Report · updated 20 November 2025

Housing targets vs homes built, by council

Name: Housing targets vs homes built, by council
Creator: Earlybird
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How many homes each council in England added last year, against its government housing target.

The headline

England added 208,600 homes in 2024-25, 56% of the 370,406 a year its housing target asks for. Only 39 of 291 councils built enough to meet their own target.

Of England's yearly target delivered: 56%
Homes short of the target: 161,806
Councils that met their target: 39 of 291
Councils below half their target: 121

Covers the financial year 2024-25, with a three-year average for 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Key findings

1England built a little over half the homes its target asks for. It added 208,600 homes in 2024-25 against a target of 370,406 a year, a shortfall of 161,806 homes.
2Supply is moving away from the target, not towards it. Net additions have fallen from 234,462 in 2021-22 to 208,600 in 2024-25, down 11%, while the December 2024 targets raised what is expected.
3Only 39 of 291 councils met their target in 2024-25, and 40 did so on their three-year average. 121 councils added fewer than half the homes their target asks for.
4The East Midlands came closest, adding 84% of its combined target, while London delivered the smallest share (37%), 32,678 homes against 87,991.
5The range between councils is huge. Tewkesbury added 233% of its target, while Richmond upon Thames added 3%. A single large site finishing can swing a council's figure from one year to the next.
6For buyers, fewer new homes means less choice and fewer developments competing for sales in many areas. Where councils are building well above target, there are more developments selling at once, and more room to compare offers.

Homes added against target, by region

Total homes added in 2024-25 as a share of the councils' combined yearly target.

East Midlands84%
North East76%
Yorkshire and The Humber74%
North West73%
West Midlands69%
East of England57%
South West53%
South East49%
London37%

Net additional dwellings 2024-25 as a share of indicative local housing need. Sources: MHCLG.

Housing targets by region
Region	Councils	Yearly target	Added 2024-25	Of target
East Midlands	35	25,760	21,614	84%
North East	12	10,976	8,337	76%
Yorkshire and The Humber	14	20,880	15,389	74%
North West	33	32,242	23,558	73%
West Midlands	30	29,938	20,733	69%
East of England	45	45,431	26,012	57%
South West	25	36,221	19,070	53%
South East	64	70,685	34,872	49%
London	33	87,991	32,678	37%

Furthest from and furthest past their targets

15 furthest below target

Councils furthest below their housing target
Council	Yearly target	Added 2024-25	Of target
Richmond upon Thames	2,513	86	3%
Castle Point	701	21	3%
City of London	170	9	5%
Portsmouth	1,021	67	7%
Kensington and Chelsea	5,107	408	8%
Merton	2,081	168	8%
Islington	2,460	250	10%
Crawley	654	65	10%
Southend-on-Sea	1,405	184	13%
Lambeth	3,327	428	13%
Eastbourne	702	94	13%
Brentwood	724	97	13%
Sevenoaks	1,149	146	13%
Epsom and Ewell	889	112	13%
Westminster	4,341	623	14%

15 furthest above target

Councils furthest above their housing target
Council	Yearly target	Added 2024-25	Of target
Tewkesbury	614	1,433	233%
Telford and Wrekin	857	1,877	219%
Salford	1,308	2,730	209%
Mid Suffolk	734	1,336	182%
Nottingham	1,247	1,905	153%
South Derbyshire	581	865	149%
South Cambridgeshire	1,174	1,735	148%
Bassetlaw	613	872	142%
Milton Keynes	1,724	2,389	139%
Stevenage	478	637	133%
Amber Valley	615	819	133%
Hartlepool	361	475	132%
South Holland	542	697	129%
Vale of White Horse	949	1,193	126%
Manchester	2,430	3,026	125%

Every council (291)

One year can be lumpy when a big site completes, so the three-year average (2022-23 to 2024-25) is shown too.

Find your council

Showing 291 of 291 councils

Council	Yearly target	Added 2024-25	Of target	3-year average	Average of target
Richmond upon Thames	2,513	86	3%	125	5%
Castle Point	701	21	3%	40	6%
City of London	170	9	5%	5	3%
Portsmouth	1,021	67	7%	95	9%
Kensington and Chelsea	5,107	408	8%	309	6%
Merton	2,081	168	8%	328	16%
Islington	2,460	250	10%	532	22%
Crawley	654	65	10%	131	20%
Southend-on-Sea	1,405	184	13%	233	17%
Lambeth	3,327	428	13%	507	15%
Eastbourne	702	94	13%	171	24%
Brentwood	724	97	13%	369	51%
Sevenoaks	1,149	146	13%	174	15%
Epsom and Ewell	889	112	13%	189	21%
Westminster	4,341	623	14%	1,214	28%
New Forest	1,501	214	14%	227	15%
Hertsmere	1,034	173	17%	165	16%
Plymouth	1,290	237	18%	290	22%
Cotswold	1,036	184	18%	303	29%
Stockport	1,815	351	19%	484	27%
Harlow	637	118	19%	371	58%
Sutton	1,654	329	20%	389	24%
Reigate and Banstead	1,306	259	20%	469	36%
Bromley	3,001	632	21%	400	13%
Tandridge	843	175	21%	240	28%
South Tyneside	623	139	22%	168	27%
Solihull	1,323	292	22%	435	33%
Worthing	871	192	22%	267	31%
Isle of Wight	1,062	242	23%	287	27%
Trafford	1,599	360	23%	680	43%
Rother	932	216	23%	259	28%
Hart	750	170	23%	393	52%
St Albans	1,660	381	23%	407	25%
Norwich	779	180	23%	304	39%
Oxford	1,087	250	23%	343	32%
Bexley	1,860	438	24%	569	31%
Basildon	1,287	308	24%	258	20%
Horsham	1,357	331	24%	401	30%
Slough	808	204	25%	451	56%
Redbridge	2,407	590	25%	383	16%
Welwyn Hatfield	848	216	25%	327	39%
Lincoln	413	105	25%	133	32%
Spelthorne	793	198	25%	207	26%
Havering	1,979	507	26%	721	36%
Surrey Heath	684	178	26%	301	44%
Lewes	853	233	27%	454	53%
Gosport	442	120	27%	87	20%
Torbay	940	267	28%	243	26%
Hackney	2,796	772	28%	677	24%
Hillingdon	2,292	651	28%	711	31%
Thurrock	1,071	313	29%	338	32%
Kingston upon Thames	1,589	453	29%	596	38%
Windsor and Maidenhead	1,449	440	30%	538	37%
Blaby	542	165	30%	288	53%
Croydon	2,887	893	31%	1,961	68%
Derbyshire Dales	580	181	31%	196	34%
Bath and North East Somerset	1,471	476	32%	545	37%
Luton	1,082	346	32%	650	60%
Camden	3,137	995	32%	655	21%
Bury	979	312	32%	279	28%
Test Valley	934	297	32%	323	35%
Lancaster	619	196	32%	204	33%
Oadby and Wigston	382	124	32%	249	65%
Elmbridge	1,562	500	32%	381	24%
Brent	3,080	1,030	33%	1,394	45%
West Oxfordshire	905	304	34%	579	64%
Wiltshire	3,525	1,219	35%	1,806	51%
Southwark	2,914	1,012	35%	1,249	43%
Wandsworth	4,383	1,516	35%	2,125	48%
Erewash	523	185	35%	182	35%
Havant	892	316	35%	393	44%
Dacorum	1,355	472	35%	523	39%
North Norfolk	932	329	35%	285	31%
Woking	794	274	35%	390	49%
Worcester	552	195	35%	284	51%
Redditch	486	173	36%	185	38%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,958	1,100	37%	928	31%
Buckinghamshire	4,319	1,577	37%	2,524	58%
High Peak	553	203	37%	301	54%
Epping Forest	1,299	483	37%	333	26%
South Staffordshire	651	240	37%	393	60%
Bromsgrove	713	261	37%	193	27%
West Berkshire	1,070	407	38%	573	54%
Wirral	1,602	601	38%	608	38%
Cheltenham	824	312	38%	300	36%
Folkestone and Hythe	859	326	38%	384	45%
Pendle	333	127	38%	178	53%
Ipswich	723	275	38%	230	32%
Middlesbrough	522	205	39%	440	84%
Enfield	2,762	1,090	39%	919	33%
Wolverhampton	1,086	421	39%	623	57%
Broxbourne	775	305	39%	483	62%
Guildford	1,170	471	40%	631	54%
Herefordshire, County of	1,363	562	41%	775	57%
Leicester	1,557	636	41%	966	62%
Medway	1,594	647	41%	971	61%
Waltham Forest	2,535	1,027	41%	1,064	42%
Mole Valley	833	339	41%	240	29%
Bristol, City of	2,986	1,265	42%	1,398	47%
Harrow	2,294	970	42%	793	35%
Tameside	1,124	475	42%	525	47%
Blackpool	585	250	43%	219	37%
Rossendale	321	138	43%	177	55%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	989	424	43%	549	56%
Haringey	2,956	1,287	44%	1,123	38%
Sandwell	1,346	596	44%	528	39%
Fareham	800	356	44%	248	31%
Ealing	3,407	1,541	45%	1,607	47%
Three Rivers	832	376	45%	285	34%
Waverley	1,481	669	45%	788	53%
Teignbridge	1,090	502	46%	558	51%
East Suffolk	1,644	752	46%	806	49%
Sheffield	2,390	1,119	47%	1,751	73%
Dudley	1,462	686	47%	577	39%
Cambridge	1,135	529	47%	539	47%
Cannock Chase	518	242	47%	289	56%
Bedford	1,202	576	48%	910	76%
Maidstone	1,358	654	48%	928	68%
Chichester	1,305	620	48%	766	59%
Stoke-on-Trent	948	465	49%	448	47%
Wokingham	1,336	659	49%	770	58%
Dorset	3,219	1,601	50%	1,589	49%
Coventry	1,388	697	50%	1,148	83%
Colchester	1,300	647	50%	821	63%
Tamworth	445	224	50%	287	64%
Cornwall	4,421	2,237	51%	2,486	56%
North Tyneside	989	505	51%	516	52%
Wychavon	971	492	51%	496	51%
Brighton and Hove	2,498	1,298	52%	1,129	45%
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,783	1,459	52%	1,445	52%
Kirklees	1,840	951	52%	1,047	57%
Wakefield	1,541	794	52%	1,058	69%
North Devon	803	416	52%	461	57%
Bracknell Forest	766	406	53%	593	77%
Rutland	266	140	53%	115	43%
York	1,217	649	53%	545	45%
Barnet	4,057	2,152	53%	2,291	56%
North Somerset	1,593	865	54%	866	54%
North Hertfordshire	1,018	551	54%	475	47%
West Suffolk	1,195	642	54%	705	59%
Warrington	1,064	589	55%	905	85%
Forest of Dean	600	327	55%	425	71%
Gloucester	685	376	55%	425	62%
Chelmsford	1,454	813	56%	883	61%
Tunbridge Wells	1,098	616	56%	621	57%
Breckland	903	505	56%	883	98%
Adur	558	315	56%	180	32%
Walsall	1,148	651	57%	497	43%
Hastings	710	404	57%	222	31%
Kingston upon Hull, City of	993	572	58%	577	58%
Calderdale	854	499	58%	414	48%
East Devon	1,188	690	58%	762	64%
East Hampshire	1,142	658	58%	468	41%
Swale	1,048	610	58%	728	69%
Hyndburn	301	174	58%	208	69%
Southampton	1,214	717	59%	464	38%
Great Yarmouth	525	310	59%	333	63%
Mid Sussex	1,356	801	59%	1,033	76%
Shropshire	1,994	1,190	60%	1,377	69%
Bolton	1,184	712	60%	674	57%
Rochford	689	414	60%	397	58%
East Hertfordshire	1,265	755	60%	970	77%
Mansfield	495	297	60%	356	72%
Greenwich	2,575	1,573	61%	1,206	47%
Exeter	800	489	61%	575	72%
Eastleigh	922	563	61%	604	66%
Runnymede	626	389	62%	446	71%
Mid Devon	572	363	63%	370	65%
Ashford	952	604	63%	692	73%
Tonbridge and Malling	1,096	689	63%	519	47%
Charnwood	978	617	63%	694	71%
North Warwickshire	364	230	63%	277	76%
Cheshire West and Chester	1,914	1,219	64%	1,315	69%
Oldham	910	578	64%	465	51%
Sefton	1,368	882	64%	790	58%
Barnsley	944	601	64%	640	68%
Doncaster	1,198	762	64%	1,148	96%
Basingstoke and Deane	1,127	721	64%	801	71%
Cherwell	1,118	717	64%	963	86%
South Oxfordshire	1,242	794	64%	1,018	82%
Malvern Hills	651	416	64%	380	58%
South Hams	910	591	65%	597	66%
East Lindsey	1,009	655	65%	572	57%
Gateshead	811	546	67%	446	55%
Stroud	820	548	67%	542	66%
Broxtowe	621	413	67%	369	59%
Chorley	564	383	68%	329	58%
Harborough	723	491	68%	712	98%
Chesterfield	500	345	69%	348	70%
West Northamptonshire	2,515	1,773	70%	1,954	78%
Tower Hamlets	2,265	1,581	70%	1,745	77%
Maldon	569	397	70%	415	73%
Fylde	410	288	70%	427	104%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	545	379	70%	312	57%
Rochdale	918	650	71%	642	70%
Huntingdonshire	1,213	858	71%	1,116	92%
Bradford	1,828	1,311	72%	1,250	68%
West Devon	443	318	72%	326	74%
North Lincolnshire	637	467	73%	499	78%
Rotherham	1,080	784	73%	771	71%
Sunderland	1,059	771	73%	874	83%
Winchester	1,157	842	73%	954	82%
Swindon	1,205	892	74%	873	72%
Thanet	1,148	848	74%	770	67%
Staffordshire Moorlands	454	336	74%	272	60%
Babergh	775	577	74%	603	78%
Central Bedfordshire	2,150	1,626	76%	2,023	94%
Hounslow	2,052	1,554	76%	1,336	65%
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,206	917	76%	967	80%
Wealden	1,433	1,093	76%	1,072	75%
South Kesteven	895	683	76%	633	71%
Gedling	609	463	76%	586	96%
Warwick	1,062	805	76%	822	77%
Knowsley	600	461	77%	629	105%
Burnley	340	262	77%	255	75%
Redcar and Cleveland	559	436	78%	457	82%
Liverpool	1,847	1,439	78%	1,509	82%
Newark and Sherwood	707	563	80%	593	84%
Stratford-on-Avon	1,126	903	80%	1,120	99%
Cheshire East	2,461	1,982	81%	2,141	87%
Uttlesford	804	650	81%	739	92%
Gravesham	672	546	81%	419	62%
Stafford	751	612	81%	555	74%
Wigan	1,418	1,169	82%	1,241	88%
Halton	471	392	83%	371	79%
Braintree	1,115	931	83%	1,056	95%
Tendring	1,034	861	83%	836	81%
Watford	831	692	83%	738	89%
Ashfield	535	451	84%	418	78%
St. Helens	718	609	85%	421	59%
Rushmoor	586	501	85%	435	74%
Dover	746	633	85%	631	85%
Arun	1,476	1,261	85%	1,065	72%
Northumberland	1,649	1,424	86%	1,509	92%
County Durham	2,011	1,753	87%	1,536	76%
Reading	1,028	890	87%	933	91%
North Kesteven	652	566	87%	681	104%
Derby	906	806	89%	933	103%
Lewisham	2,644	2,399	91%	1,032	39%
East Cambridgeshire	682	622	91%	674	99%
Hinckley and Bosworth	649	591	91%	611	94%
Wyre Forest	584	537	92%	474	81%
Broadland	868	803	93%	872	100%
Darlington	440	413	94%	427	97%
North East Lincolnshire	623	583	94%	489	78%
North East Derbyshire	591	555	94%	625	106%
Boston	356	334	94%	322	90%
Lichfield	745	706	95%	726	97%
South Norfolk	943	907	96%	1,002	106%
East Staffordshire	602	576	96%	765	127%
South Ribble	489	474	97%	585	120%
West Lancashire	562	554	99%	491	87%
Birmingham	4,448	4,454	100%	4,021	90%
Stockton-on-Tees	746	753	101%	674	90%
Canterbury	1,216	1,235	102%	846	70%
Rushcliffe	830	847	102%	1,036	125%
Blackburn with Darwen	506	523	103%	541	107%
South Gloucestershire	1,702	1,792	105%	1,720	101%
East Riding of Yorkshire	1,924	2,063	107%	2,130	111%
Ribble Valley	310	332	107%	517	167%
Torridge	526	570	108%	432	82%
Rugby	618	671	109%	948	153%
North Northamptonshire	1,978	2,185	110%	1,979	100%
Melton	362	398	110%	385	106%
Leeds	3,811	4,234	111%	3,753	98%
West Lindsey	487	543	111%	611	125%
Fenland	592	666	112%	596	101%
Preston	590	660	112%	1,232	209%
Barking and Dagenham	1,325	1,495	113%	1,237	93%
Wyre	582	660	113%	666	114%
Dartford	712	817	115%	731	103%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	737	844	115%	954	129%
Bolsover	353	409	116%	421	119%
Newham	2,358	2,760	117%	2,581	109%
Peterborough	1,006	1,219	121%	947	94%
North West Leicestershire	595	732	123%	670	113%
Manchester	2,430	3,026	125%	2,458	101%
Vale of White Horse	949	1,193	126%	1,220	129%
South Holland	542	697	129%	686	127%
Hartlepool	361	475	132%	523	145%
Amber Valley	615	819	133%	629	102%
Stevenage	478	637	133%	318	67%
Milton Keynes	1,724	2,389	139%	2,495	145%
Bassetlaw	613	872	142%	966	158%
South Cambridgeshire	1,174	1,735	148%	1,472	125%
South Derbyshire	581	865	149%	1,015	175%
Nottingham	1,247	1,905	153%	1,954	157%
Mid Suffolk	734	1,336	182%	1,197	163%
Salford	1,308	2,730	209%	2,528	193%
Telford and Wrekin	857	1,877	219%	1,475	172%
Tewkesbury	614	1,433	233%	1,189	194%

How this report is made

Targets are the indicative local housing need figures the government published in December 2024 with the revised National Planning Policy Framework, calculated with the new standard method. They are the number of homes a year each council is expected to plan for.
Homes added are net additional dwellings from MHCLG Live Table 122: new homes built, plus conversions and changes of use, minus demolitions. 2024-25 figures are provisional.
Councils that share a joint local plan, or whose boundaries do not match between the two tables, are left out, so the council count is a little below the full number in England.
A target is a starting point for local plans, not a legal quota, and a council does not build homes itself. The figures show how housing supply compares with need, not whether a council is to blame.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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