Development land in West Midlands: 3,687 brownfield sites
The 7 planning authorities in the West Midlands have published 3,687 sites on their brownfield land registers — land the councils themselves assessed as suitable for housing. Together: about 2,776 hectares and an estimated 173,124 dwellings of capacity.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Which councils hold the land
Every authority publishes its register separately, so these totals exist nowhere else. Click a council for its full register.
| Authority | Sites | Hectares | Max dwellings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 1731 | 1,064 | 127,493 |
| Wolverhampton | 971 | 367 | 5,248 |
| Sandwell | 429 | 507 | 10,733 |
| Dudley | 201 | 271 | 8,992 |
| Solihull | 154 | 214 | 6,125 |
| Walsall | 125 | 72 | 3,760 |
| Coventry | 76 | 282 | 10,773 |
The seven metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands Combined Authority.
Largest sites in West Midlands
| Site | Authority | Hectares | Max dwellings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick University | Coventry | 189.0 | 455 |
| NEC Land South Way, Pendigo Way, North Way, Bickenhill | Solihull | 73.4 | 2240 |
| Ladywood Regeneration Initiative | Birmingham | 54.9 | 5200 |
| LAND AT BAVERSTOCK ROAD | Birmingham | 37.5 | 1350 |
| Whitmore Park | Coventry | 30.1 | 730 |
| Goodyear site, Stafford Road | Wolverhampton | 28.3 | 75 |
| STW/SMBC Land, Friar Park Road, Wednesbury | Sandwell | 26.6 | 630 |
| Lowhill Lane | Birmingham | 25.3 | 695 |
| New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton Road | Wolverhampton | 23.6 | — |
| Ketley Quarry, Dudley Road, Kingswinford, DY6 8WT | Dudley | 22.1 | 650 |
| IPL Site, Ladywood | Birmingham | 21.7 | 1150 |
| Gas Works and surrounding sites | Birmingham | 21.6 | 1060 |
Source: the councils’ own brownfield land registers, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 38 further entries repeat the area of a site already listed (councils often record a whole site's area against each phase), so that land is counted once. 1067 of the 3687 sites (29%) state no dwelling capacity, so the capacity figure covers the 2620 that do — the real total is higher.
Before you get attached to one
A register entry is not planning permission and not an offer to sell. It records that the council thinks housing could work there. Whether the owner agrees is a separate conversation, and whether a scheme gets approved is a third.
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else.
- The dwelling figure is the council’s opinion. 173,124 across West Midlands is a planning-policy estimate, not a set of designs.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid tells you what actually sold; work the residual land value from there.
- England has no zoning. The Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable, application by application.
How to read a register entry properly → · Five ways to find UK development land →
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