{"id":159317,"date":"2026-02-13T10:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=159317"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:59:39","slug":"ons-stats-december-2025-reveal-whimpering-end-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ons-stats-december-2025-reveal-whimpering-end-year\/159317\/","title":{"rendered":"ONS stats December 2025 reveal a whimpering end to the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Of the nine sectors covered by the ONS, seven of them contracted in a disappointing end to the year<\/h2>\n<p>The ONS stats for December 2025 show that, overall, construction output in the last quarter fell by 2.1% from Q3 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Within this, new work fell by 2.6% and repair and maintenance fell by 1.5%.<\/p>\n<h3>New orders dropped by 3.8%<\/h3>\n<p>Private new housing was the largest contributor to the overall drop, falling by 3.6%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ons-stats-november-2025-shows-another-drop\/158369\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monthly,<\/a> December alone saw a 0.5% fall in overall output due to a large fall in repair and maintenance of -2.5%, too much to be offset by the 1.0% growth of new work.<\/p>\n<p>Of further concern, the construction output price inflation was 2.7% in the 12 months to December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>However, the news is not totally bleak, as overall in 2025 construction output rose by 1.8%, the fifth year in a row of annual growth.<\/p>\n<p>Private new housing output is still well below the base level from 2023, and overall the stats suggest a weak pipeline heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The ONS stats December 2025 can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/businessindustryandtrade\/constructionindustry\/bulletins\/constructionoutputingreatbritain\/latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found in full here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Industry concerned with new stats<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief executive of the Federation of Master Builders, said: \u201cThe ONS figures confirming that total construction output fell by 2.1% in Q4 2025 show that conditions for small builders deteriorated significantly towards the end of last year. Falling output alongside a drop in new orders shows that workloads are shrinking and confidence is ebbing away across the sector. The weakness in private new housing is particularly concerning as this demonstrates that Government\u2019s housing targets are falling behind.<br \/>\n\u201cWith activity declining across most construction sectors and signs that repair and maintenance work is also slowing, many firms are facing a tough start to 2026. The Government must act quickly to stabilise the economic environment, restore confidence and get projects moving again. That means investing in planning capacity, supporting access to finance, and a clear, long term strategy for housing and construction. Without decisive intervention, there is a real risk that small builders will continue to pull back, making it harder to grow the economy and deliver the homes the country urgently needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clive Docwra, managing director of property and construction consultancy McBains, said: \u201cAfter October and November proved disappointing months in terms of output, today\u2019s news will be of further concern to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is particularly concerning to see that total construction new orders fell by 3.8% in Quarter 4 2025 compared with Quarter 3 2025, with this decrease coming mainly from private commercial new work and private industrial new work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it is important to note that some delays in work could be as a result of a logjam at the Building Safety Regulator, while December\u2019s figures may also reflect a hangover from uncertainty around the Chancellor\u2019s Budget in late November, so the industry will be hoping that an increase in orders will be registered in next month\u2019s figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Cook, senior economics director at Pegasus Group, said: \u201cYet another decline in construction output for the third consecutive month is a concerning trend that the Government cannot afford to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst outputs can fall in December due to a slow holiday period, the continued declines we have seen over the past few months should be a cause for concern. The fact is that persistent issues around skills shortages, an ageing workforce, and a slow-moving planning system are all continuing to hamper growth in the construction industry; failing to address these will set back the UK\u2019s economic growth too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government has taken a proactive approach to address these problems: for instance, changes to the NPPF and new announcements this week to create more construction apprenticeship and T Level opportunities in education estates \u2013 which will develop talent with transferrable skills for the wider sector \u2013 will be vital in reversing the decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the deep-rooted issues affecting construction outputs cannot be reversed overnight: the Government\u2019s measures will take time to create real change. More needs to be done to address the immediate problems the sector is facing and reverse the decline in output as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ONS stats December 2025 show contractions in all but two sectors, and a rough close to the year and start of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":159319,"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":[277,908],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-159317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-built-environment","9":"tag-economy"},"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>ONS stats December 2025 reveal a whimpering end to the year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ONS stats December 2025 show contractions in all but two sectors, and a rough close to the year and start of 2026\" \/>\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\/ons-stats-december-2025-reveal-whimpering-end-year\/159317\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ONS stats December 2025 reveal a whimpering end to the year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ONS stats December 2025 show contractions in all but two sectors, and a rough close to the year and start of 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ons-stats-december-2025-reveal-whimpering-end-year\/159317\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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