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Greenwich's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Greenwich has to plan for 2,492 new homes a year, 12,460 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 20,988 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 18,410 Other brownfield on the register: 2,578 Covers 5 years of need, with 8,528 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

168%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

8,528

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

42%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Greenwich delivered 3,544 of the 8,472 homes it was required to: 42%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.

What is on the brownfield register

94 live sites covering 129 hectares, of which 7 have no planning permission yet. 2 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.