Annual Housing Supply On The Up

Latest MHCLG stats show annual housing supply in England amounted to 241,130 net additional homes in 2018-19 – up 9% on 2017-18. But by those stats there’s still some way for the government to go to reach 300,000 new homes a year by the mid 2020s. The stats show the 241,130 net additions in 2018-19 resulted from 213,660 new build homes, 29,260 gains from change of use between non-domestic and residential, 5,220 from conversions between houses and flats, and 940 other gains (caravans, house boats etc.), offset by 7,940 demolitions. According to the stats, 14,107 of the net additions from change of use were through ‘permitted development rights’, with full planning permission not required.  Download the figures from the GovUK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants?utm_source=449ab539-7a93-4756-bd43-6df953dde5b8&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate