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

Yorkshire and the Humber

East Riding of Yorkshire must find land for 4,694 more homes

East Riding of Yorkshire has to plan for 1,998 new homes a year, 9,990 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 5,294 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 3,335 Other brownfield on the register: 1,959 Still to find: 4,694

Brownfield cover

53%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Still to find

4,694

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

257%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, East Riding of Yorkshire delivered 6,562 of the 2,555 homes it was required to: 257%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

199 live sites covering 219 hectares, of which 44 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.