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The West Midlands experienced a poor Q4 2022, with project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all declining on the previous year and preceding quarter. West Midlands overview Work starting on-site in the West Midlands added up to £973m during Q4 2022, a 53 per cent decline compared with…

While project-starts weakened, strong growth in major project contract awards and detailed planning approvals boosted the development pipeline in Q4 2022. South West overview Work commencing on-site in the South West added up to £1.27bn during Q4 2022, a 24 per cent decline compared with the preceding quarter to stand…

Project-starts and main contract awards suffered declines during Q4 2022 while detailed planning approvals more than doubled. Wales overview Totalling £595m, underlying work starting on-site (less than £100m in value) in Wales during Q4 2022 remained unchanged against the preceding quarter on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis but increased 51…

While project-starts increased significantly against the previous year, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals fared poorly in Q4 2022. South East overview Totalling £2.53bn, work commencing on-site in the South East during Q4 2022 declined 4 per cent against the preceding quarter but, more positively, remained 25 per cent…

Q4 2022 was a poor period for construction in Scotland, with project starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all having decreased significantly on the previous year. However, an increase in the value of detailed planning approvals against the preceding quarter provided some optimism. Scotland overview Totalling £758m, work…

Encouragingly, in Q4 2022 underlying project-starts and detailed planning approvals improved against the previous year. Main contract awards performed poorly against both the previous year and preceding quarter. Northern Ireland overview While underlying (less than £100m in value) work starting on-site during Q4 2022 fell 28 per cent against the…

While project-starts and main contract awards both weakened in Q4 2022, growth in major project approvals against 2021 levels provides a boost to the development pipeline. North West overview At £1.38bn, work starting on-site in the North West during Q4 2022 fell 33 per cent against the preceding quarter and…

Project starts and detailed planning approvals advanced significantly against the previous year. However, main contract awards did not fare well in Q4 2022, decreasing sharply on 2021 levels. North East overview Totalling £1.04bn, work starting on-site in the North East decreased 64 per cent during Q4 2022 but remained 47…

Q4 2022 was a poor quarter for the underlying market with project-starts, main contract awards, and detailed planning approvals all having weakened. Major projects ensured growth in detailed planning approvals during the quarter. London overview Totalling £3.3bn, work starting on-site in London during Q4 2022 fell 38 per cent against…

Underlying project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all weakened during Q4 2022. Major projects provided a boost to main contract awards and detailed planning approvals. East of England overview Totalling £1.36bn underlying (less than £100m in value) work starting on-site during Q4 2022 in the East of England…