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Labour’s 1.5m housing pledge under threat as approvals hit decade low
Current homebuilding in England is about 200,000 annually, 100,000 less than needed to meet Labour’s 1.5 million homes pledge, with planning permissions at a 12-year low.
- On Tuesday, Housing Secretary Steve Reed vowed to `go further than ever before` to reach 1.5 million homes, while ONS data showed figures lagged behind the target and a spokeswoman said the data `shine a light on the broken planning system we inherited`.
- Planning authorities recorded a sharp fall in grants as planning permission dropped to a provisional decade low, planning applications declined, and reforms build on amendments made last year.
- EPC registrations show some 204,000 new houses were completed this year, with just over 200,000 built in England according to official rounded figures.
- Launching the consultation, the department said planning-rule changes will deliver hundreds of thousands of homes and claimed, `We've already completely overhauled the system to turn this around`; Steve Reed said groundwork is laid to get Britain building.
- Ahead of a full quarter report, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government will publish more detailed approvals and registration data, noting new registrations are consistently low around the Christmas period.
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