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

East Midlands

Nottingham must find land for 842 more homes

Nottingham has to plan for 1,347 new homes a year, 6,735 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,895 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 3,621 Other brownfield on the register: 2,274 Still to find: 842

Brownfield cover

87%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

842

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

108%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Nottingham delivered 5,863 of the 5,444 homes it was required to: 108%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

75 live sites covering 135 hectares, of which 39 have no planning permission yet. 15 give no housing estimate, so the capacity above is a floor, not a total.

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.