To encourage the use of previously occupied or contaminated land and avoid land which has not been previously disturbed.

• Avoid the use of greenfield land thereby reducing the environmental impact of the development.
• Regeneration provides social and economic benefits to the development and the surrounding local community.
• Remediation removes threats to health and safety, and enables land, to be improved that would otherwise be left.

Brownfield redevelopment not only cleans up environmental health hazards and eyesores, but also stimulates community regeneration, particularly when communities have an input into the consultation process. The reclamation and reuse of previously developed sites also aligns with UK Government policies to increase the uptake of brownfield land, and allows the preservation of existing biodiversity by reducing reliance on greenfield land.