Leftover land in Chelmsford

Chelmsford currently shows 274 leftover sites and 4,169 homes-worth on the list (136.9 ha). The compiled starting point is 1,448 homes a year (43,440 over thirty years). Permissioned capacity is 1,220 dwellings (29% 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 Chelmsford's register?
Chelmsford currently shows 274 live sites and 4,169 minimum net dwellings (136.9 ha). Permissioned capacity is 1,220 dwellings (29% of the local register).
Can Chelmsford's brownfield meet its housing need?
The local register is 4,169 dwellings against a starting point of 1,448 homes a year. That is about 2.9 years of the starting point before discounts.