The government says it is increasing the supply of homes in England as it seeks to deliver on its promise of building 1.5m homes over the course of this Parliament.
In figures published this week the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government estimate over the last 12 months, 231,399 new homes have been delivered. The data is drawn from the publication of Energy Performance Certificate lodgements and building control statistics and shows since 1st April 2024 and 31 March 2025 an estimated 196,500 net additional homes have been delivered in England. Between 1st April 2025 and 14th September 2025 89,100 net additional homes have been delivered; and since the start of the current Parliament (9th July 2024), 231,300 net additional homes have been delivered in England to 14th September 2025.
According to building control data, between 1st April 2025 and 30th June 2025, the number of dwellings where building work has started on site was 29,490 (seasonally adjusted). This is a 2% increase when compared to the previous quarter and is a 16% increase when compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The number of dwellings completed was 34,990 (seasonally adjusted); a 2% decrease when compared to the previous quarter and is a 19% decrease when compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
In 2023-24, there were 221,070 net additional dwellings, a 6% decrease when compared to the previous year. In the second quarter of 2025 there was a 2% fall in the number of EPC’s lodged for new dwellings, 51,660 EPCs. In the year ending June 2025, there were 201,050 EPCs lodged for new dwellings. This is a 8% decrease when compared to last year.
Net Additional dwellings, estimated net additional dwellings since 1 April 2024 and in this parliament, by time period and data source
| Area | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 1 April 2025 to 14 September 2025 | 9 July 2024 to 14 September 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 221,070 | 196,500 | 89,100 | 231,300 |
| North East | 7,940 | 8,500 | 3,700 | 9,900 |
| North West | 26,870 | 24,100 | 10,700 | 28,000 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 21,100 | 16,900 | 6,800 | 19,300 |
| East Midlands | 22,790 | 20,300 | 9,900 | 24,700 |
| West Midlands | 21,790 | 18,500 | 8,300 | 21,800 |
| East of England | 28,640 | 24,900 | 11,900 | 30,400 |
| London | 32,160 | 31,000 | 13,100 | 34,900 |
| South East | 38,760 | 33,000 | 15,600 | 39,200 |
| South West | 21,010 | 19,400 | 9,000 | 23,100 |
| Unknown | 100 | 100 |
Source: gov.uk
Seasonally adjusted trends in quarterly building control reported new build dwelling starts and completions, England, 2006 Q2 to 2025 Q2
The data comes as the government says it has started the largest ever number of major infrastructure project in the first year of a Parliament, projects include the Lower Thames Crossing, Mona Offshore Windfarm, Simister Island development in the Manchester area and the expansion to Gatwick airport.
Earlier this year the Prime Minister set the government a target of 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure projects as part of the Plan for Change with the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, removing of ‘onerous’ statutory pre-application requirements reducing legal challenges from three to one. So far 21 decisions were signed off in the first year of government; and four decisions have been made in the second year, bringing the total to 25, with more projects expected to be decided before the end of the year said Housing Secretary Steve Reed:
“We are backing our builders, brickies and businesses to get Britain building. We’ve already said yes to major projects that will create more well-paid jobs providing clean power and new roads.
“We will go further to streamline planning rules to speed up new homes, data centres and businesses that will put an affordable home and well-paid job within reach of people in every part of our country.”
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Clearly 2 + 7 = Chocolate.
Makes as much sense as this governments logic.
They have 45 months to deliver 1.3 million homes. Which is in the ball park of 345-350k homes per year. Or circa 29000 homes per month from the end of next week.
I’m all for encouraging children to dream big. Surely however the adults in power……oh, shoot.
I see the problem