This edition will be refreshed as late filings arrive. Charges created after 30 June 2026 are still being filed at Companies House, and HM Land Registry registers commercial sales months after completion. Figures for Q3 2026 will rise.
Key findings
- 654 mixed use and semi-commercial planning applications were submitted across England and Wales between January and September 2026, with 90.2% of decided applications granted. Source: Local planning authority records via Landstack.
Mixed use and semi-commercial planning pipeline
654 mixed use and semi-commercial planning applications were submitted across England and Wales between January and September 2026. Councils decided 499 with a granted or refused outcome in the period and granted 90.2% of them.
Quarterly submissions moved from 265 in Q3 2025 to 242 in Q3 2026. Applications are a forward signal for finance: a granted change of use or new unit usually needs a purchase, refinance or bridging loan within 12 months.
Applications submitted by quarter
Source: local planning authority records via Landstack.
Recent approvals
- Enfield · 26/00930/FULDemolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment by construction of residential and mixed-use buildings providing a range of commercial uses (Use Class E), and residential dwellings (Use Class C3) along with assGranted 30 September 2026
- Powys · P/26/0350/FULChange of use of offices to a mixed-use development comprising 2 No. retail and 2 No. residential dwellings, including external alterations .Granted 28 September 2026
- West Northamptonshire · 2026/1216/MARReserved matters application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for Phases 2A, 3A and 3C comprising 237 dwellings with associated internal access routes, landscaping, public open space and drainage, pursuant toGranted 25 September 2026
- Kingston upon Thames · 25/02075/ARMApplication for Approval of Reserved Matters (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) of Phase 2 - Plots P, A and D following approval of Outline Planning Permission ref: 20/02942/FUL as amended by 25/02084/FUL (PartGranted 23 September 2026
- Southwark · 23/AP/0582Redevelopment to provide a mixed-use development comprising student accommodation (Sui Generis), residential accommodation (Use Class C3), community floorspace (Use Class F2) and commercial workspace (Use Class E(g)) witGranted 23 September 2026
- Ealing · 253952FULConstruction of a mixed-use building to include re-provision of enhanced community space with multipurpose hall, cafe and retail space at ground level; multipurpose community spaces and ancillary office space at first flGranted 21 September 2026
Mixed use and semi-commercial against the wider commercial market
The planning approval rate of 90.2% compares with 86.9% for commercial applications nationally.
Financing mixed use and semi-commercial property
For lender criteria, typical terms and case examples on semi-commercial property finance, see Semi-Commercial Property Finance, our specialist resource for this sector.
Regional breakdown
| Region | Applications |
|---|---|
| London & South East | 432 |
| Midlands | 39 |
| North East & Yorkshire | 46 |
| South West | 47 |
| North West | 34 |
| East of England | 44 |
| Wales | 12 |
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Methodology and sources
Sales: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, property type "Other", which covers non-residential sales in England and Wales. Rows that share a price and date are counted as one multi-title deal. Data registered to 25 August 2026.
Lending: the Companies House charges register (snapshot 1 October 2026). A charge counts as commercial when it is secured on a property postcode and either the borrower operates in a commercial sector (for example hotels, pubs, care, retail, manufacturing or logistics, by SIC code) or the postcode matches a commercial sale in 2025 or 2026. Lenders are grouped using our own classification.
Planning: local planning authority records collated by Landstack, filtered to applications whose description indicates a commercial use. Discharge of conditions, advertisement consents, householder works and conversions to residential are excluded. Records cover 253 councils; where a council's applications are not yet collated, its pipeline is understated.
Geography: regions follow postcode districts. County reports cover the ceremonial county including its unitary authorities. City reports cover the local authority area named on each page. Scotland and Northern Ireland are outside HM Land Registry coverage and are not included.
Sector identification: a sale or charge is included when its address or charge particulars name the use, or when the borrower's SIC code places it in the sector. Planning applications are included when the description names the use. Sections with too few records to be reliable are not shown.
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