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brownfield
1[ broun-feeld ]
noun
- an industrial or commercial site that is idle or underused because of real or perceived environmental pollution.
Brownfield
2[ broun-feeld ]
noun
- a city in NW Texas.
brownfield
/ ˈʊˌھː /
noun
- modifier denoting or located in an urban area that has previously been built on
Hampshire has many brownfield developments
brownfield
/ broun′ŧ′ /
- A piece of industrial or commercial property that is abandoned or underused and often environmentally contaminated, especially one considered as a potential site for redevelopment.
- Compare greenfield
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of brownfield1
Example Sentences
Under the government's new planning framework previously developed land - known as "brownfield" sites - will be prioritised for new homes.
Ebbsfleet Garden City has been under development since 2015 and is being built across 2,500 acres of brownfield land in the Thames Estuary.
Responding to such fears, Pennycook told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was "somewhat mystified" by this interpretation, saying CPOs would be used "far more often" for regenerating brownfield - or previously developed - land.
Plans have now been announced for more than 950 homes, a new community centre, shops, offices, gardens and play areas, on what is one of London's largest brownfield sites.
It added that there were "no suitable brownfield sites in east Suffolk" for the substations.
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