Land with lapsed planning permission
Sites where a planning permission passed its time limit with no start or later approval on record. The council has said yes here before; a new application would face today's policy.
19,527 sites fit this search today
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
A land search, from the first words to a shortlist
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What the search looks for
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Open the search- Time limit passed, with no start or later approval on record
On every site
- The decision
- What was approved or refused, when, for how many homes, and the date a permission runs out.
- The council's record
- Each application links to its page on Plota and from there to the council's own record.
- The land itself
- Size, constraints, the kind of owner and the last sale on record.
Why these rules
Council planning registers. A permission must be begun within 3 years in England and 5 in Wales (Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s.91). A start needs only a material operation, such as digging a foundation trench (s.56), and is not registered, so look for a start on site before relying on a lapse. A permission counts as lapsed six months after its time limit.
A new application would face today's policy, including biodiversity net gain.
Sites from the search
Some of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.
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North Walsham0.84 ha
North Norfolk
Permission time limit 21 Apr 2024Homes in the permission 77
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Cressing1.69 ha
Braintree
Permission time limit 14 Mar 2026Homes in the permission 35
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Abbas and Templecombe2.70 ha
Somerset
Permission time limit 4 Aug 2024Homes in the permission 49
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Bishop Auckland8.70 ha
Durham
Permission time limit 13 Jun 2025Homes in the permission 123
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Widnes0.63 ha
Halton
Permission time limit 17 Oct 2025Homes in the permission 42
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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