The UK build-to-rent pipeline
224 of the 1,264 published schemes are not yet letting: 90 under construction (about 23,000 homes) and 134 in planning (about 41,000 homes), against 1,040 operational schemes with about 154,000 homes. Homes figures are rounded.
For the market-wide total, including schemes not yet tracked here, use the British Property Federation's quarterly build-to-rent figures. This page is the scheme-level view between those releases.
The pipeline tracker breaks these figures down by region and recent activity.
BY STATUS
| Status | Schemes | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Operational | 1,040 | ~154,000 |
| Under Construction | 90 | ~23,000 |
| In Planning | 134 | ~41,000 |
PIPELINE BY EXPECTED COMPLETION YEAR
| Year | Schemes | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | ~2,500 |
| 2027 | 29 | ~7,600 |
| 2028 | 25 | ~7,000 |
| 2029 | 9 | ~3,100 |
| 2032 | 1 | — |
| 2040 | 1 | — |
| No completion date recorded | 152 | — |
BY REGION
| Region | Schemes | Homes | Operational | Under construction | In planning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 424 | ~93,000 | 321 | 31 | 72 |
| North West | 218 | ~37,000 | 195 | 9 | 14 |
| South East | 118 | ~15,000 | 108 | 4 | 6 |
| West Midlands | 113 | ~21,000 | 87 | 16 | 10 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 95 | ~16,000 | 79 | 11 | 5 |
| East of England | 78 | ~9,400 | 63 | 5 | 10 |
| East Midlands | 76 | ~6,100 | 72 | 2 | 2 |
| South West | 61 | ~7,500 | 51 | 4 | 6 |
| North East | 32 | ~2,000 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| Scotland | 26 | ~6,000 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
| Wales | 14 | ~4,400 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Region not recorded | 6 | — | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How these figures are produced
Status is one of In Planning, Under Construction or Operational, and moves forward only on evidence: a scheme becomes Under Construction on site activity or a contractor award, and Operational when it is letting — not when it is announced. Homes are recorded unit counts; a scheme without one is counted as a scheme but contributes no homes. Homes figures are rounded (to the nearest 100, or 1,000 from 10,000 up) and shown only where at least five schemes contribute a count; a dash means fewer than five do.
Region is the stored region where it is a standard English region or UK nation, otherwise derived from the city; a handful of schemes with neither are shown as “Region not recorded”. Expected completion is the year on record for the scheme; pipeline schemes without one are counted separately rather than guessed.
Full method: how the directory is compiled.
How to cite this page
BTR Directory, “The UK build-to-rent pipeline”, figures as at 9 November 2026, https://www.buildtorentdirectory.co.uk/insights/uk-btr-pipeline
Quote any figure with its date. The page regenerates as the directory changes, so a figure quoted without a date will drift from what the page shows later.
MORE DATA PAGES
- The largest build-to-rent operators in the UKEvery operator ranked by homes under management, with scheme counts and city coverage.
- UK build-to-rent statisticsThe headline numbers, one per line, dated and citable.
- What is build-to-rent?A plain definition, how it differs from ordinary renting, and what the directory counts.