London
Newham must find land for 9,726 more homes
Newham has to plan for 2,277 new homes a year, 11,385 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,657 of them.
Still to find
9,726
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
61%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Newham delivered 5,950 of the 9,779 homes it was required to: 61%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
106 live sites covering 13 hectares, of which 17 have no planning permission yet. 5 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.