Written questions

Housing: Urban Areas

Commons · Question 89795 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the number of houses in urban areas which have been rejected for planning permission since 4 July 2024.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Nov 2025

The proportions of planning applications that have been rejected in each of the past five years in England and in London can be derived from the data available in the PS2 time series section of the interactive planning application statistics dashboard, av...