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

North West

Tameside must find land for 2,278 more homes

Tameside has to plan for 1,156 new homes a year, 5,780 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 3,502 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 501 Other brownfield on the register: 3,001 Still to find: 2,278

Brownfield cover

61%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

2,278

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

232%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Tameside delivered 1,643 of the 708 homes it was required to: 232%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

96 live sites covering 41 hectares, of which 72 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.