Milton Keynes City Council has approved 391 new homes and four major employment sites in the first quarter of this year – the equivalent of giving the green light to around six new homes every working day.
The 37,750m² of employment space approved in the first three months of 2025 is roughly the size of five football pitches, paving the way for more than a thousand new jobs as the city continues to lead the way in delivering sustainable and well-planned growth.
The city council is not only approving growth, but it also ensures that it gets built, making sure planning permissions turn into real homes and workplaces for residents and businesses, and enabling it to collect funding from developers for each property to put towards important facilities such as the recently opened radiotherapy centre at Milton Keynes University Hospital.
Earlier this year, the city council announced that it had beaten government housebuilding targets for the seventh year running. It secured £218 million from developers over those seven years to invest in roads, schools, health facilities and other key infrastructure.
“We’re proud to be setting the pace on sustainable growth, not just for our region but for the country. These numbers are more than statistics, they represent real homes, real jobs and real opportunities for local people. Our approach means Milton Keynes is growing the right way, with ‘infrastructure first’ so that communities thrive from day one.”