Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75751

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

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

Matthew Pennycook
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...

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