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Derelict Land

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she has plans to change the definition of brownfield land. (123029)

No. We published new Planning Policy Statement 3: “Housing” last November and this includes the up-to-date definition. PPS3 gives local authorities greater flexibility to decide what kinds of land are most appropriate for development in their area.