Disclosure Log

Question

1) Please provide the following information for each financial year from 2020/21 to the current year to date:

1. The number of new residential dwellings on which construction commenced.

2. The number of new residential dwellings completed.

Please provide the figures by financial year.

2) Please provide the number of new council-owned homes:

1. Started in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

2. Completed in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

3. Currently under construction as of the date of this request.

3) Please provide the number of new council-owned homes:

1. Started in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

2. Completed in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

3. Currently under construction as of the date of this request.

4) Please provide the number of affordable homes:

1. Started in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

2. Completed in each financial year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.

Please use the council's existing definition of affordable housing.

5) As of the date of this request, please provide:

1. The number of residential dwellings with planning permission where construction has not yet commenced.

2. Of these, the number where planning permission was granted more than three years ago.

Answer

Q1 – information is publicly available and can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.wales/new-house-building

Q5 - information is publicly available and can be found at the following link:

https://www.merthyr.gov.uk/media/11100/fifth-annual-monitoring-report-october-2025.pdf

and by using the planning search function:

https://publicaccess.merthyr.gov.uk/online-applications/