The London Brownfield Sites Database has won the coveted e-Government award at last night’s Royal Town Planning Institute awards ceremony.

Open to all, the London Brownfield Sites Database is the country's most comprehensive database of land available for redevelopment. It was developed by Arup and launched by the London Development Agency (LDA) and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in October 2009.

The Database records around 2,300 previously developed "brownfield" sites across London and uses up-to-the minute Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping.

It includes multiple layers of information such as access to transport routes, deprivation, social infrastructure and heritage status. Visitors to the database website can find sites suitable for development, and then explore and understand a site's context.

Peter Bishop, LDA Group Director of Design Development and Environment, said:

"We are thrilled that the London Brownfield Sites Database has been recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute. The database is a great example of the London Development Agency’s vision and innovation. It demonstrates that good partnerships – with the Homes and Communities Agency and the London boroughs – can deliver great results and help keep London a world class city."

David Lunts, Homes and Communities Agency regional director for London, said:

"The award for the London Brownfield Sites Database demonstrates the value and effectiveness of this innovative information tool that was made possible thanks to the successful partnership between the HCA and LDA."

The awards presentation for the Royal Town Planning Institute Awards 2009 took place on Thursday 4 February 2010 at the London Hilton, in a ceremony attended by Ann Skippers, President of the RTPI and Bob Neill MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.

The London Brownfield Sites Database can be accessed at: http://www.londonbrownfieldsites.org

For further information contact the LDA news team: Robert Beasley 020 7593 8437 Out of hours 07977 439371; public enqs 020 7593 9000.

Notes to Editors

1. The London Brownfield Sites Database can be accessed online via: http://www.londonbrownfieldsites.org. Registration is not required to view basic mapping data, but enhanced functionality is only available to those that register. Registration is free and online applications are normally processed within 48 hours.

Each site contained within the Database is either vacant and available for redevelopment, likely to become vacant soon, or currently going through the planning policy process to be promoted for appropriate uses.

2. The London Development Agency aims to support London's sustainable growth by helping to provide a high quality of life for Londoners. We are committed to making London a low carbon city and creating great spaces and places for Londoners to live and work.

We are targeting our investments through design led regeneration plans which combine environmental, housing and transport policies with the coordinated development of land and the improvement of public space.

Further information is available from www.lda.gov.uk.

3. About the Homes and Communities Agency The HCA is the single, national housing and regeneration agency for England. We bring together the development and regeneration expertise of English Partnerships, investment functions of the Housing Corporation, and the Academy for Sustainable Communities, with major delivery programmes of Communities and Local Government.

For further information please contact the LDA Media Team: Robert Beasley 020 7593 8437

LDA out of hours: 07977 439371 Public enqs: 020 7593 9000