Platform Housing Group has said it is still expects to increase its development this year despite completions falling 8% in the first three-quarters of the year.

The Solihull-based association, in a trading statement today, said it completed 713 homes in the nine months to 31 December, down on 775 in the same period last year, a drop of 8%.

Despite this Platform said it is still expecting to hit its original target of 1,300 completions in 2023/24 as a whole, which would represent a 17% increase on the 1,114 delivered the previous year.