The former Stanton Ironworks site is currently allocated (zoned) in our ‘Erewash Borough Saved Planning Policies (July 2008)’ document under Employment Policy E4. This means we see the site as a major centre of regeneration for employment purposes, to serve the Borough and the wider region.
The Stanton site is ‘Brownfield land’. This means that the site currently contains existing development or has previously been developed on and is now derelict.
The Government want to ensure that we use our Brownfield land as efficiently as possible for development purposes. This is to take the pressure off having to use too much ‘Greenfield land’ instead.
Greenfield land is land which has not previously been developed on, such as agricultural fields and woodland, for example.
Part of the Stanton site has been derelict for many years, with no-one coming forward to redevelop it. We decided that it was our responsibility to find out what the main problems were with the site and what we could do to help. Unless we did this, the site would remain derelict and under-used. This is not acceptable for Brownfield land as it means that we may have to use Greenfield land instead.