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Detailed planning approvals declined compared to both the previous quarter and the previous year. More positively, project starts increased quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, boosting the development pipeline. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on site totalled £805m during the three months to November, 50 per cent up on…

Detailed planning approvals performed poorly against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, main contract awards grew on the preceding three months and a year ago. East Midlands overview Adding up to £1.81bn, work starting in the East Midlands during the three months to November increased 17 per cent…

Project starts strengthened sharply against the preceding three months and previous year. Elsewhere, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals increased against the preceding three months but suffered against the previous year. East of England overview The total value of project starts in the East of England was £5.9bn, 113…

London experienced a poor period with project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all decreasing against the previous quarter and last year. London overview Totalling £3.71bn, work starting in London during the three months to November fell 16 per cent against the preceding quarter to stand six per…

Project starts and detailed planning approvals performed poorly compared to the preceding three months and previous year. More positively, main contract awards increased against the preceding three months and previous year. North East overview Adding up to £634m, work starting on-site in the North East during the three months to…

Project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals decreased against both the preceding quarter and last year. North West overview At £1.66bn, work starting on site in the North West during the three months to November fell 26 per cent against the preceding three months to stand 36 per…

Project starts and detailed planning approvals increased against the previous year, whereas main contract awards suffered during the time period. Northern Ireland overview Project-starts totalled £734m, a 25 per cent increase on the preceding three months to stand 88 per cent up on the previous year. Underlying work (less than…

Project-starts and main contract awards performed well against the previous year and preceding three months. Elsewhere,  detailed planning approvals decreased against both periods. Scotland overview Totalling £3.23bn, work starting on-site in Scotland increased 61 per cent during the three months to November and remained 106 per cent higher than a…

Project starts and main contract awards fell against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew compared with the preceding three months. South East overview Totalling £3.05bn, work commencing on site in the South East during the three months to November fell 22 per cent against…

Project starts fell against the preceding quarter and last year. More positively, there was an uptick in main contract awards against the previous three months and the 2023 figures. South West overview Work commencing on site in the South West added up to £1.78bn during the three months to November,…