{"id":519436,"date":"2025-04-29T09:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=519436"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:14:35","slug":"uk-construction-activity-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/cn-intelligence\/uk-construction-activity-march-2025-29-04-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UK construction activity March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Detailed planning approvals increased six per cent against the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>12 per cent decrease in main contract awards against the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>21 per cent decrease in project starts against the previous year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A scarcity of major projects (over \u00a3100m) commencing on-site lead to an overall 21 per cent decline in project\u00a0 starts against a year ago. Underlying projects (under \u00a3100m) also fared poorly, declining both against the preceding three months and a year earlier. Overall main contract awards were also weak, despite major main contract awards being up sharply on a year ago. More encouragingly, a strong rise in detailed planning approvals will provide a much-needed boost to the development pipeline, with a marked increase in major planning approvals overshadowing a decline in underlying project approvals.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst geopolitical uncertainty over US tariff policy and the adverse impact on economic growth are likely to dampen investor activity near term, the strengthening of the development pipeline will enable a swift upturn\u00a0 in project starts as confidence returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detailed planning approvals increased six per cent against the previous year. 12 per cent decrease in main contract awards against the previous year. 21 per cent decrease in project starts against the previous year. 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