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Tower Hamlets must plan for 2,050 homes a year
Tower Hamlets has to plan for 2,050 new homes a year, 10,250 over 5 years.
No brownfield cover figure for Tower Hamlets. Only 0% of the sites on this council's brownfield register give a housing estimate, so its capacity cannot be totalled. We publish the cover figure only where at least 80% do.
That is a gap in the register, not evidence that Tower Hamlets has no brownfield land.
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Tower Hamlets delivered 5,501 of the 11,698 homes it was required to: 47%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
26 live sites covering 96 hectares, of which 3 have no planning permission yet. 26 of them give no housing estimate.
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.