The upward trend in planning permissions has continued, despite a quarter-on-quarter fall the in number granted, HBF’s latest Housing Pipeline report has revealed. In Q1 2013, the 40,633 housing permissions granted was down on the 45,041 recorded in Q4 2012. But HBF said that the figure was a 10.5% climb on the 36,761 permissions given in Q1 2012 and the …