Written Question · S2W-23929 · Session 2
What plans it has to encourage the redevelopment of urban brownfield sites, in particular through the creation of affordable housing.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage the redevelopment of urban brownfield sites, in particular through the creation of affordable housing.
The answer
The Executive has a range ofpolicies and programmes in place to encourage the redevelopment of urban brownfieldsites for affordable housing and other uses.
National planning policy generallyencourages the reuse of previously developed land in preference to greenfield development.More specifically, Scottish Planning Policy on Planning for Housing (SPP3) statesthat where brownfield land is available, planning authorities should normally directnew housing to such land in preference to greenfield sites. SPP3 and Planning Advice Note 74 also enable planningauthorities to seek a proportion of affordable housing within most housing developments,where there is evidence of a shortage of affordable housing.
Asfar as the Executive’s own housing investment is concerned, over the three years 2002-05 an average of 79% of newbuild development supported by Communities Scotland has been on brownfield land. The Executive is also providing funding specificallyto encourage the redevelopment of brownfield sites. £20 million is being made availableto local authorities over the period 2005-08 to help them tackle contaminated landissues. The Executive has also allocated £24 million for 2006-08 through the Vacantand Derelict Land Fund for the remediation of land in Glasgow, Dundee, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire – areas with the most significant levels of deprivationand vacant and derelict land.
In addition to the above, ourFebruary 2006 Regeneration Policy Statement, People and Place, outlines our commitmentto take a range of actions to tackle land issues which can sometimes inhibit regeneration.
National planning policy generallyencourages the reuse of previously developed land in preference to greenfield development.More specifically, Scottish Planning Policy on Planning for Housing (SPP3) statesthat where brownfield land is available, planning authorities should normally directnew housing to such land in preference to greenfield sites. SPP3 and Planning Advice Note 74 also enable planningauthorities to seek a proportion of affordable housing within most housing developments,where there is evidence of a shortage of affordable housing.
Asfar as the Executive’s own housing investment is concerned, over the three years 2002-05 an average of 79% of newbuild development supported by Communities Scotland has been on brownfield land. The Executive is also providing funding specificallyto encourage the redevelopment of brownfield sites. £20 million is being made availableto local authorities over the period 2005-08 to help them tackle contaminated landissues. The Executive has also allocated £24 million for 2006-08 through the Vacantand Derelict Land Fund for the remediation of land in Glasgow, Dundee, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire – areas with the most significant levels of deprivationand vacant and derelict land.
In addition to the above, ourFebruary 2006 Regeneration Policy Statement, People and Place, outlines our commitmentto take a range of actions to tackle land issues which can sometimes inhibit regeneration.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-23929 by reference.