Housing tracker: Find out about new homes in your area

The government has set itself a big challenge - to deliver 1.5 million new homes in England by the end of the current Parliament.

Councils have been set targets for the numbers of new homes they should be helping to create in their areas every year, with some needing vast increases compared with their recent record.

Enter a postcode to find out what is happening in your area with targets, average delivery and the latest figures on new homes and planning permission.

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Averages for new homes by local authority in England come from the government's "net additional dwellings" statistics.

These figures are estimates of changes in the total number of homes in each area, taking account of new build homes and existing buildings conversions, minus any demolitions.

The targets are the government's new "local housing need" calculations, released following a public consultation.

The latest number of new homes comes from energy performance certificates for new builds or conversions, which every property must have upon construction.

These are indicators of new housing supply but can differ from the final net additional dwellings because they don't account for demolition and may have been lodged before the home was ready to live in.

Planning statistics are taken from quarterly data and combine applications decided for "minor" housing developments (fewer than 10 homes) and "major" schemes (10 homes or more).

The planning data is at local authority level. Applications decided by special authorities such as those in charge of national parks are not included.

We have included the latest data on new house building completions by local authority for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the 1.5 million homes target applies only in England.

Produced by Daniel Wainwright, Allison Shultes, Scott Jarvis, Steven Connor, Charlie Colbourne and Preeti Vaghela