{"id":141562,"date":"2024-07-11T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=141562"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:04:37","slug":"planning-approvals-increased-20-june-showing-promise-labours-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/planning-approvals-increased-20-june-showing-promise-labours-targets\/141562\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning approvals increased by 20% in June, showing promise for Labour&#8217;s targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Planning approvals rose in June ahead of the general election, reaching nearly \u00a37.5bn in value, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/barbour-abi.com\/resources\/reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbour ABI<\/a> analysts<\/h2>\n<p>Planning approvals saw a welcome rise in June ahead of the general election, reaching $9.6bn(around \u00a37.5bn) in value.<\/p>\n<p>This was a 14% increase from June 2023 and a 30% increase from May, according to Barbour ABI\u2019s latest analysis.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-141568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-1024x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-1536x547.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-1179x420.png 1179w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-696x248.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-1068x380.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024-610x217.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Approvals-July-2024.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Medical &amp; healthcare played a large part with the \u00a3700m Monklands Hospital Replacement Project getting the green light, however residential approvals were also up 103% for June &#8211; the highest in over 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>The approval of a 1500 house development in Manchester played a key part of the rise.<\/p>\n<h3>Labour campaigned heavily on planning reform<\/h3>\n<p>Ed Griffiths, head of business and client analytics at Barbour ABI commented: \u201cKeir Starmer\u2019s Labour Party has pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/new-era-labour-government-future-uk-housing-market\/141447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unlock the planning system to build 1.5m homes<\/a> during the current parliament, so this uplift in approvals will come as welcome news to the incoming government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour ran on promises of changing planning policy and energy reform, but any announcements will take a while before they impact shovels in the ground. As a result, business confidence will play a key part in the early days of the government. In particular, we may see more activity in Residential and Green Energy sectors now the election has been decided.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Hesitation ahead of the election slowed planning applications in May<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-141567 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-1024x362.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-1024x362.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-1536x543.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-1187x420.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-696x246.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-1068x378.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024-610x216.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Planning-Applications-July-2024.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Planning applications in May continued to fall as stasis gripped the industry ahead of the election. Overall, application value was down 12% from May 2023 and was at its lowest for over 18 months. Residential and Infrastructure, the two highest value sectors, continued to feel the squeeze, falling 16% and 6% respectively from the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>Griffiths continued, \u201cLooking ahead, all eyes will be on planning applications following the election. Businesses have long been holding off committing to new projects due to political and economic uncertainty, so this is where we should see the biggest shifts if Labour\u2019s victory turns out to be the news the industry was waiting for.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-141566 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-1024x387.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-1024x387.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-768x290.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-1536x581.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-1111x420.png 1111w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-696x263.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-1068x404.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024-610x231.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Barbour-ABI-Contract-awards-July-2024.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Contracts Awards were unstable in June, falling 16% overall from last month.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointing month after a positive May saw Education and Industrial dipping the most.<\/p>\n<p>Gains in Commercial &amp; Retail and Infrastructure were the only positives as all other sectors fell behind. 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