Brownfield land in Hull: 87 sites on the register
Hull City Council has published 87 brownfield sites in Hull on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 40.3 hectares with an estimated capacity of 3,455 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Hull register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kedrum Road, Southcoates Lane, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H329, HU9 5UT | 5.17 | 162 | permissioned |
| Land north and south of Portobello Road, south of Marfleet Lane, west of Bilton Grove, Hul | 4.16 | 142 | permissioned |
| Land to East and West of Marfleet Avenue, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H331, HU9 5UT | 3.71 | 129 | permissioned |
| Land at former David Lister School, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H36, HU9 2PR | 3.50 | 82 | permissioned |
| Land east of Hawthorn Avenue, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H367, HU3 6HE | 3.00 | 187 | permissioned |
| Humber Quays, South of Wellington Street West, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H372, HU | 1.68 | 200 | not yet |
| Land north of Maybury Road (former Maybury School), Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H32 | 1.66 | 55 | permissioned |
| 173 to 187 Cottingham Road, Hull Local Plan Housing Allocation H226, HU5 2EG | 1.01 | 35 | not yet |
Source: Hull City Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 2 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 Hull 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. 3,455 is what the council thinks Hull’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
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