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Previously Developed Land
There are various definitions
of previously developed land in use. For the purposes of this guidance (PPG 3:
Housing - 2000), such land is defined as follows:
Previously developed
land is that which is or was occupied by a permanent structure (excluding
agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed surface
infrastructure [1]. The definition covers the curtilage of the
development [2].
Previously developed land may occur in both built-up and rural settings. The
definition includes defence buildings and land used for mineral extraction and
waste disposal [3]
where provision for restoration has not been made through development control
procedures [4].
The definition excludes
land and buildings that are currently in use for agricultural or forestry
purposes, and land in built-up areas which has not been developed previously
(e.g. parks, recreation grounds, and allotments - even though these areas may
contain certain urban features such as paths, pavilions and other buildings).
Also excluded is land
that was previously developed but where the remains of any structure or
activity have blended into the landscape in the process of time (to the extent
that it can reasonably be considered as part of the natural surroundings), and
where there is a clear reason that could outweigh the re-use of the site - such
as its contribution to nature conservation - or it has subsequently been put to
an amenity use and cannot be regarded as requiring redevelopment [5].
Footnotes
1.
In other words, the urban land uses as defined by the DETR's Land-Use Change
Statistics (excluding 'urban land not previously developed'). See Annex B of Land
Use Change in England No 14, which is available at http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/luc14/index.htm.
2. The curtilage is defined as the area of land attached to a building. All of the land within the curtilage of the site (as defined above) will also be defined as previously developed.
However, this does
not mean that the whole area of the curtilage should therefore be redeveloped.
For example, where the footprint of a building only occupies a proportion of a
site of which the remainder is open land (such as at an airfield or a hospital)
the whole site should not normally be developed to the boundary of the
curtilage. The local planning authority should make a judgement about site layout
in this context, bearing in mind other planning considerations, such as
policies for the protection of open space and playing fields or development in
the countryside, how the site relates to the surrounding area, and requirements
for on-site open space, buffer strips, landscaped areas, etc.
3.
These land uses are in addition to the Land-Use Change Statistics 'urban'
groups.
4.
This relates to minerals and waste sites, which are to remain un-restored after
use because the planning permission allowing them did not include a restoration
condition. All other such sites will be restored to '
5.
The definition does not supersede or in any way change the policy in respect of
the redevelopment of major developed sites in the Green Belt set out in Annex C
to Planning Policy Guidance note 2: Green Belts.
This Definition is and extract from Planning
Policy Guidance Note 3: Housing (2000). For links go to PPG's.