The States has just released the third quarterly monitoring report for the Island Development Plan for the year.
It showed that in the third quarter of this year more than 350 dwellings were under construction. This follows a steady rise since a dip to less than 250 homes in late 2023, and is the highest since late 2020.
Of these, 268 are in the private sector. The rest are deemed to be affordable housing, made up of 69 homes on the former CI Tyres site in La Charroterie and some of the homes under construction in a field in Les Oberlands.
Overall there are 15 approved planning applications providing 10 or more houses, which are still live, giving the option to deliver nearly 650 new homes.
But only eight of these are under construction – totalling fewer than 200 homes.
Some of developments where work has not started include Leale’s Yard, Pointues Rocques, Le Chalet Hotel and the site of the former English & Guernsey Arms on South Side.
Overall there are more than 1,000 homes in the pipeline supply – where permission has been granted, but not necessarily seen work start.
The current States Strategic Housing Indicator is for 268 to 327 new dwellings a year.
The vast majority of the pipeline supply – nearly 800 homes – are in St Peter Port or around the Bridge. Nearly 100 are in local centres, such as L’Aumone or St Martin’s, while the rest are away from any centres.
The IDP allows for the development of greenfield sites for residential development where they are located within a centre boundary.
So far this year permission for 112 homes on greenfield sites has been granted.
This has included the conversion of the former Mirus Battery Mess into a house in St Saviour’s, new homes at Pointues Rocques, and a number of permissions to create homes by converting or replacing former horticultural buildings.
New permissions were granted for 55 homes in the third quarter, which involved replacements for 22 existing homes. About half of these properties will be semi-detached.
Overall there were nearly 27,700 homes in Guernsey at the end of last year – about 1,000 more than in 2015.
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