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Croydon's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Croydon has to plan for 2,843 new homes a year, 14,215 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 18,418 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 8,307 Other brownfield on the register: 10,111 Covers 5 years of need, with 4,204 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

130%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

4,204

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

105%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Croydon delivered 6,131 of the 5,842 homes it was required to: 105%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

489 live sites covering 172 hectares, of which 152 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.