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Housing Supply

To the extent that housing supply is a key lever in easing the housing crisis long-term, there is cause for concern, with planning approvals for new housing developments at record lows and declining social rent completions.

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Planning decisions and permissions

Planning approvals for new housing developments are at record a lows, a function of fewer applications coming in.

Read more about this in the Housing Outlook Q2 2025.

Planning decisions and permissions

Notes

Includes both minor and major dwellings planning applications.

Source

RF analysis of MHCLG, District Planning application statistics (PS2) – full dataset.

Data

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