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

North East

Stockton-on-Tees must find land for 1,692 more homes

Stockton-on-Tees has to plan for 778 new homes a year, 3,890 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,196 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 123 Other brownfield on the register: 2,073 Still to find: 1,692

Brownfield cover

56%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

1,692

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

152%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Stockton-on-Tees delivered 2,053 of the 1,348 homes it was required to: 152%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

16 live sites covering 146 hectares, of which 9 have no planning permission yet. 1 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.