Brownfield land in Erewash: 140 sites on the register
Part of development land in Derbyshire — 596 sites across 9 councils.
Erewash Borough Council has published 140 brownfield sites in Erewash on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 95.4 hectares with an estimated capacity of 2,830 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Erewash register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Regeneration Site, Former Stanton Ironworks Site, Lows Lane, Stanton By Dale, Derb | 47.00 | 1000 | not yet |
| Ormiston Academy, Bennerley Avenue - Cotmanhay site | 3.60 | 106 | permissioned |
| Gardner Aerospace, Cotmanhay Road, Cotmanhay Road, Ilkeston Aerospace, Derbyshire, DE7 8LL | 2.43 | 75 | permissioned |
| Former Railway Cutting near Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8ES | 2.09 | — | not yet |
| Bennett Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire | 1.91 | 109 | permissioned |
| Former Britannia and Portland Mills, Bennett Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 4HH | 1.85 | 109 | permissioned |
| Booths Industrial Estate, Awsworth Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8HX | 1.81 | — | not yet |
| The former Stadium Industrial Park, Springfield Avenue, Station Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshi | 1.78 | 54 | not yet |
Source: Erewash 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 Erewash records an area that cannot be right (the register's hectares column sometimes holds square metres) and is left out of the hectare total. 12 of the 140 sites (9%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 128 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 Erewash 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. 2,830 is what the council thinks Erewash’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 Erewash
- Development land in Erewash
- How much brownfield land is there in Erewash?
- Where can I build houses in Erewash?
- Erewash land availability assessment
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