BROWNFIELD DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

• DCLG : The Planning System - Information & resources about the planning system
• The Planning Portal - Planning information & resources
• SAPLING: Architecture, Planning & Landscape Information Gateway - Planning and the built environment information & resources

• Brownfield Briefing - Regeneration & contaminated land journal & magazine
• Property Week - Regeneration & development journal & magazine
• Regen.net - Regeneration & development journal & magazine

• Build Store: Land 4 Developers - Development oportunities & sites database
• NLUD: National Land Use Database - Brownfield land database
• Plotfinder.net - Development opportunities & sites site
• UK Land Directory - Development oportunities & sites database

 

REGENERATION ORGANISATIONS & AGENCIES

• British Land Reclamation Society - Regeneration & remediation advice & resources
• BURA: British Urban Regeneration Association - Regeneration resources
• Development Trusts Association - Social & community development
• English Partnerships - National regeneration agency
• The Land Restoration Trust - Community lead public space regeneration partnership

 

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

• Urban Regeneration Companies - Delivering local regeneration

• Advantage West Midlands
• East of England Development Agency
• East Midlands Development Agency
• London Development Agency
• North West Development Agency
• One North East
• South East of England Development Agency
• South West of England Development Agency
• Yorkshire Forward

• Scottish Enterprise

• Welsh Assembly Government - Department of Business & Economy

 

LAND QUALITY SEARCH RESOURCES

• COPSO - Council Of Property Search Organisations - Industry body for property search

• Google Maps: online mapping - Mapping & satellite imagery

• BGS: Online Geomapping - Geological maps & information
• Coal Authority: Online Search - Coal workings search
• Emap: Data Search - Various maps & datasets
• Environment Agency: What's in my Backyard - Various environmental datasets
• HPA: Indicative Radon Atlas - Indicative radon mapping
• Land Registry: Title Deeds - Land ownership & records
• Line Search - Buried pipelines search
• Linewatch - Buried pipelines search
• NLIS: National Land Information Service - Various search information & datasets
• UK Radon: Dedicated Radon Risk Reports - Radon search

• Groundsure - Commercial environmental search provider
• Homecheck - Commercial environmental search provider
• Homecheck Pro - Commercial environmental search provider
• Landmark Information Group - Commercial environmental search & data provider

• Association for Industrial Archaeology - Historic records & archives
• Coal Mining History Resource Centre - Historical records & archive
• Francis Frith Photographic Collection - Historical photograph collection
• Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society - Historic records & archives
• The National Archives - Various historic records & archives

• Kelly's Trade Directory - Commercial directory
• Yell .com Trade Directory - Commercial directory

• The Conveyancing Report Agency - Commercial property search provider
• One Search Online - Commercial property search provider
• Professional Property Searches - Commercial property search provider
• Safemove - Commercial property search provider
• Whitbys Search Agency - Commercial property search provider

 

MAPPING, DATA & GIS RESOURCES

• The Bodleian Library Map Room - Various historic maps & records
• The British Library: Map Collections - Various maps & records
• The Data Locator - Various spatial datasets
• Genemaps Historic Map Archive - Various historic maps & records
• MAGIC - Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside - Various datasets
• UK Statistics Authority - Various spatial datasets
• Old Maps.co.uk - Selection of historic maps
• Ordnance Survey - National mapping provider

• Blue Sky: Aerial Photography and Mapping - Commercial aerial photography
• Getmapping: Aerial Photography and Mapping - Commercial aerial photography