{"id":153793,"date":"2025-08-04T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=153793"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:31:56","slug":"housebuilders-quarterly-report-q2-2025-shows-further-decline-planning-consents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housebuilders-quarterly-report-q2-2025-shows-further-decline-planning-consents\/153793\/","title":{"rendered":"Housebuilders report shows further decline of planning consents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In half a year (from Q4 2024 to Q2 2025), housing consents have dropped by around 50% according to the Housebuilders Quarterly Report Q2 2025<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdsmarketing.co.uk\/intelligent-reports\/housing-retail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BDS Housebuilders Quarterly Report<\/a> reflects a struggling housing market, affecting both buying prices and planning permissions.<\/p>\n<p>The report covers large-scale private housebuilders, public sector developments, and \u2018other\u2019 builds such as those from investment groups, at regional, national, and county levels.<\/p>\n<h3>Housing consents fell by 15% in Q2 2025<\/h3>\n<p>In Q1 2025, houses accounted for around 65% of total recorded consents, which actually increased by five points in Q2 2025 in spite of the drop of overall consents. The ratio of housing to flats now sits at 70:30.<\/p>\n<p>In Q2 2025, this represents 1,700 housing consents for a market share of around 5%, when Q1 2025 was around 6%.<\/p>\n<p>By region, the South East saw the most private housing consents at &gt;8,000 units, and public housing consents hit &gt;350 units, while the East of England was not far behind in \u2018other\u2019 housing consents at &gt;1,500.<\/p>\n<h3>Despite progress, more needs to be done<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/2bn-housing-boost-a-step-forward-but-more-is-needed-to-solve-the-crisis\/150903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing for PBC Today in July<\/a>, Robbie Blackhurst of the Centre for Construction Best Practice described (CCBP) extra government funding and planning reforms as a demonstration of their \u201congoing commitment to tackling the housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>However, surveys found that there is need for more support across all housing tenures, including permanent and temporary housing.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie wrote: \u201cThe \u00a32bn extra spend for social and affordable housing is part of a wider \u00a34.65bn allocation for infrastructure and housing, with most of the funding expected to be spent later in the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this long-term commitment is encouraging, the housing sector has faced numerous challenges, including rising material costs, labour shortages and regulatory pressures. Without clear action on how these funds will be managed, there is a risk that they will fail to deliver meaningful outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, the proposed \u00a33.4bn levy on new homes, designed to fund building safety remediation after Grenfell, raises concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the intention behind the levy is understandable, it risks putting further strain on developers, particularly SMEs, which are already dealing with rising costs and regulatory burdens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s housing targets are ambitious, with a goal of building 305,000 homes per year by the end of the forecast period. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates that this could bring the government closer to its broader target of 1.5m new homes by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile these targets are encouraging, they will require more than just supply-side measures. Demand-side solutions must also be considered, ensuring adequate support for all housing sectors, including temporary and supported housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BDS Housebuilders Quarterly Report for Q2 2025 shows that the number of housing consents is declining, despite government support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":153794,"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":[572,567],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-153793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-housebuilding","9":"tag-planning-system"},"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>Housebuilders Quarterly Report Q2 2025 shows planning consent decline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The BDS Housebuilders Quarterly Report for Q2 2025 shows that the number of housing consents is declining, despite government support\" \/>\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\/housebuilders-quarterly-report-q2-2025-shows-further-decline-planning-consents\/153793\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Housebuilders report shows further decline of planning consents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The BDS Housebuilders Quarterly Report for Q2 2025 shows that the number of housing consents is declining, despite government support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housebuilders-quarterly-report-q2-2025-shows-further-decline-planning-consents\/153793\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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