Clearview National November 2014 - Issue 156 | Page 31

INDUSTRYNEWS

Nearly Half Of
Homes With
Planning Permission
HaveYet To Be Built
Four G Award
nominations for
The VEKA UK Group
The ‘Installer of the Year’
shortlist also includes VEKA
Approved Installer KJM
and Thistle Windows and
Conservatories, a long-standing
VEKA installer, has been
nominated for ‘Conservatory
Installer of the Year’.
Colin Torley, Sales and
Marketing Director of the
VEKA UK Group, said: “We’re
absolutely thrilled to be up for
four awards, and we are equally
excited to see our customers
recognised for all their hard
work.”

For more information visit
www.vekauk.com

with 12 per cent and 11 per
cent respectively, and house
building at its lowest in the
North East (5 per cent) and
Wales (3 per cent).

‘238,000 homes
received planning
permission
last year’
On the findings of the data,
Michael Dall, lead economist at
Barbour ABI, commented:
“These figures indicate that,
while there are potentially
enough homes in the pipeline to
meet the Labour Party’s target
of delivering 200,000 affordable
homes a year by 2020, more
needs to be done to get work
underway.”

For more information visit
www.barbour-abi.com

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»»The VEKA UK Group, a
industry-leading PVC-U systems
supplier, has been shortlisted
for four G Awards, ahead of
the Presentation Evening and
Gala Dinner, being held in
November.
The group has also been
nominated for ‘Commercial
Project of the Year’ thanks to
Bowater Projects winning the
tender for the Anchor National
Window Replacement Project,
‘Environmental Initiative of
the Year’ and ‘Training &
Development Initiative of the
Year’.
The group also received a
nomination for ‘Promotional
Trade Campaign of the Year’.

»»Figures released on
the 1st October reveal that,
while 238,000 homes received
planning permission last year,
only 129,000 units actually
started construction in the same
period.
Data from Barbour ABI,
the chosen provider of the
Government’s Construction
and Infrastructure Pipeline,
shows that 238,000 homes were
granted planning permission
from September 2013 to August
2014, with contracts awarded
accounting for 129,000 units.
This indicates a significant
disparity between planning
permissions and builds starting
on site.
The data also highlighted
London and the South East’s
dominance over house building
activity, with both regions
combined accounting for nearly
a third (29%) of all planning
permissions in the residential
sector. The North West and
South West were not far behind

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