The share of sites
Large housebuilders are active across the entire planning pipeline, but they mostly operate across sites that are well progressed through planning, being involved in nearly half of all homes on sites currently under construction.
Within the large housebuilders, the top three companies with involvement in the most homes are Taylor Wimpey, Barratt and Persimmon. At the mid-point of this year, these three PLC housebuilders were involved in approximately 329,500 homes. With an average annual new home delivery of approximately 43,700 homes over the past three years, the homes with full planning consent across these organisations equates to two years of delivery.
Housing Associations (HAs) similarly have most of their activity concentrated in shorter-term opportunities, with 73,000 homes under construction as of H1 2024, equating to 9% of the total homes at that stage.
Companies in our ‘Other Private’ category, including individuals and private companies not necessarily involved in the construction sector, hold second place in being involved in the highest number of homes in the pipeline in England, with approximately 319,200 homes. These organisations are most active in the early stages of the planning pipeline, with 50% of their homes at the outline application or outline permission stages.
Similarly, the public sector, which holds nearly 316,900 homes in the immediate pipeline, also has 50% of its homes in the early stages of the planning pipeline. Within the public sector, Homes England is involved in the largest volume of homes with approximately 60,200 homes in the immediate pipeline. Nine out of ten homes with Homes England involvement are in the early stages of the planning pipeline. Support from local planning authorities on these smaller sites at the earlier stages through to construction would significantly support the delivery of 1.5 million homes by 2030.