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

North East

Redcar and Cleveland must find land for 1,870 more homes

Redcar and Cleveland has to plan for 575 new homes a year, 2,875 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,003 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 451 Other brownfield on the register: 552 Still to find: 1,870

Brownfield cover

35%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

1,870

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

841%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Redcar and Cleveland delivered 1,446 of the 172 homes it was required to: 841%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

42 live sites covering 36 hectares, of which 20 have no planning permission yet. 3 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.