Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 42788

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 31 March 2025

Answered: 3 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 39650 on Housing: Construction, whether quarterly data on planning applications and housing starts and completions classifies

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Within the Department’s quarterly official statistics on planning applications, an application for the conversion of a house into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) would not be classified as an application for a new dwelling. Applications within Use Cl...

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