R E N O VA T I O N S ▲ Not ISLINGTON: DOWN 28% TOWER HAMLETS: DOWN 18% HARTLEPOOL: DOWN 15% BRACKNELL FOREST: DOWN 14% STOKE-ON-TRENT: DOWN 14% WESTMINSTER: DOWN 13% CAMDEN: DOWN 13% WANDSWORTH: DOWN 10% REDCAR AND CLEVELAND: DOWN 10% HALTON: DOWN 10% SURVEY BY PLENTIFIC.COM. HOUSEHOLDER DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION STATISTICS TAKEN FROM ANNUAL PLANNING APPLICATION STATISTICS FROM GOV.UK. STATISTICS ARE TAKEN FROM YEARS RUNNING FROM OCTOBER 2014 TO SEPTEMBER 2015 AND OCTOBER 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 2017. HOUSEHOLDER DEVELOPMENTS COVER ACTIVITIES THAT NEED PLANNING PERMISSION, RATHER THAN ONLY RENOVATIONS The trend IN GENERAL, THE NUMBER OF RENOVATIONS ARE HIGHER IN AREAS WHERE HOMES TEND TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE, AS MOVING IS SO COSTLY. t o H www.athomemagazine.co.uk OCTOBER 2017 | 211