South East

Surrey Heath's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Surrey Heath has to plan for 700 new homes a year, 3,500 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,682 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 2,928 Other brownfield on the register: 1,754 Covers 5 years of need, with 1,184 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

134%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

1,184

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

98%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Surrey Heath delivered 950 of the 965 homes it was required to: 98%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

117 live sites covering 130 hectares, of which 48 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.