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

South East

Gosport must find land for 851 more homes

Gosport has to plan for 440 new homes a year, 2,200 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,347 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 862 Other brownfield on the register: 485 Still to find: 851

Brownfield cover

61%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

851

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

25%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Gosport delivered 257 of the 1,020 homes it was required to: 25%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.

What is on the brownfield register

14 live sites covering 97 hectares, of which 2 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.