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

East Midlands

West Northamptonshire must find land for 9,417 more homes

West Northamptonshire has to plan for 2,536 new homes a year, 12,680 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 3,262 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,851 Other brownfield on the register: 1,411 Still to find: 9,417

Brownfield cover

26%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

9,417

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

104%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, West Northamptonshire delivered 5,948 of the 5,719 homes it was required to: 104%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

84 live sites covering 59 hectares, of which 28 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.