North West
Stockport must find land for 5,488 more homes
Stockport has to plan for 1,901 new homes a year, 9,505 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,017 of them.
Still to find
5,488
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
43%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Stockport delivered 1,457 of the 3,408 homes it was required to: 43%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
102 live sites covering 174 hectares, of which 34 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.