Development land in West of England: 974 brownfield sites
The 4 planning authorities in the West of England have published 974 sites on their brownfield land registers — land the councils themselves assessed as suitable for housing. Together: about 852 hectares and an estimated 34,940 dwellings of capacity.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Which councils hold the land
Every authority publishes its register separately, so these totals exist nowhere else. Click a council for its full register.
| Authority | Sites | Hectares | Max dwellings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 582 | 317 | 23,740 |
| South Gloucestershire | 185 | 361 | 8,284 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | 114 | 87 | — |
| North Somerset | 93 | 87 | 2,916 |
Bristol and its three neighbouring unitary authorities.
Largest sites in West of England
| Site | Authority | Hectares | Max dwellings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Filton Airfield Filton | South Gloucestershire | 143.0 | 4830 |
| Hengrove Park Hengrove Way Bristol | Bristol | 50.8 | 1435 |
| Land At Cribbs Causeway Almondsbury Bristol South Gloucestershire BS10 7TE | South Gloucestershire | 43.9 | 408 |
| Land south of Herluin Way Weston-super-Mare | North Somerset | 25.3 | 750 |
| Land At The North Of The Railway East Of Harry Stoke Bradley Stoke Bristol South | South Gloucestershire | 23.1 | 327 |
| Derelict Yard, Bath Old Road, Radstock | Bath & North East Somerset | 8.8 | — |
| Blackberry Hill Hospital Manor Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 2EW | Bristol | 8.6 | 346 |
| Former School Site Hawkfield Road Bristol | Bristol | 8.1 | 350 |
| Parcel 200, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton | Bath & North East Somerset | 7.6 | — |
| Golden Valley Mill Bath Road Bitton BS30 6HJ | South Gloucestershire | 7.4 | — |
| Plot ND6 Temple Quay North Temple Gate Bristol | Bristol | 7.4 | — |
| Hengrove Leisure Park Hengrove Way Bristol BS14 0HR | Bristol | 7.0 | 350 |
Source: the councils’ own brownfield land registers, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 76 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. 424 of the 974 sites (44%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 550 that do — the real total is higher.
Before you get attached to one
A register entry is not planning permission and not an offer to sell. It records that the council thinks housing could work there. Whether the owner agrees is a separate conversation, and whether a scheme gets approved is a third.
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else.
- The dwelling figure is the council’s opinion. 34,940 across West of England is a planning-policy estimate, not a set of designs.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid tells you what actually sold; work the residual land value from there.
- England has no zoning. The Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable, application by application.
How to read a register entry properly → · Five ways to find UK development land →
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