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Detailed planning approvals, main contract awards and project starts performed poorly against both the previous three months and 2022 figures. East Midlands overview Adding up to £919m, work starting on site in the East Midlands during the three months to September fell 35 per cent against the preceding three months…

Project-starts and detailed planning approvals fell against both last year and the previous three months. More positively, main contract awards grew on the previous three months and previous year. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on site totalled £297m during the three months to September, an 8…

Project-starts fell against the previous year, and main contract awards decreased against the previous quarter. In contrast, detailed planning approvals grew on the preceding three months and on a year ago. Infrastructure overview Totalling £5.612bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to September grew 77 per…

Project-starts fell against both the previous quarter and last year. More positively, main contract awards grew on a year ago, while detailed planning approvals increased against the preceding three months. Education overview Totalling £1.065bn, education work starting on site experienced a 29 per cent decrease on the preceding three months…

Project-starts, main contract awards, and detailed planning approvals all increased against the previous year, with project-starts and main contract awards increasing against the preceding three months also. Health overview Adding up to £618m, underlying health work starting on site (less than £100m in value) during the three months to September…

Project-starts suffered declines on the previous quarter and last year. More positively, detailed planning approvals experienced growth against both the preceding three months and a year ago. Hotel & leisure overview Totalling £563m, hotel & leisure projects starting on site during the three months to September fell 36 per cent…

Main contract awards slipped back against both the previous three months and last year. In contrast, detailed planning approvals increased on the preceding quarter and a year ago. Retail overview Totalling £446m, retail work starting on site during the three months to September grew 13 per cent against the preceding…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against both the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on last year provides a boost to the development pipeline. Offices overview Office work starting on site totalled £920m during the three months to September, a 33 per cent…

Weak construction-starts performance continued during the three months to September with main contract awards also performing poorly.  More positively, detailed planning approvals experienced a strong performance when compared to 2022 levels. Averaging £7.024bn per month, work commencing on-site during the three months to September experienced a weak performance, decreasing 9…

Project-starts, main contract awards, and detailed planning approvals all fell against the previous quarter and last year. Housing overview Totalling £10.27bn, residential work commencing on site during the three months to September fell 24 per cent against the preceding three months to stand 29 per cent lower than a year…