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The count stood at 30 in Q1 2026. That is 18.9% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 88 in Q2 2015; the latest figure is 65.9% below that peak.

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Planning applications granting new dwellings — Central Bedfordshire

30, latest Q1 2026 (-18.9% year on year, from 37).

The count stood at 30 in Q1 2026. That is 18.9% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 88 in Q2 2015; the latest figure is 65.9% below that peak. Its low point was 28 in Q3 2025; the latest reading is 7% above that.

Show the numbers (68 periods)
Planning applications granting new dwellings — Central Bedfordshire, every published period
PeriodValue
Q1 202630
Q4 202528
Q3 202528
Q2 202533
Q1 202537
Q4 202443
Q3 202432
Q2 202429
Q1 202430
Q4 202341
Q3 202344
Q2 202334
Q1 202331
Q4 202234
Q3 202237
Q2 202245
Q1 202245
Q4 202159
Q3 202157
Q2 202163
Q1 202154
Q4 202083
Q3 202054
Q2 202058
Q1 202070
Q4 201984
Q3 201966
Q2 201987
Q1 201959
Q4 201888
Q3 201855
Q2 201870
Q1 201880
Q4 201778
Q3 201780
Q2 201786
Q1 201782
Q4 201676
Q3 201674
Q2 201687
Q1 201659
Q4 201559
Q3 201569
Q2 201588
Q1 201571
Q4 201456
Q3 201449
Q2 201454
Q1 201447
Q4 201357
Q3 201354
Q2 201363
Q1 201349
Q4 201258
Q3 201252
Q2 201245
Q1 201242
Q4 201150
Q3 201143
Q2 201131
Q1 201140
Q4 201030
Q3 201049
Q2 201047
Q1 201039
Q4 200955
Q3 200950
Q2 200940

What these terms mean

Planning Permissions Granted
MHCLG's quarterly count of planning decisions granting permission for new dwellings, major and minor developments summed -- each decision counted once, not the number of dwelling units it covers. Source
Major and minor developments
MHCLG classifies a dwellings application as 'major' when it proposes 10 or more homes, and 'minor' when it proposes fewer than 10. This figure sums both, matching how Ireland's own planning permissions figure is not split by scheme size either.

Before you use these figures

  • Unusually high in Q2 2015: This area's Q2 2015 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for Q2 2015 — 88 against a typical figure (median) of about 27 across 284 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it — flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
  • Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old: This dataset is published quarterly and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.

Cite this figure:

Planning applications granting new dwellings — Central Bedfordshire
30 for Central Bedfordshire, Q1 2026
Caveats: Unusually high in Q2 2015; Latest figure: Q1 2026 — 3 quarters old
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 9 Sep 2026.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2)
https://statsmapped.com/united-kingdom/local-authority/central-bedfordshire/planning-permissions

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