South East
Dartford's brownfield register covers five years of its target
Dartford has to plan for 756 new homes a year, 3,780 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 6,187 of them.
Homes to spare
2,409
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
96%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Dartford delivered 2,226 of the 2,330 homes it was required to: 96%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
60 live sites covering 309 hectares, of which 41 have no planning permission yet. 2 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.