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Housing permissions fall to lowest level on record

By 2023-04-04T11:00:00

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Major applications permitted in 2022 fell by more than 8% according to official data

Labour has accused the government of presiding over a “collapse” in housebuilding rates after the latest statistics showed that the number of residential planning permission granted had fallen to it lowest level for a decade.

Official planning statistics for the fourth quarter of 2022 showed that the total for both major and minor permissions granted in the 2022 calendar year had hit the lowest on record, with the data series beginning in 2012.

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