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

West Midlands

East Staffordshire must find land for 1,409 more homes

East Staffordshire has to plan for 628 new homes a year, 3,140 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,733 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 343 Other brownfield on the register: 1,390 Still to find: 1,409

Brownfield cover

55%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

1,409

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

181%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, East Staffordshire delivered 2,334 of the 1,289 homes it was required to: 181%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

58 live sites covering 71 hectares, of which 16 have no planning permission yet. 11 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.