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

North West

Rochdale's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Rochdale has to plan for 970 new homes a year, 4,850 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,473 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,561 Other brownfield on the register: 3,912 Covers 5 years of need, with 624 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

113%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

624

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

125%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Rochdale delivered 1,925 of the 1,536 homes it was required to: 125%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

153 live sites covering 127 hectares, of which 103 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.