Housing Land Availability Schedule 2012 - Fylde Borough Council

Greenfield/Brownfield CompletionsGreenfield sites are those that have not been previously developed. Conversely,brownfield sites are those that have been developed in the past, such as derelictsites and redundant buildings. Brownfield sites accounted for only 93% of housingcompletions during 2011/12 as shown in the following table:Ratio of Completions on Greenfield/Brownfield SitesYear Greenfield % Brownfield %2003/04 95 67% 47 33%2004/05 111 32% 174 68%2005/06 67 52% 63 48%2006/07 79 47% 89 53%2007/08 41 10% 354 90%2008/09 34 11% 271 89%2009/10 32 22% 113 78%2010/11 26 23% 89 77%2011/12 10 7% 131 93%This year’s figure continues the trend of the last year as brownfield development isonce again higher than greenfield.Housing Density on Completed SitesPPS3 on Housing states that local authorities should avoid the inefficient use ofland. PPS3 was replaced by the NPPF on 27 th March 2012. Paragraph 58 refers tooptimising the potential of the site to accommodate development. To do this, closeattention must be paid to the densities achieved on new housing developments,avoiding those developments which make inefficient use of land (those less than 30dwellings per hectare) and encouraging housing developments which make moreefficient use of land (between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare).Of the completions this year 30% were less than 30 dwellings per hectare, 61%were between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare and 9% were greater than 50dwellings per hectare.3