Brownfield

Word BROWNFIELD
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What do we mean by brownfield?

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. noun

A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing noun

A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing

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The word "brownfield" in example sentences

In future, residential gardens will no longer be classified as 'brownfield' - the same category as urban industrial wasteland. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The entire swath is a "brownfield" - contaminated, but available for redevelopment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tesla is now especially interested in moving the planned facility to a "brownfield" - such as an old site for chipmaking in Silicon Valley or land left over from the aeronautics industry in Southern California - that can be rehabilitated and built upon instead, as the intends to finance construction (or at another site, retooling) of the facility favors projects on brownfields (two birds, one stone: environmental cleanup and cleantech development). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other targeted tax credits marked for phaseout include ones for so-called brownfield redevelopments, battery manufacturers and other businesses. ❋ Kate Linebaugh (2011)

When it comes to attracting auto plants, cities have a lousy batting average: in the last decade just one in 10 has been built on so-called brownfield urban sites. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You read of -- a brownfield is a place almost always in a city where people used to make money and they left and it's now polluted and people can't afford to go in and make money there again. ❋ ITY National Archives (1997)

Nick Johnson, deputy chief executive of Urbansplash, one of the key players in the regeneration, calls the brownfield policies "very important". ❋ Geoffrey Lean (2011)

The group, California Coaltion for a Worker's Memorial Day, asked that the electric car company take their time and carefully weigh the consequences of building on what is known as a brownfield, or "cleaned up" toxic site. ❋ Eye On E. Palo Alto (2010)

On Wednesday the Con-Lib coalition will announce its intention to change planning law so that gardens are no longer classified as brownfield land that can be built on, in a move aimed at stopping "garden grabbing" by developers. ❋ Eric Pickles (2010)

While seeking to free up the planning process, the Coalition has scrapped moves that allowed back gardens to be classified as brownfield sites and made it easier to build on them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The great benefit (of the presentations) is educating communities on how to obtain funding and technical resources to redevelop areas that have been identified as brownfield areas or brownfield sites."

All along Britain's former industrial and military shorelines, "brownfield" land is being reclaimed as ecological habitat by county wildlife trusts, the RSPB, Natural England and a plethora of other enthusiastic initiatives. ❋ Ken Worpole (2010)

More important, megacities create a mosaic of habitats and microclimates, from pond-filled gardens to industrial "brownfield" sites like those dry, hot railyards in Berlin. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Bath Preservation Trust, of which the Prince is the patron, has written to him urging the Duchy to back 'brownfield' building instead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Planning rules that class gardens as "brownfield" sites, making them suitable for development, will also be reformed in the shake-up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The government's changes to planning rules will mean gardens are no longer seen as "brownfield" land and councils and protesters will find it easier to block any proposed building on them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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