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Press Release PRESS RELEASE - 2nd December 2008

27% drop in planning applications says Barbour ABI

Ahead of official figures, Barbour ABI data has highlighted that the number of plans being submitted to Local Authorities has declined 27% year on year for October. The rate of decline steepened during October compared to the previous month noticeably for larger schemes and for homeowner applications.

Planning Applications 2008 vs 2007

Barbour ABI is the only organisation in the UK that reports on 100% of planning applications. Our core business is supplying construction industry professionals with analysis, trends and construction leads.

Adam Valentine, Research Director, says: “October saw a 27% drop in planning applications year on year compared to October 2007. Furthermore, looking at the data for the last two months, there is a greater fall in the number of home improver applications than in overall numbers of planning applications.

This demonstrates the ongoing effects of the slowdown in construction and the squeeze on homeowners preventing them drawing equity from their properties, as well as the possible effects of changes to permitted development introduced on 1st October.”