## TerraQuest

**Planning**

**Application Index**

### Planning Application Index

**What does application data reveal about the trends shaping the future of housing?** The Planning Application Index is a quarterly report from TerraQuest, drawing on exclusive Planning Portal insight to deliver timely, authoritative analysis on housing application activity across the country.

Processing around 95% of all planning applications across England and Wales, Planning Portal has unique oversight of application activity across the country.

Every quarter, we analyse residential planning application figures from the previous three months to provide a clear, data-led view of development intent and housing pipeline.

[Read the latest report](/content/news-and-insights/q1-planning-application-index-2026/index.html)

### Why is the Planning Application Index unique?

We report on housing unit submissions as the clearest measure of development intent, making the Planning Application Index an essential industry resource

#### Unit-level visibility

Track the number of individual new housing units applied for - offering a complete and forward-looking picture

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#### Market-relevant trends

Understand the rise or fall of specific housing types and identify regional development shifts.

#### Early pipeline indicators

Monitoring unit submissions provides one of the earliest measurable signals of housing delivery activity.

### Industry news

### Previous Reports

Explore our previous quarterly reports to see how housing trends are evolving:

[View all news](/content/news-insights/index.html)

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[Q4 2025 Planning Application Index](/content/news-and-insights/q4-2025-index/index.html)

[Planning applications for new homes increase by two-thirds in a year](/content/news-and-insights/q3-planning-application-index-2025/index.html)

[Planning Portal data shows new home plans surge by a third](/content/news-and-insights/q2-planning-application-index-2025/index.html)

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