EIR - New homes data [Jan 2024]

Your request 

1. How many new homes have been provided in London since 2016 2018?
2. What is the breakdown of the above (1) into: a) Commercially owned development b) RSL/Housing Association owned development c) Council owned development?
3. What is the breakdown of the above (1) into: a) Homes for owner/occupier purchase b) Homes for rental / leasehold
4. What is the breakdown of the above (1) into: a) Affordable homes (ie for key workers allocation). Here a percentage will suffice. b) Family (units with three or more bedrooms) vs single/two people (two or less bedrooms) accommodation?
5. Of (1) how many homes (percentage will suffice) were constructed from new (greenfield) sites; how many from refurbishment of existing (brownfield) sites; how many from planning usage changes (eg office blocks converted to homes)
6. How many homes (broken into the categories of q2) will come onto the market a) in fy April 2023- march 2024; b) fy 2024/25
7. How do these results compare with the new homes predictions and projections issued by the Mayor/GLA since 2016?

Our response

1. The GLA affordable housing statistics containing information about the overall number of homes completed in London. This information is available on the GLA website here: Affordable Housing statistics | London City Hall . Further information on the number of home completed in London is available in the Department of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities (DLUHC) and is available at the following website: Live tables on dwelling stock (including vacants) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
2. The GLA does not collect information on site ownership
3. The GLA’s affordable housing programmes provide homes for a range of different tenure types. Information about those tenures, alongside details of how many homes were completed for each tenure each year are available on the GLA website: Affordable Housing statistics | London City Hall
4. a) The GLA does not collect information on whether homes will be for key worker allocations. b) Details of number of bedrooms in homes approved for funding and completed under the Mayor’s Affordable Homes Programmes are available on GLA website: Affordable Housing statistics | London City Hall
5. The GLA does not collect information on greenfield or brownfield sites, however the majority of development in London will be on brownfield sites.
6. The GLA does not collect information on when sites approved for funding in the Affordable Homes Programmes will be brought to market. These timeframes will be determined locally by our investment partners in order to ensure homes are delivered within the timeframes for the programmes in which they are funded.
7. See response to question 6.