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

North West

Knowsley's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Knowsley has to plan for 631 new homes a year, 3,155 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 6,705 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 3,608 Other brownfield on the register: 3,097 Covers 5 years of need, with 3,549 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

212%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

3,549

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

245%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Knowsley delivered 1,888 of the 772 homes it was required to: 245%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

121 live sites covering 275 hectares, of which 64 have no planning permission yet. 20 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.