South West
Somerset must plan for 3,784 homes a year
Somerset has to plan for 3,784 new homes a year, 18,920 over 5 years.
No brownfield cover figure for Somerset. Only 60% of the sites on this council's brownfield register give a housing estimate, so its capacity cannot be totalled. We publish the cover figure only where at least 80% do.
That is a gap in the register, not evidence that Somerset has no brownfield land.
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Somerset delivered 6,927 of the 7,939 homes it was required to: 87%. The figure combines the separate results for the former districts that now make up Somerset.
What is on the brownfield register
243 live sites covering 374 hectares, of which 53 have no planning permission yet. 97 of them give no housing estimate.
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.