Land by council area
Every council area in England, with how much registered land it has by size, its brownfield sites and land that may not be registered, and what constrains it: Green Belt, flood risk, farmland quality and distance to the grid, plus how it’s doing on housing delivery and how old its local plan is.
Councils failing the Housing Delivery Test
These 91 councils built under 75% of the homes they needed in the government’s Housing Delivery Test 2025, so national policy’s presumption in favour of sustainable development applies to housing applications there, subject to protective policies such as Green Belt. Lowest first.
| Council | Homes built vs needed | Local plan adopted |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 4% | 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Castle Point | 11% | 1998 (27 years ago) |
| Portsmouth | 11% | 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Southend-on-Sea | 20% | 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Basildon | 23% | 1998 (28 years ago) |
| Eastbourne | 23% | 2013 (13 years ago) |
| Gosport | 25% | 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Sevenoaks | 25% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Hertsmere | 26% | 2013 (13 years ago) |
| Thurrock | 29% | 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Redbridge | 30% | 2018 (8 years ago) |
| Southampton | 30% | 2015 (11 years ago) |
| Epsom and Ewell | 33% | 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Spelthorne | 33% | 2009 (17 years ago) |
| Sandwell | 34% | 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 35% | Not recorded |
| Rother | 35% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Crawley | 36% | 2024 (2 years ago) |
| Isle of Wight | 37% | 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Tandridge | 38% | 2008 (18 years ago) |
| Lambeth | 39% | 2021 (5 years ago) |
| Leicester | 39% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Havering | 40% | 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Torbay | 40% | 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Bristol, City of | 41% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Greenwich | 42% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Stockport | 43% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Hastings | 44% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Horsham | 44% | 2015 (10 years ago) |
| St Albans | 46% | Not recorded |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 46% | 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Coventry | 47% | 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Three Rivers | 47% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Tower Hamlets | 47% | 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Adur | 48% | 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Lancaster | 48% | 2025 (1 years ago) |
| New Forest | 48% | 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Erewash | 49% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Brighton and Hove | 50% | 2016 (10 years ago) |
| Dacorum | 52% | 2013 (13 years ago) |
| Hackney | 52% | 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Solihull | 53% | 2013 (12 years ago) |
| South Tyneside | 53% | 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Luton | 54% | 2017 (8 years ago) |
| North Norfolk | 54% | 2025 (0 years ago) |
| Slough | 54% | 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Bradford | 56% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Brent | 56% | 2022 (4 years ago) |
| Cheltenham | 56% | 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Walsall | 56% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Birmingham | 57% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 57% | 2022 (4 years ago) |
| Barking and Dagenham | 58% | 2024 (2 years ago) |
| Bromsgrove | 58% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Sheffield | 58% | 2009 (17 years ago) |
| Elmbridge | 59% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Wolverhampton | 59% | 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Ealing | 60% | 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Fareham | 60% | 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Lewes | 60% | 2016 (10 years ago) |
| Medway | 60% | 1998 (28 years ago) |
| Gravesham | 61% | 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Newham | 61% | Not recorded |
| Bromley | 62% | 2019 (7 years ago) |
| Charnwood | 62% | 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Camden | 63% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Chorley | 63% | 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Gloucester | 63% | 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Ipswich | 63% | 2022 (4 years ago) |
| Merton | 63% | 2024 (1 years ago) |
| Richmond upon Thames | 63% | 2025 (1 years ago) |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 63% | 2007 (19 years ago) |
| North Somerset | 64% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Test Valley | 64% | 2016 (10 years ago) |
| Kirklees | 65% | 2019 (7 years ago) |
| Lewisham | 65% | 2025 (1 years ago) |
| North Tyneside | 65% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Oxford | 65% | 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Epping Forest | 66% | 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Kingston upon Thames | 66% | 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 66% | 2008 (18 years ago) |
| Hillingdon | 67% | 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Cotswold | 68% | 2018 (8 years ago) |
| Islington | 69% | 2023 (3 years ago) |
| Southwark | 69% | 2022 (4 years ago) |
| Swale | 70% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Thanet | 70% | 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Derby | 71% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Haringey | 71% | 2017 (9 years ago) |
| Mole Valley | 72% | 2024 (2 years ago) |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 74% | 2022 (4 years ago) |
Source: MHCLG Housing Delivery Test 2025 measurement; local plans from the Planning Data platform, which some councils haven’t updated. Not planning advice.
North East
North West
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Burnley
- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Chorley
- Cumberland
- Fylde
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Ribble
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wyre
Yorkshire and The Humber
East Midlands
- Amber Valley
- Ashfield
- Bassetlaw
- Blaby
- Bolsover
- Boston
- Broxtowe
- Charnwood
- Chesterfield
- Derby
- Derbyshire Dales
- East Lindsey
- Erewash
- Gedling
- Harborough
- High Peak
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Mansfield
- Melton
- Newark and Sherwood
- North East Derbyshire
- North Kesteven
- North Northamptonshire
- North West Leicestershire
- Nottingham
- Oadby and Wigston
- Rushcliffe
- Rutland
- South Derbyshire
- South Holland
- South Kesteven
- West Lindsey
- West Northamptonshire
West Midlands
- Birmingham
- Bromsgrove
- Cannock Chase
- Coventry
- Dudley
- East Staffordshire
- Herefordshire, County of
- Lichfield
- Malvern Hills
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Warwickshire
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Redditch
- Rugby
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Wychavon
- Wyre Forest
East of England
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Dacorum
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Suffolk
- Epping Forest
- Fenland
- Great Yarmouth
- Harlow
- Hertsmere
- Huntingdonshire
- Ipswich
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Luton
- Maldon
- Mid Suffolk
- North Hertfordshire
- North Norfolk
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Rochford
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Norfolk
- Southend-on-Sea
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tendring
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Uttlesford
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Suffolk
London
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- City of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
South East
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashford
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Canterbury
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dartford
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Fareham
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Medway
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- New Forest
- Oxford
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Reigate and Banstead
- Rother
- Runnymede
- Rushmoor
- Sevenoaks
- Slough
- South Oxfordshire
- Southampton
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Swale
- Tandridge
- Test Valley
- Thanet
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Tunbridge Wells
- Vale of White Horse
- Waverley
- Wealden
- West Berkshire
- West Oxfordshire
- Winchester
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Worthing
South West
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire