City council applications mean new houses, workspace and jobs.
Nearly 400 new homes and four major employment sites were approved by Milton Keynes City Council in the first quarter of this year.
The council has given the green light to 391 new homes, the equivalent of around six houses 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.
This also enables 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 infrastructures.
“We’re proud to be setting the pace on sustainable growth, not just for our region but for the country,” said Cllr Shanika Mahendran, Cabinet Member for Planning and Placemaking.
“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.”
