Unoccupied Urban Sites Register

Overview

Cabinet Office is updating the unoccupied urban sites register to help identify, monitor and unlock brownfield sites for redevelopment.

Why your views matter

In November 2018, Tynwald resolved to approve Recommendation 1 of the Tynwald Select Committee on the Development of Unoccupied Urban Sites. Recommendation 1 states that Cabinet Office should publish at regular intervals data on planning approvals given and taken up in brownfield and greenfield sites respectively. Further to this recommendation Cabinet Office published the Unoccupied Urban Sites Register: East (2020) which focused on Douglas and Onchan and updated the register in December 2022 to include the North, South and West.

Sites that were included on this register were eligible for consideration to receive funding from the infrastructure grant scheme run by the Department for Enterprise that offered financial support, by way of a grant and/or loan, towards development projects of up to 25% of eligible expenditure.

This consultation seeks suggestions for new sites to be included on the register and to receive comments on those sites that are already on the register to help inform a future update. 

Reasonable adjustments and alternative formats

The department is committed to equal opportunities and our aim is to make our documents easy to use and accessible to all.

We will take steps to accommodate any reasonable adjustments and provide such assistance as you may reasonably require to enable you to access or reply to this consultation. This consultation will include interactive maps with alternative ways to respond to ensure everyone is able to respond.

If you would like to receive this document in another format or need assistance with accessing or replying to this consultation, please email Ethan.grubb@gov.im or telephone +44 7624 285759.

Responding to this consultation

You can respond to this consultation online by clicking on the 'Online survey' link below.

Alternatively you can download a paper version of this consultation in the 'Related' section below and email it to Ethan.grubb@gov.im or post it to:

Planning Policy
Cabinet Office,
3rd Floor Government Office,
Bucks Road,
Douglas,
IM1 3PN