South East
Dover must find land for 726 more homes
Dover has to plan for 772 new homes a year, 3,860 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 3,134 of them.
Still to find
726
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
108%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Dover delivered 1,926 of the 1,779 homes it was required to: 108%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.
What is on the brownfield register
69 live sites covering 99 hectares, of which 14 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.