{"id":149676,"date":"2025-03-21T10:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=149676"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:40:47","slug":"7-decline-in-planning-applications-in-q4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/7-decline-in-planning-applications-in-q4-2024\/149676\/","title":{"rendered":"7% decline in planning applications in Q4 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government shows that the last quarter of 2024 saw a drop of 7% in applications<\/h2>\n<p>District-level planning authorities gave data on planning applications in Q4 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The final quarter of the year saw 79,000 applications, down 7% from Q4 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Granted permissions also declined<\/h3>\n<p>Decided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/reforms-could-bring-about-3425-revived-planning-applications\/147940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">applications<\/a> reached 75,400 in Q4 2024, again dropped by 7% from the previous year\u2019s final quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The number of granted decisions also dropped by 6% from the same quarter in the previous year, to 64,900.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149678\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-094411.png\" alt=\"Graph showing planning applications Q4 2024 by region\" width=\"592\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-094411.png 592w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-094411-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-094411-414x420.png 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government | Regional breakdown of applications and decisions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>91% of major applications saw a decision within 13 weeks, or within the agreed time. This marks an increase of 1 percentage point from the previous year\u2019s Q4.<\/p>\n<p>7,400 residential applications were granted, down 10% from Q4 2023, while 1,500 commercial developments were granted, down by 13% from Q4 2023. 37,800 householder development applications were decided, down 7% from Q4 2023, and accounting for 50% of all decisions made in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>In the whole of 2024, 271,600 decisions were granted by the end of 2024, and 30,200 residential applications were granted, in both cases a decline of 7% from the previous year.<\/p>\n<h3>There has been an overall decline in planning applications since 2009<\/h3>\n<p>Figures published in the update show that the number of applications received, decided, and granted, all suddenly dropped in 2009 following the economic downturn in 2008, and have struggled to regain momentum ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Another dip in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been rectified since, but the decline is still noticeable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149677\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-149677 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-093945.png\" alt=\"Graph charting number of applications, including planning applications Q4 2024\" width=\"579\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-093945.png 579w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-093945-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-093945-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-093945-420x420.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government | Number of received, decided, and granted applications (thousands)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief ceecutive of the Federation of Master Builders, said: \u201cIt is deeply disappointing to see the number of planning applications granted for developments of 9 or fewer units in 2024 were down significantly on the previous year, by almost 2,000. This means a mere 9% of homes delivered will be from the nation\u2019s small local house builders &#8211; an increasingly dwindling part of the sector. The Housing Minister has been clear about the need to diversify the housing market away from a reliance on a small number of high-volume builders, yet today\u2019s figures show more needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat sets small, local builders apart is that they come from the very communities they build for, delivering high-quality\u00a0projects using local skills. But we know from the FMB\u2019s House Builders\u2019 Survey in December 2024 that the planning system is the number one barrier preventing SME builders from building. We need to see more resources allocated to local authority planning departments, dedicated to helping SME builders navigate the challenges of planning system, and allowing them to deliver the homes we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/planning-applications-in-england-october-to-december-2024\/planning-applications-in-england-october-to-december-2024-statistical-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in full here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data for planning applications in Q4 2024 has been published, detailing a disappointing drop from the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":149679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[699,649],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-149676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-land","9":"tag-planning-applications"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>7% decline in planning applications in Q4 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Data for planning applications in Q4 2024 has been published, detailing a disappointing drop from the previous year\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/7-decline-in-planning-applications-in-q4-2024\/149676\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7% decline in planning applications in Q4 2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Data for planning applications in Q4 2024 has been published, detailing a disappointing drop from the previous year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/7-decline-in-planning-applications-in-q4-2024\/149676\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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