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

South East

Waverley must find land for 2,701 more homes

Waverley has to plan for 1,418 new homes a year, 7,090 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,389 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 3,683 Other brownfield on the register: 706 Still to find: 2,701

Brownfield cover

62%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

2,701

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

117%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Waverley delivered 2,382 of the 2,036 homes it was required to: 117%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

83 live sites covering 290 hectares, of which 16 have no planning permission yet. 9 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.