Who owns the empty homes. Each year the Department for Communities and Local Government collects data on the number of empty homes from each local authority in England and from other Government departments and bodies (HSSA Statistics). LA data are reported figures. Regions' totals include estimated values for missing data. Hence summing LA figures would not yield region's figure. LA data are reported figures. # indicates figure not supplied.Regions' totals include estimated values for missing data. Hence summing LA figures would not yield region's figure. England total is sum of all regions' figures with estimates. "-" indicates not applicable or non-derivable.".." indicates not available. Stock information on Registered Social Landlord stock and Private Sector stock have not been collected on 2009's HSSA return to reduce data burdens on local authorities. This information will be published separately in a live table on the CLG website in December or early 2010. Total stock information refers to all stock and as a result the sum of local authority stock and 'other' public stock will not sum to the total stock for any given local authority. Regional totals as supplied by DCLG may differ from individual boroughs due to additional cross-referencing with other bodies such as Government departments and the Housing Corporation.

Statistics on vacant dwelling and empty homes

This data on empty homes is presented in two sections: our original data is provided for the whole of England, collated from local authority returns to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for 2010 to 2014. Re-formatting the data and releasing it locally helps us see and use the data locally to monitor this issue - especially useful in an area of high housing pressure.Our second section of empty homes data, published in 2019, is presented under six side-headings, with one line of data for the whole of England followed by data for our eight Housing Board districts only, rather than districts across the whole country. The data comes from returns made to the Government and is simply re-presented to make it easier to use locally, and slightly more accessible.The 2019 data comes from a variety of government returns which can be found on the MHCLG web pages; is provided for 2004 to 2017, and is broken down into All vacants All long-term vacants Local authority owned vacants Private registered provider vacants (aka housing associations) Private registered provider long tem vacants (aka housing associations) ​Other public sector vacants (discontinued in 2015, so no values in 2016 or 2017). Notes are provided in the data dictionary for each dataset, setting out further detail.​

The Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) is a statistical return to support the LA's annual Housing Strategy. It is mainly basic and policy orientated data on all tenures within each local authority's own geographical area and covers a wide range of information such as: Dwelling Stock and Vacants, Waiting lists, Lettings and Homelessness, Houses in Multiple Occupation, Capital Expenditure and Receipts, and Cash Incentive Schemes, Private Sector Housing Renewal Assistance and Provision of Affordable Housing. The Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA), the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) and the local authority housing sales monitoring (P1B) forms were replaced by the Local Authority Housing Statistics.

Data showing the number of empty homes brought back into use in Plymouth (2006 to 2015)

The number of dwellings by dwelling occupancy, shared dwellings, accommodation type, tenure, central heating type and number of bedrooms. Data are available at country, region, local authority, Middle layer Super Output Area and Lower layer Super Output Area in England and Wales, where possible.

Bringing empty homes back into use is a priority for the Coalition Government. £70m of this funding has been assigned to the HCA to deliver a programme to bring empty properties back in to use as affordable housing. The dataset lists allocations which could deliver up to 5,600 new affordable homes (2012-2015 delivery)

This data relates to long term empty properties (i.e. those that have been empty for more than 6 months). The information relates purely to empty property addresses that are within the private sector and which are not owned by private individuals (i.e. owned by limited companies). Information The Council considers that the full addresses of the privately owned properties can be considered to be personal data and is therefore exempt under section 40 (personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as the information constitutes third party data. Data and Resources 30/04/2018CSV Long Term Empty Homes owned by Ltd Companies

Estimated vacancy rates by percentage, for commercial and industrial properties in England.

The data cover financial years and are derived from the amount of relief given by local authorities on business rates for empty properties.

The data are an indicator of business activity in an area, and serve to monitor the potential for new development.

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This data is no longer published. Download 1998-2005 data from NESS website

The purpose of the Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA) is to bring together information about a non-Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) authority's Housing Revenue Account (HRA) stock. The BPSA reports progress made during the last financial year against Local Authority Business Plans. The BPSA collects information on a range of topics such as dwelling stock and vacants, Decent Homes, capital expenditure on HRA stock and service and management. This information is used centrally to inform policy development and progress monitoring on the Departmental Strategic Objective 2.7 - % Non-Decent Homes.

This data relates to private sector empty homes in London that have been vacant for 12 months or more at 31 October 2010. This data was collected by the GLA from all London Boroughs. In addition to reporting the total number of such properties, the audit records factors such as size and length of time empty. In order to assist policy development and decision making, properties have been assigned a nominal priority rating based on factors such as length of time empty, condition and size, with '1' the lowest priority band and '5' the highest.

Empty Residential Properties within Northumberland by Electoral Division. The dataset includes length of time empty, Council Tax Band, Percentage of empty against total residential properties.

A dataset providing Leeds City Council houses by address, includes build date, property type, property size and type, suitable for pets, heating type, restriction on who the property can be let to, number of times a property has become vacant and then let in the last 3 years and the weekly rent charge by banding.

Please note

This data set was produced as a one off for the city intelligence innovation lab but has been updated in 2019 for a housing project. Due to a change in reporting the 2019 report does not include the Suitable for Pets or Lettings Restriction information. To find out about the lab click here: https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/city-intelligence-innovation-lab

This dataset shows monthly trends for: The total number of empty properties (regardless of tenure or how long empty) Long term (6 months plus) empty private sector properties and Long term (6 months) LCC properties Please note Unfortunately we are unable to provide data for some months in this dataset.

Dataset population: Household spaces

Accommodation type

The type of accommodation used or available for use by an individual household. Examples include the whole of a terraced house, or a flat in a purpose-built block of flats.

Household spaces

A household space is the accommodation used or available for use by an individual household.

A household space with no usual residents is not the same as a vacant household space because it may be a second home or holiday accommodation, or may otherwise have had visitors present on census night.

The English Housing Survey (EHS) is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The EHS brings together two previous surveys into a single fieldwork operation: the English House Condition Survey (EHCS) (available from the UK Data Archive under GN 33158) and the Survey of English Housing (SEH) (available from the Archive under GN 33277). The EHS covers all housing tenures and provides valuable information and evidence to inform the development and monitoring of the department's housing policies. Results from the survey are also used by a wide range of other users including other government departments, local authorities, housing associations, landlords, academics, construction industry professionals, consultants, and the general public. The EHS has a complex multi-stage methodology consisting of two main elements; an initial interview survey of around 14,000 households and a follow-up physical inspection. Some further elements are also periodically included in or derived from the EHS: for 2008 and 2009, a desk-based market valuation was conducted of a sub-sample of 8,000 dwellings (including vacant ones), but this was not carried out from 2010 onwards. A periodic follow-up survey of private landlords and agents (the Private Landlords Survey (PLS)) is conducted using information from the EHS interview survey. Fuel Poverty datasets are also available from 2003, created by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The EHS interview survey sample formed part of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) (available from the Archive under GN 33420) from April 2008 to April 2011. During this period the core questions from the IHS formed part of the EHS questionnaire.

The EHS is used to derive two types of datasets: Household and Housing Stock. These are available separately for the End User Licence (EUL) and Special Licence (SL) versions, but are combined into one study for the Secure Access EHS:

• Household datasets comprise the full interview data (plus associated derived variables) for all cases where an interview has been completed. Datasets are provided for single financial years together with annual weights. The survey consists of a detailed interview using a CAPI based program. An interview is first conducted with the householder. Household datasets should be used for any analysis where only information from the household interview is required.
• Housing Stock data are available for all cases where a physical survey has been completed. For occupied properties, the datasets include data from the household interview as well as data from the physical survey. For vacant properties, only data for the physical survey are provided. The data are made available for a two year rolling sample i.e. approximately 12,000 cases together with the appropriate 2-year weights. This means that if you use more than one housing stock dataset, you must use either odd or even years. For example, you need to use the Housing Stock Dataset for '2012' and '2014' or '2013' and '2015', but not the dataset for '2014' and '2013' as you would double-count the cases surveyed between April 2013 and March 2014. The Housing Stock datasets should be used for any analysis requiring information relating to the physical characteristics and energy efficiency of the housing stock. Derived datasets provide key analytical variables compiled post-fieldwork including energy efficiency ratings, decent home indicators and equivalised income.

Secure Access EHS data:
Secure Access datasets for the EHS up to 2013/14 are available under UK Data Archive SN 6923 and include two detailed geographical variables that are not available in the standard EUL versions: Postcodes and Lower Layer Super Output Areas. These variables have been merged into the General derived data file within each Household and Housing Stock dataset. The two variables are also available in a separate Detailed Geography data file, along with the key variable 'aacode', allowing the user to merge with other files of their choice. All other files are the same as in the EUL versions. Secure Access datasets for the EHS from 2014/15 are available under Archive SN 8121. From the submission of the 2014/15 datasets onwards, the EHS Secure Access approach was changed by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). The Postcode and Lower Layer Super Output Area variables remain available and DCLG also provide versions of the full EHS datasets as used internally, i.e. not disclosure controlled, for Secure Access. For the 2015/16 datasets, the Secure Access version includes the Special Licence version data also available under SNs 8254 and 8255, as well as detailed geography files containing postcodes and Lower Layer Super Output Area variables.

Prospective users of the Secure Access version of the EHS will need to fulfil additional requirements, commencing with the completion of extra application forms to demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the extra, more detailed variables, in order to obtain permission to use that version. Secure Access users must also complete face-to-face training and agree to Secure Access' User Agreement and Licence Compliance Policy (see 'Access' section below). Therefore, users are encouraged to download and inspect the EUL and/or Special Licence versions of the data prior to ordering a Secure Access version.

Related UK Data Archive studies:
EUL versions of the EHS studies are available under GN 33422, and further details and links for these can be found via the EHS list of datasets. From 2014/15 data onwards, the EUL versions of the EHS only include derived variables. In addition the number of variables on the new EUL datasets has been reduced and disclosure control increased on certain remaining variables. New Special Licence versions of the EHS have been deposited, which are of a similar nature to previous EHS EUL datasets and include derived and raw datasets. Special Licence versions of the data from 2014/15 onwards are available under Archive GN 33515.

Further information about the EHS and the latest news, reports and tables can be found on the GOV.UK English Housing Survey web pages.
Latest edition
For the third edition (February 2018), data and documentation for 2015-16 have been added.

The number of properties (in each band) being charged an empty premium and the amount of levy the London Borough of Barnet will receive.