More than 1,100 social homes stuck in planning system since Government came to power

Some 1,150 social homes have failed to progress through the planning system since 2020.

More than 1,100 social homes have been stuck in the same phase of the planning system for the three-and-a-half-year period that the Government has been in power.

When the Government came to power in June 2020, some 23,600 social homes were in the planning pipeline — with statuses ranging from pre-planning, pre-tender, and final tender report to on-site and completion — but some 1,150 have never progressed.