Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 5 November 2025.
James Cleverly
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department subscribes to planning starts data produced by Glenigan.
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
My Department purchases data from Glenigan covering planning applications for residential developments.
While the data contains some information on site starts, we do not judge this to be a robust and comprehensive picture of building starts and therefore do not use the data for this purpose.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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