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How much land each council still has to find for new homes

North East

Gateshead's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Gateshead has to plan for 796 new homes a year, 3,980 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 6,377 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,902 Other brownfield on the register: 4,475 Covers 5 years of need, with 2,399 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

160%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

2,399

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

105%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Gateshead delivered 1,340 of the 1,271 homes it was required to: 105%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

154 live sites covering 249 hectares, of which 77 have no planning permission yet.

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.