Sadiq Khan blasted the federal government’s “hot air” on housebuilding final evening, after official figures confirmed London was main on approving planning purposes.
New evaluation launched at present reveals that new dwelling approvals are up 8% in London since 2016 whereas they’re down 14% in the remainder of England.
Within London, Labour managed boroughs are delivering 50% extra houses on common than Conservative council areas.
Data compiled for the Home Builders Federation reveals that within the yr to Q2 2023, 58,279 houses had been accepted by the planning system in London, greater than the capital’s housing goal and up 8% in comparison with the identical level in 2016, when Mr Khan was elected.
Mr Khan stated: “When it involves housing, Tory Ministers are extra excited by delivering sizzling air than houses. The Tories can’t deflect from their very own failure on housing. They’ve scrapped their very own targets after failing to satisfy them and missed their reasonably priced houses goal too.
“In London we’ve finished issues otherwise, and the details communicate for themselves. Backed by our sturdy planning strategy, the variety of new houses has elevated considerably and on the similar time we’ve hit our Government-set reasonably priced housing goal due to my laser concentrate on the council and genuinely reasonably priced houses that Londoners want most.”