South East
Brighton and Hove must find land for 4,168 more homes
Brighton and Hove has to plan for 2,490 new homes a year, 12,450 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 8,284 of them.
Still to find
4,168
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
50%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Brighton and Hove delivered 3,480 of the 6,980 homes it was required to: 50%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
202 live sites covering 81 hectares, of which 116 have no planning permission yet. 29 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.