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

South East

Guildford must find land for 169 more homes

Guildford has to plan for 1,151 new homes a year, 5,755 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,587 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 2,337 Other brownfield on the register: 3,250 Still to find: 169

Brownfield cover

97%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

169

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

102%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Guildford delivered 1,901 of the 1,856 homes it was required to: 102%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

85 live sites covering 150 hectares, of which 46 have no planning permission yet. 17 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.