More than a million homes granted construction permission not yet been built

Posted on March 2, 2020

2,564,600 units have been granted planning permission by councils since 2009/10 while only 1,530,680 have been completed , accounting for 40% of total approved plans Even though Government planning departments have cleared these proposals many homes are not being built. Construction companies have raised concern on several developments’ pre-commencement conditions to clear Contribution negotiations to conclude or major infrastructure investment to complete are major hurdle to starting new projects