South East
Thanet must find land for 3,044 more homes
Thanet has to plan for 1,106 new homes a year, 5,530 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,487 of them.
Still to find
3,044
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
70%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Thanet delivered 2,427 of the 3,451 homes it was required to: 70%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
318 live sites covering 904 hectares, of which 74 have no planning permission yet. 37 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.