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<p>The Housing White Paper set out the Government’s ambitious programme to bring brownfield
land back into use in England. We have already introduced a requirement for local
planning authorities to publish a statutory brownfield land register by the end of
2017, which will identify which previously developed sites are suitable for housing.
Local authorities will be able to grant permission in principle, on suitable sites
in their registers. This will provide early certainty about the suitability of sites
for housing-led development before detailed and often costly development proposals
need to be provided. Permission in principle will reduce risk for developers and improve
the efficiency of the planning process for the benefit of all users.</p><p>It is our
intention to introduce permission in principle by application for small sites later
in the year, and we expect this will be a particularly helpful tool for small and
medium sized builders developing on brownfield land.</p>
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