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West Midlands

Cannock Chase's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Cannock Chase has to plan for 521 new homes a year, 2,605 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 2,617 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 1,738 Other brownfield on the register: 879 Covers 5 years of need, with 10 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

100%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

10

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

115%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Cannock Chase delivered 884 of the 771 homes it was required to: 115%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

92 live sites covering 80 hectares, of which 43 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.