Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 122315

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 1 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of approved planning permissions in England that have not yet been built out.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department does not collect data on the number of approved planning permissions that have not yet been built out. In May 2025, we published a Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out inviting views on further action the government should ta...

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