Net additional dwellings and demolitions
Key points
For the Lancashire-12 area the 5,545 additional dwellings recorded in 2023/24 were comprised of 5,075 which were newly built, 425 changes of use, 30 demolitions and 75 conversions or other gains or losses.
Net additional dwellings
This article presents the latest net additional dwellings for the Lancashire area. Previous articles on this topic compared the results over a longer period of time. The housing dashboard has a graph that shows net additional dwellings going back to 2001. In this article we have rounded all figures to the nearest five. In previous reports figures were rounded to the nearest ten. As many of the district component figures are under 10 this reduces the discrepancies caused by rounding.
For the Lancashire-12 area, the net additional dwellings data for 2023/24 reveal a total of 5,545, down by 7.9% on the previous year (6,025).
In 2023/24, Preston (1,630), Wyre (640), South Ribble (580) and Ribble Valley (545) recorded the highest yearly increases in the Lancashire-12 area, whilst the figure for Pendle was just 120. Ribble Valley figures have been imputed as the authority did not submit Housing Reconciliation Flow (HRF) returns for the year.
Across the whole Lancashire-14 area, the total net additional dwellings figure of 6,270 was the second highest this century after 2022/23 (6,810).
Demolitions and change of use
The Lancashire-14 area has a large number of old terraced properties at the lower end of the price range that present significant issues. New dwelling stock is vitally important, but parts of the Lancashire-14 area also still have to address the legacy of a dysfunctional housing-market in certain areas, especially in the east of the county. The highest number of demolitions were in Blackburn with Darwen (44) during 2023/24.
In 2023/24, the net additional dwellings figure for the Lancashire-12 area (5,545) included -30 demolitions, offset by new build (+5,075), net change of use (+425) and net conversions plus other gains and losses (+75).
Table 1: Net additional dwellings 2023/24, components of change
| Area | New build | Net conversions / other gains or losses | Change of use | Demolitions | Net additions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 225 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 250 |
| Chorley | 285 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 290 |
| Fylde | 330 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 350 |
| Hyndburn | 210 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 255 |
| Lancaster | 140 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 215 |
| Pendle | 90 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 120 |
| Preston | 1,500 | 15 | 115 | 0 | 1,630 |
| Ribble ValleyI | 505I | 5I | 50I | -10I | 545I |
| Rossendale | 165 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 200 |
| South Ribble | 585 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 580 |
| West Lancashire | 445 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 475 |
| Wyre | 600 | 25 | 20 | -5 | 640 |
| Lancashire-12 | 5,075 | 75 | 425 | -30 | 5,545 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 550 | 5 | 40 | -45 | 545 |
| Blackpool | 145 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 175 |
| Lancashire-14 | 5,770 | 95 | 480 | -75 | 6,270 |
| England | 198,610 | 6,255 | 21,590 | -5,390 | 221,070 |
Note: All figures in this table and this article are rounded to the nearest 5, so summing the district values may not give the same value as published for the Lancashire-12 and Lancashire-14 areas. I = imputed data.
Source: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, live tables on dwelling stock, table 123.
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