North East
Northumberland must find land for 3,840 more homes
Northumberland has to plan for 1,676 new homes a year, 8,380 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,539 of them.
Still to find
3,840
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
262%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Northumberland delivered 4,530 of the 1,726 homes it was required to: 262%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
197 live sites covering 291 hectares, of which 99 have no planning permission yet. 14 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.