North East
County Durham must find land for 6,489 more homes
County Durham has to plan for 2,035 new homes a year, 10,175 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 3,686 of them.
Still to find
6,489
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
131%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, County Durham delivered 4,609 of the 3,529 homes it was required to: 131%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
69 live sites covering 160 hectares, of which 35 have no planning permission yet. 7 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.