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

North East

Hartlepool's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Hartlepool has to plan for 370 new homes a year, 1,850 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,927 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 814 Other brownfield on the register: 1,113 Covers 5 years of need, with 77 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

104%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

77

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

339%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Hartlepool delivered 1,636 of the 482 homes it was required to: 339%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

40 live sites covering 68 hectares, of which 19 have no planning permission yet. 4 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.