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

Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds's brownfield register covers five years of its target

Leeds has to plan for 3,965 new homes a year, 19,825 over 5 years. Its brownfield register holds land for about 35,943 of them.

Brownfield with permission: 20,285 Other brownfield on the register: 15,658 Covers 5 years of need, with 16,118 homes to spare

Brownfield cover

181%

of 5 years' need, calculated. How

Homes to spare

16,118

homes over 5 years

Housing Delivery Test

115%

of required homes built, 2025 measurement

Delivery

Over the three years to March 2025, Leeds delivered 11,690 of the 10,151 homes it was required to: 115%. The government's published consequence: no consequence.

What is on the brownfield register

496 live sites covering 866 hectares, of which 182 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.