Original analysis drawn from 2,780,000+ real planning decisions across more than 240 UK planning authorities. Each briefing is published here in full, with a designed PDF for print and citation.
England is deciding nearly twice as many HMO applications as four years ago and refusing a sharply rising share of them. Where the squeeze bites, and what the data does and does not show about the link everyone assumes.
How a cathedral city became one of the slowest places in England to extend a home — and where, inside it, applications are most likely to be refused.