London

Waltham Forest's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Waltham Forest has to plan for 2,542 new homes a year, 12,710 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 17,687 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 7,531 Other brownfield on the register: 10,156 Covers 5 years of need, with 4,979 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

139%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

4,979

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

84%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Waltham Forest delivered 3,202 of the 3,792 homes it was required to: 84%. The government's published consequence: the council must add a 20% buffer to its land supply.

What is on the brownfield register

183 live sites covering 127 hectares, of which 132 have no planning permission yet. 27 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.