Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN HL2365

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 20 July 2026
Answered: 3 August 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of planning consents for residential development which have expired without construction beginning in each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of the reasons

Answer

My Department does not collect the requested data and has made no such estimate.