Strategic land over 10 ha
Open land of more than 10 ha within 250 m of a built-up area, with 10 addresses or fewer on it. Sites over half in flood zone 3, a wildlife designation or ancient woodland are left out.
44,037 sites fit this search today
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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What the search looks for
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Open the search- Over 10 ha
- Open
- 10 addresses or fewer
- Within 250 m of a built-up area
- Outside national parks, green space and common land
On every site
- 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
Over half the site in flood zone 3, a wildlife designation or ancient woodland is left out; less is a question of layout on 10 ha or more. A farmhouse and its cottages are allowed; a hamlet or an estate inside the outline is left out (at most 10 addresses).
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.
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Kirton in Lindsey14.7 ha
North Lincolnshire
Distance to built-up area 4 mAddresses on the site 0
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Stewartby96.3 ha
Bedford
Distance to built-up area AdjoiningAddresses on the site 7
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Maghull16.5 ha
Sefton
Distance to built-up area AdjoiningAddresses on the site 3
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Ruskington23.9 ha
North Kesteven
Distance to built-up area AdjoiningAddresses on the site 0
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Whitchurch44.4 ha
Basingstoke and Deane
Distance to built-up area 24 mAddresses on the site 5
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Kelvedon12.0 ha
Braintree
Distance to built-up area AdjoiningAddresses on the site 1
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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