Section: Housing Provision
Housing and Planning Statistics 2010
The latest annual volume of Housing and Planning Statistics for 2010 was released on 2 December 2010 under arrangements in line with the code of practice for official statistics.
This annual compendium covers all aspects of housing and planning in England (and in some cases, tables also cover the United Kingdom).
Key findings include:
- There were 21.5 million households in England in 2008-09: 14.6 million owner-occupiers; 3.8 million social renters; and 3.1 million private renters.
- Net additions to the stock (new build plus conversions and change of use, less demolitions) rose from 132,000 net additions per annum in 2000-01, to a peak of 207,370 in 2007-08 before falling to 128,680 in 2009-10.
- Between 2008 and 2009, new build completions decreased by 17%, from 143,000 to 118,000.
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