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Planning approvals
	Oct	Sept
Scotland	423	434
Northern Ireland	27	13
North	561	520
North-west England	1364	524
Yorkshire & Humberside	780	422
Wales	104	94
East Midlands	34	154
West Midlands	166	770
East Anglia	204	238
South-east	171	457
South-west	829	530
Total number of units by private housebuilders and housing associations approved in October and September 2004.

Private housebuilder approvals in October
	Applications approved	Number of units
Hafod HA	1	46
Riverside HA	1	41
St Vincents HA	1	22
Bedfordshire Pilgrims HA	1	21
Three rivers HA	1	19
Housing association approvals in September
Rosehill Housing co-op	1	78
Sovereign Housing	1	41
Beild HA	1	35
nene housing society	1	25
portsmouth HA	1	24
Private housebuilder approvals in October
Crest Nicholson	1	512
Barratt Developments	4	406
Keepmoat holDings	1	196
McCarthy & Stone	4	193
George Wimpey	2	135
Private housebuilder approvals in October
Persimmon group	6	537
Taylor Woodrow	5	289
westbury	2	128
George Wimpey	2	125
the miller group	2	94
Includes all planning applications for houses, bungalows and chalets, apartments and flats, 10 units and above, within the UK. Refurbishment schemes are excluded.

New-build Sales, registrations and completions
	Oct 2004	Oct 2003
average daily sales	511	522
private registrations	12,807	16,042
private completions	12,364	14,654
housing association registrations	1608	1722
housing association completions	1536	1442