Cornwall is the nation’s housebuilder hotspot, with its local planning authority receiving more residential planning applications than any other part of the country.
There were 2,025 planning applications in Cornwall in 2024, out of 63,529 for the UK as a whole, data from Searchland has revealed.
Not only has Cornwall received the most applications, but it has done so by quite a margin, with second place Buckinghamshire LPA receiving 821.
Hugh Gibbs, co-founder of Searchland, said: “Cornwall is by far and away the housebuilding capital of Britain when it comes to planning authority activity over the last year.
“With more than 2,000 residential applications, its LPA is handling more than double the amount received by any other location. And this isn’t an anomaly because Cornwall also saw more than 2,000 submissions in 2023.#
“And Cornwall is not alone. Up and down the country, local planning authorities are preparing themselves to be busier than ever.
“And while not all applications are going to be successful, the Labour government is intent on making sure that planning is granted with more pace and freedom than ever before which means the coming years should be incredibly fruitful for housebuilders, especially if they focus their attention on these 10 local areas.”
The planning authority that saw the biggest annual increase in residential planning applications between 2023 and 2024 was Darlington, with a jump of 120.6%.
Bristol City saw an increase of 115.1%, and applications in Stevenage climbed by 107.7%.
