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

North West

Oldham's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Oldham has to plan for 972 new homes a year, 4,860 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,138 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,781 Other brownfield on the register: 3,357 Covers 5 years of need, with 276 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

106%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

276

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

115%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Oldham delivered 1,395 of the 1,212 homes it was required to: 115%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

130 live sites covering 97 hectares, of which 79 have no planning permission yet. 26 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.