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  • West Midlands

    West Midlands – Overview   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. Work starting on-site in the West Midlands added up to £973m during Q4 2022, a 53 per cent decline compared with the preceding quarter […]

  • Wales

    Wales – Overview   Project-starts and main contract awards suffered declines during Q4 2022 while detailed planning approvals more than doubled. 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 per cent against […]

  • South West

    South West – Overview   While project-starts weakened, strong growth in major project contract awards and detailed planning approvals boosted the development pipeline. 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 30 per cent lower than a […]

  • South East

    South East – Overview While project-starts increased significantly against the previous year, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals fared poorlys. 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 up against the previous year. Major (£100m […]

  • Scotland

    Scotland – Overview   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. Totalling £758m, work starting on-site in […]

  • Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland – Overview   Encouragingly, 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. While underlying (less than £100m in value) work starting on-site during Q4 2022 fell 28 against the preceding quarter on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis, […]

  • North West

    North West – Overview While project-starts and main contract awards both weakened, growth in major project approvals against 2021 levels provides a boost to the development pipeline. At £1.38bn, work starting on-site in the North West during Q4 2022 fell 33 per cent against the preceding quarter and 21 per cent compared with a year […]

  • North East

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

  • London

    London – Overview 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. Totalling £3.3bn, work starting on-site in London during Q4 2022 fell 38 per cent against the preceding quarter to […]

  • East Midlands

    East Midlands – Overview Project-starts performed particularly poorly in the East Midlands during Q4 2022. While main contract awards and detailed planning approvals both fell during the quarter, the value increased against the previous year to boost the development pipeline. Adding up to £928m, work starting on-site in the East Midlands during Q4 2022 fell […]

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