North East
Sunderland must find land for 1,369 more homes
Sunderland has to plan for 1,072 new homes a year, 5,360 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 3,989 of them.
Still to find
1,369
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
167%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Sunderland delivered 2,649 of the 1,587 homes it was required to: 167%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
59 live sites covering 157 hectares, of which 20 have no planning permission yet. 10 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.