Greenfield land

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Greenfield land is a British English term{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/greenfield|title=greenfield|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|accessdate=Apr 30, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/greenfield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509153844/https://www.lexico.com/definition/greenfield|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 9, 2021|title=GREENFIELD | Definition of GREENFIELD by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of GREENFIELD|website=Lexico Dictionaries | English|accessdate=Apr 30, 2021}} referring to undeveloped land{{cite book |last1=Bradley |first1=Naima |last2=Harrison |first2=Henrietta |last3=Hodgson |first3=Greg |last4=Kamanyire |first4=Robie |last5=Kibble |first5=Andrew |last6=Murray |first6=Virginia |title=Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science: A Handbook for Field Professionals |date=2014 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-150540-9 |page=101 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyvBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT101 |language=en}} in an urban or rural area either used for agriculture or landscape design, or left to evolve naturally. These areas of land are usually agricultural or amenity properties being considered for urban development.

Greenfield land can be unfenced open fields, urban lots or restricted closed properties. They are kept off limits to the general public by a private or government entity.

Greenfield sites offer a high degree of freedom for a developer, compared to sites with existing developments. For example, a greenfield site is a welcome opportunity for a cable operator to choose equipment based on cost and aesthetic parameters, without considering migration issues related to legacy equipment on the site.

Rather than building upon greenfield land, a developer may choose to redevelop brownfield or greyfield lands, which have been developed but left abandoned or underused.