Housing: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 13596 · Tabled 26 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 27 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the reasons for the decline in the number of planning permissions awarded for developments of between 10 and 49 homes.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 27 Jul 2026
Planning applications statistics make clear that there has been a small reduction in the percentage of homes in planning permissions that are on sites of between 10-49 homes, from 11% in 2022-23 to 10% in 2024-25. The reasons for this marginal reduction a...