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Written question asked by Lord Shipley (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 November 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Housing: Construction

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of new homes built in the UK in the financial year 2016–17; and, of those, how many were (1) the conversion of houses into flats, and (2) the conversion of shops and offices into homes.

Answer

Estimates of the number of new homes completed, net conversions between houses and flats, and net change of use between non-domestic and residential are available for England, in 2016-17.

Annual housing supply in England amounted to 217,350 net additional dwellings in 2016-17, up 15 per cent on 2015-16.

The 217,350 net additions in 2016-17 resulted from 183,570 new build homes, 37,190 gains from change of use between non-domestic and residential, 5,680 from conversions between houses and flats and 720 other gains (caravans, house boats etc.), offset by 9,820 demolitions.

18,887 of the net additions from change of use were through ‘permitted development rights’ (full planning permission not required). These comprised 17,751 additional dwellings from former offices, 330 from agricultural buildings, 106 from storage buildings and 700 from other non-domestic buildings

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish a similar series on net supply of housing, although house building estimates are published by the devolved administrations. A time series showing demolitions and conversions in Scotland is also available, please see below the link.

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/HSfS/ConDem

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3558
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Construction Housing Flats Offices Shops Change of use
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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