Brownfield land in Fenland: 60 sites on the register
Part of development land in Cambridgeshire — 627 sites across 6 councils.
Fenland District Council has published 60 brownfield sites in Fenland on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 128.4 hectares with an estimated capacity of 1,355 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Fenland register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nene Waterfront and Port, Wisbech | 65.91 | 300 | not yet |
| The College Of West Anglia Elm High Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire | 10.06 | 137 | permissioned |
| North and south of Eastrea Road, WHITTLESEY, PE7 2AF | 9.60 | 100 | not yet |
| Phase 2 Land North Of Potential House Tydd St Giles Golf And Leisure Centre, KIRKGATE, TYD | 4.45 | 50 | permissioned |
| Dennicks Yard Back Road Gorefield Cambridgeshire PE13 4PE | 3.90 | 14 | permissioned |
| Fenland Park, Lerowe Road, WISBECH, PE13 3QL | 2.75 | 83 | permissioned |
| Tydd St. Giles Golf & Leisure Centre, Kirkgate, Tydd St. Giles, WISBECH, PE13 5NZ | 2.75 | 37 | permissioned |
| Former Westhaven Nursery, Peterborough Road, WHITTLESEY, PE7 1PD | 2.66 | 68 | permissioned |
Source: Fenland District Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own.
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 Fenland 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. 1,355 is what the council thinks Fenland’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 Fenland
- Development land in Fenland
- How much brownfield land is there in Fenland?
- Where can I build houses in Fenland?
- Fenland land availability assessment
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