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

North West

Pendle must find land for 339 more homes

Pendle has to plan for 335 new homes a year, 1,675 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,335 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 582 Other brownfield on the register: 753 Still to find: 339

Brownfield cover

80%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

339

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

135%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Pendle delivered 534 of the 397 homes it was required to: 135%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

49 live sites covering 44 hectares, of which 22 have no planning permission yet.

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.