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

South West

Exeter's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Exeter has to plan for 821 new homes a year, 4,105 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 7,988 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 836 Other brownfield on the register: 7,152 Covers 5 years of need, with 3,882 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

195%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

3,882

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

102%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Exeter delivered 1,968 of the 1,935 homes it was required to: 102%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

66 live sites covering 239 hectares, of which 0 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.