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West Midlands

Herefordshire must find land for 5,063 more homes

Herefordshire has to plan for 1,372 new homes a year, 6,860 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,797 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 970 Other brownfield on the register: 827 Still to find: 5,063

Brownfield cover

26%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

5,063

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

96%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Herefordshire delivered 2,326 of the 2,417 homes it was required to: 96%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

67 live sites covering 40 hectares, of which 17 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.