South West
Cornwall must find land for 19,428 more homes
Cornwall has to plan for 4,424 new homes a year, 22,120 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,694 of them.
Still to find
19,428
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
94%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Cornwall delivered 7,493 of the 7,941 homes it was required to: 94%. The government's published consequence: the council must publish an action plan.
What is on the brownfield register
110 live sites covering 97 hectares, of which 3 have no planning permission yet. 1 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.