sites (59%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 103 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 Elmbridge 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. 3,145 is what the council thinks Elmbridge’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 Elmbridge
- Development land in Elmbridge
- How much brownfield land is there in Elmbridge?
- Where can I build houses in Elmbridge?
- Elmbridge land availability assessment
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