Brownfield land in Stoke-on-Trent: 353 sites on the register
Part of development land in Staffordshire — 920 sites across 9 councils.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has published 353 brownfield sites in Stoke-on-Trent on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 279.6 hectares with an estimated capacity of 12,756 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Stoke-on-Trent register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Trentham Lakes, Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-on-Trent | 13.50 | — | permissioned |
| Wedgwood Estate (Employment), Wedgwood Drive, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST12 9ER | 11.77 | — | permissioned |
| Staffordshire University, Land off Lordship Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2YJ | 9.40 | 716 | permissioned |
| Land between Huntilee Road and Scotia Road, Scotia Road, Tunstall | 9.20 | 258 | not yet |
| Edensor Technology School, Edensor Road, Longton | 8.91 | 250 | not yet |
| North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LN | 8.75 | 236 | not yet |
| Former Bucknall Hospital site, Eaves Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8LD | 8.75 | 2 | permissioned |
| Mitchell High School, Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, ST2 9EY. | 8.55 | 243 | not yet |
Source: Stoke-on-Trent City Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own. 69 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. 123 of the 353 sites (35%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 230 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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. 12,756 is what the council thinks Stoke-on-Trent’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 Stoke-on-Trent
- Development land in Stoke-on-Trent
- How much brownfield land is there in Stoke-on-Trent?
- Where can I build houses in Stoke-on-Trent?
- Stoke-on-Trent land availability assessment
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