Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents compared with median sale price
Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents, rolling 4 quarters (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) vs. median sale price, Q2 2026 (HM Land Registry). 295 areas, Pearson r = +0.34.
This is a pattern across areas, not a cause. It says nothing about any individual case.
| Area | Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents | Median sale price |
|---|---|---|
| Adur | 0.2 | £362,500 |
| Amber Valley | 0.6 | £215,000 |
| Arun | 0.3 | £325,000 |
| Ashfield | 0.5 | £175,000 |
| Ashford | 0.6 | £330,000 |
| Babergh | 0.9 | £312,500 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 0.2 | £380,000 |
| Barnet | 0.5 | £500,000 |
| Barnsley | 0.3 | £164,500 |
| Basildon | 0.6 | £355,000 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 0.6 | £365,000 |
| Bassetlaw | 0.6 | £195,000 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 0.8 | £365,000 |
| Bedford | 0.4 | £335,000 |
| Bexley | 0.4 | £420,000 |
| Birmingham | 0.1 | £227,250 |
| Blaby | 0.4 | £285,000 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 0.3 | £154,000 |
| Blackpool | 0.1 | £137,500 |
| Bolsover | 0.6 | £170,000 |
| Bolton | 0.2 | £190,000 |
| Boston | 0.5 | £179,975 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 0.7 | £325,000 |
| Bracknell Forest | 0.2 | £415,000 |
| Bradford | 0.4 | £180,000 |
| Braintree | 0.5 | £325,000 |
| Breckland | 0.7 | £250,000 |
| Brent | 0.1 | £520,000 |
| Brentwood | 1.0 | £487,500 |
| Brighton and Hove | 0.5 | £440,000 |
| Bristol, City of | 0.6 | £355,000 |
| Broadland | 0.6 | £300,000 |
| Bromley | 0.2 | £499,700 |
| Bromsgrove | 0.6 | £330,000 |
| Broxbourne | 0.3 | £422,500 |
| Broxtowe | 0.4 | £243,500 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0.7 | £460,000 |
| Burnley | 0.3 | £131,250 |
| Bury | 0.2 | £230,000 |
| Calderdale | 0.4 | £179,995 |
| Cambridge | 0.5 | £442,500 |
| Camden | 2.0 | £637,552 |
| Cannock Chase | 0.2 | £220,000 |
| Canterbury | 0.4 | £345,000 |
| Castle Point | 0.3 | £365,000 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 0.4 | £360,000 |
| Charnwood | 0.4 | £275,000 |
| Chelmsford | 0.7 | £390,000 |
| Cheltenham | 0.5 | £325,000 |
| Cherwell | 0.6 | £347,000 |
| Cheshire East | 0.7 | £280,000 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 0.3 | £250,000 |
| Chesterfield | 0.3 | £191,500 |
| Chichester | 0.7 | £375,000 |
| Chorley | 0.6 | £226,000 |
| City of London | 0.1 | £688,000 |
| Colchester | 0.3 | £306,000 |
| Cornwall | 1.8 | £275,000 |
| Cotswold | 1.2 | £435,000 |
| County Durham | 0.2 | £124,950 |
| Coventry | 0.3 | £225,000 |
| Crawley | 0.1 | £340,000 |
| Croydon | 0.3 | £420,000 |
| Cumberland | 0.5 | £165,000 |
| Dacorum | 0.7 | £430,000 |
| Darlington | 0.2 | £150,000 |
| Dartford | 0.2 | £355,500 |
| Derby | 0.2 | £207,500 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 1.0 | £297,750 |
| Doncaster | 0.4 | £165,000 |
| Dorset | 0.8 | £329,000 |
| Dover | 0.8 | £280,000 |
| Dudley | 0.2 | £227,500 |
| Ealing | 0.6 | £500,000 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 1.1 | £320,000 |
| East Devon | 0.8 | £310,000 |
| East Hampshire | 0.4 | £421,250 |
| East Hertfordshire | 0.5 | £437,500 |
| East Lindsey | 1.0 | £198,500 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 0.5 | £210,000 |
| East Staffordshire | 0.4 | £220,000 |
| East Suffolk | 0.8 | £275,000 |
| Eastbourne | 0.2 | £270,000 |
| Eastleigh | 0.2 | £335,000 |
| Elmbridge | 1.0 | £562,500 |
| Enfield | 0.5 | £430,000 |
| Epping Forest | 0.9 | £491,000 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 0.6 | £522,500 |
| Erewash | 0.5 | £200,000 |
| Exeter | 0.2 | £287,500 |
| Fareham | 0.5 | £328,375 |
| Fenland | 1.6 | £220,000 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 0.6 | £310,000 |
| Forest of Dean | 0.7 | £255,000 |
| Fylde | 0.5 | £228,250 |
| Gateshead | 0.1 | £155,000 |
| Gedling | 0.3 | £231,000 |
| Gloucester | 0.2 | £245,000 |
| Gosport | 0.2 | £250,000 |
| Gravesham | 0.4 | £350,000 |
| Great Yarmouth | 0.4 | £195,000 |
| Greenwich | 0.3 | £450,000 |
| Guildford | 0.8 | £460,168 |
| Hackney | 0.6 | £522,250 |
| Halton | 0.1 | £183,500 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1.1 | £642,500 |
| Harborough | 0.7 | £325,000 |
| Haringey | 0.9 | £530,000 |
| Harlow | 0.1 | £336,000 |
| Harrow | 0.2 | £524,500 |
| Hart | 0.3 | £445,000 |
| Hartlepool | 0.2 | £123,000 |
| Hastings | 0.5 | £280,000 |
| Havant | 0.1 | £320,000 |
| Havering | 0.3 | £450,000 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 1.3 | £280,000 |
| Hertsmere | 0.8 | £514,000 |
| High Peak | 0.3 | £255,000 |
| Hillingdon | 0.1 | £490,000 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 0.4 | £255,000 |
| Horsham | 1.1 | £435,000 |
| Hounslow | 0.1 | £450,000 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0.7 | £300,000 |
| Hyndburn | 0.1 | £132,950 |
| Ipswich | 0.2 | £230,000 |
| Isle of Wight | 0.9 | £231,250 |
| Islington | 2.0 | £585,500 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 3.1 | £897,500 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1.4 | £252,000 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 0.1 | £126,000 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0.3 | £530,000 |
| Kirklees | 0.6 | £195,500 |
| Knowsley | 0.1 | £182,500 |
| Lambeth | 0.1 | £510,000 |
| Lancaster | 0.3 | £199,950 |
| Leeds | 0.2 | £236,500 |
| Leicester | 0.2 | £233,000 |
| Lewes | 0.5 | £370,000 |
| Lewisham | 0.3 | £430,500 |
| Lichfield | 0.6 | £322,500 |
| Lincoln | 0.2 | £175,000 |
| Liverpool | 0.1 | £175,750 |
| Luton | 0.1 | £305,000 |
| Maidstone | 0.6 | £343,750 |
| Maldon | 0.7 | £370,000 |
| Malvern Hills | 1.2 | £322,500 |
| Manchester | 0.2 | £230,000 |
| Mansfield | 0.3 | £165,000 |
| Medway | 0.4 | £295,000 |
| Melton | 1.0 | £248,000 |
| Merton | 0.3 | £515,000 |
| Mid Devon | 1.3 | £270,000 |
| Mid Suffolk | 1.1 | £290,000 |
| Mid Sussex | 0.6 | £425,000 |
| Middlesbrough | 0.0 | £145,000 |
| Milton Keynes | 0.2 | £330,000 |
| Mole Valley | 0.7 | £475,000 |
| New Forest | 0.4 | £395,000 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 0.9 | £215,500 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 0.2 | £200,000 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 0.8 | £195,000 |
| Newham | 0.1 | £410,000 |
| North Devon | 2.0 | £265,000 |
| North East Derbyshire | 0.4 | £233,500 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 0.3 | £136,000 |
| North Hertfordshire | 0.8 | £413,500 |
| North Kesteven | 0.6 | £235,000 |
| North Lincolnshire | 0.5 | £171,000 |
| North Norfolk | 1.1 | £285,000 |
| North Northamptonshire | 0.2 | £250,000 |
| North Somerset | 0.5 | £312,750 |
| North Tyneside | 0.0 | £200,000 |
| North Warwickshire | 0.8 | £250,000 |
| North West Leicestershire | 0.8 | £250,000 |
| North Yorkshire | 0.8 | £258,944 |
| Northumberland | 0.6 | £195,000 |
| Norwich | 0.2 | £235,000 |
| Nottingham | 0.2 | £190,000 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 0.1 | £216,000 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 0.2 | £260,000 |
| Oldham | 0.2 | £195,000 |
| Oxford | 0.3 | £450,000 |
| Pendle | 0.8 | £145,000 |
| Peterborough | 0.2 | £232,750 |
| Plymouth | 0.2 | £225,000 |
| Portsmouth | 0.2 | £254,000 |
| Preston | 0.5 | £180,000 |
| Reading | 0.3 | £345,000 |
| Redbridge | 0.3 | £479,500 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 0.2 | £152,000 |
| Redditch | 0.2 | £245,500 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 0.5 | £461,000 |
| Ribble Valley | 0.6 | £250,000 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 0.6 | £696,000 |
| Rochdale | 0.3 | £200,000 |
| Rochford | 0.5 | £405,000 |
| Rossendale | 0.4 | £180,000 |
| Rother | 1.0 | £330,000 |
| Rotherham | 0.2 | £176,000 |
| Rugby | 0.2 | £265,000 |
| Runnymede | 0.6 | £437,000 |
| Rushcliffe | 0.6 | £312,000 |
| Rushmoor | 0.2 | £360,000 |
| Rutland | 1.0 | £295,000 |
| Salford | 0.1 | £224,500 |
| Sandwell | 0.1 | £215,000 |
| Sefton | 0.3 | £220,000 |
| Sevenoaks | 1.5 | £450,000 |
| Sheffield | 0.2 | £202,500 |
| Shropshire | 0.8 | £279,000 |
| Slough | 0.2 | £390,000 |
| Solihull | 0.2 | £320,000 |
| Somerset | 1.0 | £270,000 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 1.2 | £395,000 |
| South Derbyshire | 0.8 | £245,000 |
| South Gloucestershire | 0.6 | £340,000 |
| South Hams | 1.1 | £340,000 |
| South Holland | 1.0 | £233,000 |
| South Kesteven | 0.6 | £260,000 |
| South Norfolk | 0.8 | £287,000 |
| South Oxfordshire | 1.0 | £445,000 |
| South Ribble | 0.4 | £200,000 |
| South Staffordshire | 0.5 | £268,500 |
| South Tyneside | 0.1 | £155,000 |
| Southampton | 0.2 | £245,000 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 0.4 | £315,000 |
| Southwark | 0.8 | £505,000 |
| Spelthorne | 0.4 | £445,000 |
| St Albans | 0.7 | £587,500 |
| St. Helens | 0.1 | £175,000 |
| Stafford | 0.4 | £250,000 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 0.3 | £215,000 |
| Stevenage | 0.1 | £340,000 |
| Stockport | 0.2 | £293,000 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 0.1 | £167,500 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 0.1 | £143,500 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 0.9 | £360,000 |
| Stroud | 0.4 | £345,000 |
| Sunderland | 0.2 | £132,000 |
| Surrey Heath | 0.4 | £475,000 |
| Sutton | 0.3 | £435,000 |
| Swale | 0.5 | £291,000 |
| Swindon | 0.3 | £261,000 |
| Tameside | 0.1 | £200,000 |
| Tamworth | 0.1 | £250,000 |
| Tandridge | 1.0 | £480,000 |
| Teignbridge | 0.5 | £287,250 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 0.3 | £200,000 |
| Tendring | 0.6 | £257,000 |
| Test Valley | 0.5 | £350,000 |
| Tewkesbury | 0.7 | £290,000 |
| Thanet | 0.7 | £272,000 |
| Three Rivers | 0.6 | £525,000 |
| Thurrock | 0.3 | £350,000 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 0.7 | £400,000 |
| Torbay | 0.4 | £242,500 |
| Torridge | 1.7 | £250,000 |
| Tower Hamlets | 0.1 | £450,000 |
| Trafford | 0.3 | £380,000 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1.1 | £415,000 |
| Uttlesford | 2.2 | £435,000 |
| Vale of White Horse | 0.6 | £360,000 |
| Wakefield | 0.2 | £190,000 |
| Walsall | 0.2 | £210,000 |
| Waltham Forest | 0.2 | £530,000 |
| Wandsworth | 1.8 | £600,000 |
| Warrington | 0.3 | £250,000 |
| Warwick | 0.3 | £331,500 |
| Watford | 0.3 | £394,000 |
| Waverley | 0.8 | £519,000 |
| Wealden | 0.8 | £378,000 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 0.5 | £413,500 |
| West Berkshire | 0.4 | £365,000 |
| West Devon | 0.8 | £260,000 |
| West Lancashire | 0.4 | £223,250 |
| West Lindsey | 1.0 | £205,000 |
| West Northamptonshire | 0.4 | £285,000 |
| West Oxfordshire | 0.8 | £387,500 |
| West Suffolk | 0.4 | £275,000 |
| Westminster | 0.1 | £767,500 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 0.3 | £230,000 |
| Wigan | 0.2 | £180,000 |
| Wiltshire | 0.6 | £310,000 |
| Winchester | 0.4 | £418,000 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 0.6 | £500,000 |
| Wirral | 0.1 | £215,000 |
| Woking | 0.2 | £437,500 |
| Wokingham | 0.4 | £450,000 |
| Wolverhampton | 0.2 | £215,000 |
| Worcester | 0.3 | £248,000 |
| Worthing | 0.3 | £321,000 |
| Wychavon | 1.3 | £310,000 |
| Wyre | 0.2 | £184,500 |
| Wyre Forest | 0.4 | £239,000 |
| York | 0.4 | £290,000 |
Sources and licences
- Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, licence terms.
- Median sale price: HM Land Registry, licence terms. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sources and licensing for every dataset
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StatsMapped, Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents compared with median sale price. Planning permissions granted per 1,000 residents (rolling 4 quarters, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) compared with Median sale price (Q2 2026, HM Land Registry), 295 areas, Pearson r = +0.34. Calculated by StatsMapped from the published data. https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/compare/planning-permissions-vs-sale-price