North West
Wirral's brownfield register covers five years of its target
Wirral has to plan for 1,630 new homes a year, 8,150 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 10,917 of them.
Homes to spare
2,766
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
123%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Wirral delivered 1,845 of the 1,500 homes it was required to: 123%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
166 live sites covering 164 hectares, of which 47 have no planning permission yet. 22 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.