North East
Middlesbrough must find land for 395 more homes
Middlesbrough has to plan for 528 new homes a year, 2,640 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,243 of them.
Still to find
395
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
174%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Middlesbrough delivered 1,335 of the 767 homes it was required to: 174%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
38 live sites covering 48 hectares, of which 7 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.