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Housing: Construction

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75751

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of planning permissions granted since July 2024 that have led to house building starts.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The Department does not collect data on the time taken between the granting of planning permission for a residential development and the start of housebuilding within the development.

The information that the Department routinely collects on house building starts does not include the date on which planning permission for the development was granted.

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