Brownfield land in Sheffield: 667 sites on the register
Part of development land in South Yorkshire — 1,097 sites across 4 councils.
Sheffield City Council has published 667 brownfield sites in Sheffield on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 370.1 hectares.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Sheffield register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Steins Tip, Station Road, Deepcar | 24.58 | — | permissioned |
| Bannerdale Centre & Park Site, Carter Knowle Road | 14.89 | — | permissioned |
| Former Oughtibridge Paper Mill, S35 0DN (Barnsley) | 13.30 | — | permissioned |
| Site Of Properties At Scowerdons Drive, Silkstone Road, Spa Brook Drive, Wickfield Close ( | 9.48 | — | not yet |
| Parson Cross College (SW) - Remington Rd/ Monteney Rd New Parson Cross Masterplan Area | 7.70 | — | permissioned |
| Site A Stocksbridge Steelworks | 6.80 | — | not yet |
| Manor Boot Houses | 6.61 | — | permissioned |
| Darnall Works | 6.51 | — | not yet |
Source: Sheffield City Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 1 further entry repeats the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. No site in Sheffield states a dwelling capacity on the register, so no capacity figure is shown.
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 Sheffield 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. The council has published no dwelling capacity for Sheffield, so the yield here is yours to establish.
- 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 Sheffield
- Development land in Sheffield
- How much brownfield land is there in Sheffield?
- Where can I build houses in Sheffield?
- Sheffield land availability assessment
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