Brownfield land in Melton: 60 sites on the register
Part of development land in Leicestershire — 375 sites across 8 councils.
Melton Borough Council has published 60 brownfield sites in Melton on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 64.0 hectares with an estimated capacity of 975 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Melton register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Snow Hill; Melton Mowbray | 9.61 | 240 | not yet |
| War Memorial Hospital; Ankle Hill; Melton Mowbray | 6.00 | — | permissioned |
| Site of former King Edward VII School site, Burton Road, Melton Mowbray | 5.67 | 137 | permissioned |
| Site of former King Edward VII School site and playing fields; Burton Road; Melton Mowbray | 5.52 | — | permissioned |
| Land to the south of Welby Road A6006 Roundabout; Asfordby Hill | 5.11 | — | not yet |
| Sandy Lane Poultry Farm Sandy Lane Melton Mowbray | 3.83 | 30 | permissioned |
| Spinney Campus - Brooksby Melton College, Melton Road | 3.63 | 70 | permissioned |
| Former Millway Foods Premises, Colston Lane, Harby | 3.12 | — | permissioned |
Source: Melton Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 10 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. 33 of the 60 sites (55%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 27 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 Melton 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. 975 is what the council thinks Melton’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 Melton
- Development land in Melton
- How much brownfield land is there in Melton?
- Where can I build houses in Melton?
- Melton land availability assessment
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