Leftover land in Colchester

Colchester currently shows 33 leftover sites and 314 homes-worth on the list (44.4 ha). The compiled starting point is 1,276 homes a year (38,280 over thirty years). Permissioned capacity is 314 dwellings (100% 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 Colchester's register?
Colchester currently shows 33 live sites and 314 minimum net dwellings (44.4 ha). Permissioned capacity is 314 dwellings (100% of the local register).
Can Colchester's brownfield meet its housing need?
The local register is 314 dwellings against a starting point of 1,276 homes a year. That is about 0.2 years of the starting point before discounts.