UK Permanent Dwellings Started by Tenure and Country

Permanent dwellings started, by tenure and country, as reported by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The dataset is available in XLS format and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze housing construction trends over time based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Compare housing starts across different tenures (e.g., private vs. social) as indicated by the description.
• Assess regional housing supply differences across UK countries mentioned in the description.
• Model the relationship between housing starts and broader economic indicators.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-07-08 13:31:03.720173.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:03.720173; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (by country)