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Administration timetable

Contact

housebuilding@cma.gov.uk

Response to market study

22 October 2024: The government has accepted many of the CMAs housebuilding market study recommendations and is committed to working on the others.

• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local governments response to the CMAs housebuilding market study
• Press release: Government commits to addressing housebuilding recommendations

Final report

26 February 2024: The CMA has published the final report for the housebuilding market study. This report sets out our findings, the concerns that we have identified, and our assessment of the range of potential interventions that could address them.

We have also opened a new Competition Act investigation into 8 housebuilders in light of evidence suggesting they may be sharing information with their competitors.

Press notice: CMA finds fundamental concerns in housebuilding market (26.2.24)

Final report, nation summaries and consumer research

• Summary of housebuilding final report (26.2.24)
• Final report (26.2.24)
• England summary (26.2.24)
• Scotland summary (26.2.24)
• Wales summary (26.2.24)
• Supporting evidence document (26.2.24)
• Glossary (26.2.24)
• Housebuilding consumer research final report (Jigsaw Research) (26.2.24)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Profitability (PDF, 364KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix B: Cost of capital (PDF, 2,319KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix C: Landbanks data sources (PDF, 123KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix D: Distribution of land banks (PDF, 663KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix E: Identifying local housing market areas (PDF, 109KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix F: Estimating the development timeline (PDF, 306KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix G: Identifying concentrated areas (PDF, 466KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix H: Review of further evidence for 26 local areas (PDF, 155KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix I: Barriers to entry and expansion (PDF, 331KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix J: Process for securing developer contributions (PDF, 251KB) (26.2.24)
• Appendix K: Options for reforming the planning systems: responses to the CMA planning working paper (PDF, 242KB) (26.2.24)

Correspondence

• Letters sent following publication of the CMA housebuilding report (26.2.24)

Land banks and planning working papers

15 November 2023: The CMA has published two working papers seeking feedback on the use of land banks and how planning rules may be impacting competition and the delivery of new homes.

15 March 2024: The CMA has published the organisational responses it received to its land banks and planning working papers.

• Planning and land banks working papers joint overview summary (PDF, 238KB) (15.11.23)
• Press notice: CMA seeks views on land banks and planning rules (15.11.23)

Land banks

• Local concentration and land banks working paper (15.11.23)
• Appendix C Use of information (PDF, 155KB) (15.11.23)
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