Land to promote at the edge of towns

Open land of 0.5 ha or more just outside a built-up area, with no planning application in the last ten years. It is the land a promoter could put forward when a council calls for sites.

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  1. 0.5 ha or more just outside a built-up area
  2. Open
  3. No planning application on record
  4. Outside national parks
PinvinWychavon Site size20.0 ha (49 acres)Distance to built-up areaAdjoiningApplications on the site0Local plan age11 yearsHousing Delivery Test103%Road frontage3 m Open this site on the map

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The council's housing position
The Housing Delivery Test result, the age of the local plan, and homes added a year against the number the council needs.
The edge of the settlement
Distance to the built-up area, the green belt share, and the addresses already on the land.
Who holds it
The kind of owner, from HM Land Registry: a company, a council, a housing association or a private owner.

Why these rules

Land a promoter could put forward when a council calls for sites: the edge of a settlement with no planning application in the last ten years. National parks and the Broads are left out: national policy refuses major development there other than in exceptional circumstances and limits the scale of the rest (NPPF, August 2026, N4); set National park to Any under Constraints to include them. Woodland is left out.

Sites from the search

Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.

Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.

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