Brownfield land in New Forest: 72 sites on the register
Part of development land in Hampshire — 1,113 sites across 13 councils.
New Forest District Council has published 72 brownfield sites in New Forest on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 89.5 hectares with an estimated capacity of 2,966 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the New Forest register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site of the Former Fawley Power Station, Fawley | 49.00 | 1380 | not yet |
| Land at Eling Wharf, Totton | 15.00 | 400 | not yet |
| Land east of Caird Avenue (NMT4), New Milton | 2.30 | 48 | not yet |
| Land at Didgemere Nurseries, Lymington | 2.00 | 50 | not yet |
| Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington | 1.69 | 100 | not yet |
| Hythe & Dibden War Memorial Hospital, Beaulieu Road, Hythe | 1.50 | 22 | permissioned |
| Fernmount House & Centre, Forest Pines, New Milton | 1.10 | 49 | permissioned |
| Land east of Brokenford Lane, Totton | 0.90 | 45 | permissioned |
Source: New Forest 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 New Forest 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. 2,966 is what the council thinks New Forest’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 New Forest
- Development land in New Forest
- How much brownfield land is there in New Forest?
- Where can I build houses in New Forest?
- New Forest land availability assessment
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