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How much land each council still has to find for new homes

East Midlands

East Lindsey must find land for 4,616 more homes

East Lindsey has to plan for 1,048 new homes a year, 5,240 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 624 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 374 Other brownfield on the register: 250 Still to find: 4,616

Brownfield cover

12%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

4,616

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

129%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, East Lindsey delivered 1,717 of the 1,335 homes it was required to: 129%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

29 live sites covering 27 hectares, of which 0 have no planning permission yet.

A council short of land has to find more, and the 17 August 2026 planning framework widened what counts as grey belt. This page describes the council's position. It does not say whether any particular piece of land would get permission.

Housing Delivery Test 2025 measurement, published 17 August 2026.