West Midlands
Walsall must find land for 4,130 more homes
Walsall has to plan for 1,215 new homes a year, 6,075 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 1,944 of them.
Still to find
4,130
homes over 5 years
Housing Delivery Test
56%
of required homes built, 2025 measurement
Delivery
Over the three years to March 2025, Walsall delivered 1,525 of the 2,722 homes it was required to: 56%. The government's published consequence: the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
What is on the brownfield register
83 live sites covering 27 hectares, of which 62 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.