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How much land each council still has to find for new homes

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.

Brownfield with permission: 2,637 Other brownfield on the register: 497 Still to find: 726

Brownfield cover

81%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

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.