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According to recent research, over 423,000 homes which have received planning permission are still waiting to be built<\/h2>\n

The analysis commissioned by the Local Government Association<\/a> (LGA) and conducted by construction experts Glenigan<\/a> has revealed that the backlog of developments has increased by almost 16% in the last year.<\/p>\n

In 2015\/16, there were 365,146 unimplemented planning permissions in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

This increased to 423,544 in 2016\/17.<\/p>\n

The study revealed that developers were taking longer to build new homes<\/a>, with the average scheme now taking 40 months from receiving planning permission to completion \u2013 eight months longer than in 2013\/14.<\/p>\n

The analysis also found that councils were approving nine out of 10 planning applications, with permission granted for 321,202 new homes in 2016\/17, up from 204,989 in 2015\/16.<\/p>\n

Councillor Martin Tett, spokesman at LGA Housing, said that the figures proved that the planning system was not a barrier to housebuilding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the opposite is true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last year, councils and their communities granted twice as many planning permissions as the number of new homes that were completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one can live in a planning permission.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncils need greater powers to act where housebuilding has stalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo tackle the new homes backlog and to get the country building again, councils also need the freedom to borrow and invest in desperately needed new homes, as recognised by the influential Treasury Select Committee<\/a> last month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tett added: \u201cOur national housing shortage<\/a> is one of the most pressing issues we face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile private developers have a key role to play in solving our housing crisis, they cannot meet the\u00a0300,000-housebuilding target\u00a0set by the government on their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no chance of housing supply<\/a> meeting demand unless councils can get building again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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