Industry committed to delivering more and better homes

House builders are continuing to invest in land and getting new sites approved despite the wider political and economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit and are committed to quality, the latest industry report shows. Builders had a form of planning permission granted for nearly 370,000 new homes in 2018, the second highest annual total on record and well over double the number being granted a decade ago, according to the latest housing pipeline report from the Home Builders Federation and Glenigan. Whilst many of the permissions will still take months or years to navigate the remainder of the planning process, the numbers underline the commitment of the industry to deliver further increases in housing supply in the years ahead, it points out.