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Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 75751 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

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.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 Sep 2025

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...