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South East

Bracknell Forest's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Bracknell Forest has to plan for 788 new homes a year, 3,940 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,116 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,699 Other brownfield on the register: 3,417 Covers 5 years of need, with 1,175 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

130%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

1,175

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

104%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Bracknell Forest delivered 1,778 of the 1,715 homes it was required to: 104%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

56 live sites covering 79 hectares, of which 18 have no planning permission yet. 3 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.