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

East of England

Castle Point must find land for 2,485 more homes

Castle Point has to plan for 671 new homes a year, 3,355 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 871 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 425 Other brownfield on the register: 446 Still to find: 2,485

Brownfield cover

26%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

2,485

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

11%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Castle Point delivered 119 of the 1,052 homes it was required to: 11%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.

What is on the brownfield register

54 live sites covering 15 hectares, of which 22 have no planning permission yet. 1 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.