UK Local Authority Housing Stock Counts from Business Plan Statistical Appendix

Data on the total number of dwellings owned by non-Large Scale Voluntary Transfer local authorities in the UK, compiled for the Housing Revenue Account. The dataset originates from the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) forms submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Track progress against Local Authority Business Plans based on reported dwelling stock and vacants.
• Analyze capital expenditure on Housing Revenue Account (HRA) stock based on reported financial data.
• Monitor Decent Homes program compliance based on reported housing condition metrics.
• Study the transition from BPSA/HSSA/P1B forms to the Local Authority Housing Statistics based on the historical data collection process.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a UK government ministry, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• The dataset has a specific last updated timestamp of 2026-07-08 13:31:09.553087.
• It is released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, which permits reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is 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

Collection Method

Collected via Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) forms from non-Large Scale Voluntary Transfer local authorities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:09.553087; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (local authority level)