20,441 Homes Waiting to Be Built in East Cheshire

More than 20,000 homes with planning permission are yet to be built in east Cheshire, with some permissions dating back as far as 2010.

Cheshire East Council (CEC) has granted planning permission for 20,441 homes that currently remain unbuilt.

In his last autumn budget, Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced that the government would launch a review into land banking – the practice of developers sitting on land with planning permission to increase profits.

At a recent CEC meeting, Cllr Sam Corcoran, leader of the Labour opposition group, suggested that land banking was causing problems for the region's five-year housing land supply.

But borough chiefs say they are satisfied with the current pace of house building in the area, with developments now being completed more quickly than expected.

A spokesman for CEC said:

"The conventional view of land banking isn't the experience of CEC– many sites are progressing very well. It is also the case that housing sites inevitably take a few years to build out.

"However, we are not at all complacent – the council needs to ensure more than 2,400 homes are built each year over the next eight years or so to fully meet housing need.

"We are, therefore, working hard to ensure more sites move more quickly and remove any remaining obstacles to new home building."

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