Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential units were granted planning permission in each financial year since 2000-01.

The time series in the attached table details the number of units granted full residential planning permissions between Q2 2007 and Q2 2017.

Units granted residential planning permission are recorded when a residential development site receives:

• detailed residential planning permission; or

• approval of reserved matters.

  The figures exclude elderly people’s homes, hostels and student accommodation. They include mixed use developments (commercial and residential) involving more than ten residential units. They are for England only.

  Other details:

• Units from different phases of a single residential development site are included in these figures only when planning permission is obtained for that phase.

• To avoid double counting units on residential development sites with planning permission are excluded where the residential development site has already received a planning permission within the previous twelve months. Only the units from the most recent planning permission are included.

• Where multiple planning permissions are given to a residential development site in the same quarter, only the most recent planning permission is included for the purpose of counting units with permission.

The Department does not hold data on the number of units granted full residential planning permission prior to Q2 2007.