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.
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.