Brownfield land in Forest of Dean: 81 sites on the register
Part of development land in Gloucestershire — 385 sites across 6 councils.
Forest of Dean District Council has published 81 brownfield sites in Forest of Dean on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 50.7 hectares with an estimated capacity of 2,053 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Forest of Dean register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowfield Works Lydbrook | 7.75 | 45 | not yet |
| Steam Mills Rd Northern Quarter Cinderford | 6.80 | 195 | permissioned |
| Pine End Works Harbour Road Lydney | 4.82 | 30 | not yet |
| Lydney Rd Whitecroft | 3.47 | 35 | not yet |
| Station Street Cinderford | 2.91 | 120 | not yet |
| Adjacent to Enterprise Centre Valley Road Former Employment Centre Cinderford | 2.17 | 45 | permissioned |
| Bradley Court Rd Mitcheldean | 1.74 | 50 | not yet |
| Former Rothdean Main Road Lydbrook | 1.58 | 45 | not yet |
Source: Forest of Dean District Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 36 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.
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 Forest of Dean 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. 2,053 is what the council thinks Forest of Dean’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 Forest of Dean
- Development land in Forest of Dean
- How much brownfield land is there in Forest of Dean?
- Where can I build houses in Forest of Dean?
- Forest of Dean land availability assessment
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