The term “social homes” has been interpreted as being local authority and registered social landlord social rented dwelling stock. This information is collected centrally by local authority area rather than planning authority area.
Information on local authority dwelling stock by local authority for each year since 1994 is shown in live table 116 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140882.xls
Information on registered social landlord dwelling stock by local authority for each year since 1997 is shown in live table 115 on the Communities and Local Government website at the following link:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140879.xls