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English translation: land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be*

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English term or phrase:	brownfield
English translation:	land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be*
Entered by:	Jenni Lukac

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20:38 Oct 10, 2011

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English term or phrase: brownfield

the same as barracks?

singlish

land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be*

Explanation:
*land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste or pollution and has the potential to be reused once it is cleaned up.
That's how I know the term. More info: http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/story-news-department_techn...

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4 +8

land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be*

Jenni Lukac

4 +3

Land previously built upon (UK)

B D Finch

describes an area of land in a town or city that was previously used for industry and where new buil

oraki

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peer agreement (net): +8

land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be*

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 21:56
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English
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree

Jack Doughty

11 mins

-> Thanks, Jack.

agree

Joshua Wolfe: In North America, almost always means the site has some contamination in soils.

16 mins

-> Thanks, Joshua.

agree

Charles Davis

30 mins

-> Thanks, Charles.

agree

LaraBarnett

35 mins

-> Thanks, Lara.

agree

jccantrell: Yep, not exactly a designation you aspire to for building your apartment complex.

1 hr

-> Thanks, JC. I agree that while it's not Strawberry Fields, some of what's underground may be forever . . .

agree

Liz Broomfield

8 hrs

-> Thanks, Liz.

agree

Phong Le

14 hrs

-> Thanks, Phong. People are totally crazy here this week. It's a little like living in Texas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQbqq86_Mlg

agree

nmgough

162 days

-> Blast from the past. Thanks!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Land previously built upon (UK)

Explanation:
Having spent some years doing housing development in the UK, this was an everday, common or garden term, simply used in opposition to greenfield. The previous development could have been housing, community use buildings, industrial, hospital sites etc. and did not necessarily involve pollution, though one always checked rather more than with greenfield sites (one needs to check greenfield sites for possible sources of pollution as well). A polluted greenfield site, does not get reclassified as a brownfield site.

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UK government policy, especially since the 1990s has encouraged brownfield site development to control urban sprawl, protect farmland and natural sites and to reduce derelict sites. Extra costs of brownfield development include the higher incidence of contamination to be remediated, but also include land prices, site access problems, demolition of existing structures, smaller economies of scale, boundary issues etc.

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NB. As the term "brownfield" has specific meaning in UK planning law, it is worth noting that this meaning is subject to change with legislation, as with the recent change excluding gardens (previously classified as brownfield).

"28 Feb 2011 - Planning Law Reform. 16. Stephen Phillips .... The Government have already changed the definition of brownfield sites to exclude gardens ... "
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/c...

"Brownfield and greenfield land

Previously developed land or brownfield land is land that is, or was, previously occupied by a permanent structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings) and associated fixed surface infrastructure.

The definition also covers the curtilage of the development, that is the area of land attached to a building - including gardens. For a detailed definition see Planning policy guidance 3 - housing.

Greenfield land

Greenfield land is land that has never been built on or where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape over time. Greenfield land should not be confused with green belt land. Green belt is a term for land around cities and large built-up areas left permanently open or largely undeveloped.

The government target is that by 2008, 60% of additional housing in England should be provided in previously developed land (brownfield land) or by re-using existing buildings. It is expected that at least 99% of housing completions in Wolverhampton in future years will be on previously developed land."
http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/environment/land_premises/br...

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

9 days confidence:

describes an area of land in a town or city that was previously used for industry and where new buil

Explanation:
describes an area of land in a town or city that was previously used for industry and where new buildings can be built

Example sentence(s):

Planners are committed to developing the city's brownfield sites before granting permission to build on the rural outskirts

oraki
Local time: 00:26
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian)

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Oct 24, 2011 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
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