Leftover land in Cambridge

Cambridge currently shows 87 leftover sites and 3,825 homes-worth on the list (155.8 ha). The compiled starting point is 1,085 homes a year (32,550 over thirty years). Permissioned capacity is 2,414 dwellings (63% of the local register).

This page uses the government's national leftover-land file for this council. Dots on the map are not field boundaries.

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Questions people ask

How much brownfield housing capacity is on Cambridge's register?
Cambridge currently shows 87 live sites and 3,825 minimum net dwellings (155.8 ha). Permissioned capacity is 2,414 dwellings (63% of the local register).
Can Cambridge's brownfield meet its housing need?
The local register is 3,825 dwellings against a starting point of 1,085 homes a year. That is about 3.5 years of the starting point before discounts.