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

West Midlands

Telford and Wrekin must find land for 127 more homes

Telford and Wrekin has to plan for 921 new homes a year, 4,605 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 4,476 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 3,097 Other brownfield on the register: 1,379 Still to find: 127

Brownfield cover

97%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

127

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

309%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Telford and Wrekin delivered 4,425 of the 1,430 homes it was required to: 309%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

55 live sites covering 178 hectares, of which 16 have no planning permission yet.

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.