Housing: South West

(asked on 25th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built in (1) Cornwall, and (2) Devon, in each year since 2010.


This question was answered on 8th November 2017

Estimates of the number of new homes built in Cornwall and Devon are published by the Department as part of ‘House building; new build dwellings in England’. The number of new homes built, in Cornwall and Devon since 2010/11, is shown in the table below.

Table 1. House building; new build dwellings completed.

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18 (Q1 only)

Total (to June 2017)

Cornwall

1,450

1,820

1,680

1,430

1,880

1,760

1,750

520

12,300

Devon

1,870

2,220

1,770

2,840

3,030

3,110

3,340

920

19,100

A more complete picture of housing supply (including conversions and change of use) is provided by the ‘net additional dwelling’ statistics. The number of net additional dwellings delivered, in Cornwall and Devon since 2010/11, is shown in the table below.

Table 2. Housing Supply; net additional dwellings.

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Total (to 2015-16)

Cornwall

2,390

2,380

2,280

2,030

2,700

2,600

14,380

Devon

2,650

2,360

2,260

3,340

3,910

3,940

18,550

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