One of the housing objectives of David Cameron’s
government was to increase the amount of land that was permissioned for
residential development. The number of units given planning permission in
England increased from 176,209 in 2011 to 261,644 in 2015. The planning system
is now yielding enough permissions to meet the roughly 250,000 new homes many
housing economists think we need to keep up with household growth. This doesn’t
mean that they are all in a position to be built out the very next day. But the
number of plots approved for residential development in a given year has
increased, by 48 per cent between 2011 and 2015. However, starts have risen
over the same period by just 26 per cent, from 110,820 in 2011 to only 139,680
in 2015. Read more on the City Metric website.
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