North West

Salford's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Salford has to plan for 1,396 new homes a year, 6,980 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 42,713 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 20,534 Other brownfield on the register: 22,179 Covers 5 years of need, with 35,735 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

612%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

35,735

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

178%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Salford delivered 7,584 of the 4,249 homes it was required to: 178%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

483 live sites covering 398 hectares, of which 131 have no planning permission yet. 85 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.