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Planning Permissions Quarter 1 2025

Number of dwelling units granted planning permission down 2.5% in Quarter 1 2025

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CSO statistical release, 12 June 2025, 11am

Advisory Note

Users should note that the number of new dwelling units granted planning permission can vary significantly from quarter to quarter if a large development or a number of large developments are approved within the same reference quarter. Users should therefore exercise caution in extrapolating long-term trends on the basis of a single quarter’s data. Additionally, changes to applications processes for Strategic Housing Developments (SHD) and related issues in An Bord Pleanála in 2022 may impact the number of planning permissions granted over recent quarters. Users should also note that the backlog of SHD applications which have been both processed and are still before An Bord Pleanála awaiting decision, may also impact the number of planning permissions granted over recent quarters.

Key Findings

There was an annual decrease of 2.5% in the total number of dwelling units approved in Quarter 1 (Q1) 2025 to 8,177 units, down from 8,387 units in Q1 2024.
Houses accounted for 60% of all dwelling units granted planning permission in Q1 2025, while apartments made up the remaining 40%.
In Q1 2025, the number of houses granted planning permission rose by 0.8% when compared with Q1 2024, while in contrast, apartment approvals fell by 7%.
The number of multi-development houses receiving planning permission grew by 2.7% annually, from 3,611 units in Q1 2024 to 3,707 units in Q1 2025.
There was an annual decrease of 4.5% in the number of one-off houses receiving planning permission in Q1 2025 compared with an annual increase of 1.5% in Q4 2024.
Across the four local authorities of Dublin, there was an annual decline of 0.6% in the total number of dwelling units approved in Q1 2025, of which the number of houses approved was up by 206%, (210 units to 643 units) compared with a fall of 22% (2,003 units to 1,556 units) in the number of apartments approved.
In Q1 2025, there was an annual decrease of 2.2% (2,388 to 2,336) in the total number of Strategic Housing Developments (SHD) dwelling units approved, of which the number of houses approved rose by 8%, compared with a fall of 9% in the number of apartments approved.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (12 June 2025) published Planning Permissions for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2025.

Commenting on the release, Shane O'Sullivan, Statistician in the Housing Division, said: “The number of units granted planning permission in January, February, and March (Q1) 2025 was 8,177, of which, 4,937 were for houses and 3,240 were for apartments. The number of apartments approved decreased by 7% when compared with Q1 2024. The number of houses approved in Q1 2025 rose by 0.8% over the same period. There was an annual decline of 2.5% in the total number of dwelling unit approvals in Q1 2025, following an annual fall of 38% in Q4 2024.

Planning Permissions by Type of Dwelling and Location

Dublin had the highest number of apartment units granted planning permission in the state in Q1 2025, with 1,556 apartments (48%) and accounted for 13% of house units approved (643). These 2,199 dwelling units approved in Dublin made up more than a quarter (27%) of all dwelling units granted permission in Q1 2025.

During the same period, the Midlands region (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) recorded the lowest number of apartment units (59) granted planning permission. The Mid-East region (Louth, Kildare, Meath, and Wicklow) accounted for the highest number of houses (1,378) granted planning, while the Mid-West region (Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary) recorded the lowest number of houses (270).

Of the 6,520 individual applications for planning permissions granted in Q1 2025, there were 1,597 for new construction dwellings, 1,843 for other new constructions, 1,980 for extensions, and 1,100 permissions were for alterations and conversions."

Key Figures

The headline table shows the total number of dwelling units (Houses and Apartments) granted planning permission in Quarter 1 (Q1) of 2024 and 2025. It also highlights the annual percentage changes.

Dwelling units granted planning permission in Quarter 1 of 2024 and 2025
	Quarter 1
	2024	2025	Change
Multi-development houses	3,611	3,707	96	2.7%
One-off houses	1,288	1,230	-58	-4.5%
All Houses	4,899	4,937	38	0.8%
Apartments	3,488	3,240	-248	-7.1%
Total Dwellings	8,387	8,177	-210	-2.5%

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Dwelling units granted planning permission

In the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 there were 3,240 apartments granted planning permission. During the same period, 3,707 multi-development houses and 1,230 one-off houses were approved.

Table 1 Number of planning permissions granted for new houses and apartments, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

Table 1 Number of planning permissions granted for new houses and apartments, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025
		Multi-Development Houses				One-Off Houses				All Houses				Apartments
Period		Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Floor Area (000 m²)	Average Floor Area per Unit (m²)	Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Floor Area (000 m²)	Average Floor Area per Unit (m²)	Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Floor Area (000 m²)	Average Floor Area per Unit (m²)	Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Floor Area (000 m²)	Average Floor Area per Unit (m²)
2022	Q1	132	2,606	311	119.4	2,081	2,081	505	242.6	2,213	4,687	816	174.1	200	3,776	291	77.0
	Q2	124	2,692	322	119.8	1,840	1,840	443	240.6	1,964	4,532	765	168.9	189	6,842	482	70.4
	Q3	117	2,749	319	116.0	1,647	1,647	392	237.8	1,764	4,396	711	161.6	158	2,347	172	73.5
	Q4	104	2,483	302	121.6	1,356	1,356	321	236.7	1,460	3,839	623	162.3	148	3,758	300	80.0
	Year	477	10,530	1,255	119.2	6,924	6,924	1,660	239.8	7,401	17,454	2,915	167.0	695	16,723	1,246	74.5
2023	Q1	124	4,726	548	116.1	1,420	1,420	331	233.1	1,544	6,146	879	143.1	182	5,513	434	78.8
	Q2	112	2,530	302	119.3	1,172	1,172	267	227.6	1,284	3,702	569	153.6	179	5,021	369	73.5
	Q3	146	3,632	409	112.6	1,227	1,227	284	231.4	1,373	4,859	693	142.6	202	4,803	402	83.7
	Q4	159	3,818	427	111.8	1,213	1,213	274	225.6	1,372	5,031	701	139.3	186	6,150	478	77.8
	Year	541	14,706	1,686	114.7	5,032	5,032	1,155	229.6	5,573	19,738	2,842	144.0	749	21,487	1,684	78.4
2024	Q1	144	3,611	433	119.9	1,288	1,288	292	226.7	1,432	4,899	725	148.0	201	3,488	277	79.3
	Q2	165	3,852	442	114.6	1,195	1,195	274	229.2	1,360	5,047	715	141.8	223	3,466	290	83.6
	Q3	153	4,101	467	114.0	1,192	1,192	268	224.9	1,345	5,293	736	139.0	212	3,318	268	80.7
	Q4	130	2,737	323	117.9	1,231	1,231	280	227.7	1,361	3,968	603	152.0	194	2,922	227	77.7
	Year	592	14,301	1,665	116.4	4,906	4,906	1,114	227.1	5,498	19,207	2,779	144.7	830	13,194	1,061	80.4
2025	Q1	161	3,707	434	117.2	1,230	1,230	273	222.3	1,391	4,937	708	143.4	197	3,240	272	83.9

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Houses accounted for 60% of all new dwelling units granted planning permission in Q1 2025 with 4,937 units approved. There were 3,240 apartments granted planning permission in Quarter 1 of 2025.

Table 2 Number of new dwelling units granted planning permission, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

Planning permission applications granted by type of construction

In total, there were 6,520 applications for planning permissions granted for all developments in Q1 2025. Applications may relate to a single dwelling or a number of dwellings in the case of multi-unit development applications. Of these applications granted permission, 1,597 were for new construction dwellings, 1,843 for other new constructions, 1,980 for extensions, and 1,100 permissions were for alterations and conversions (See Table 3a & Figure 3a).

Of the 1,597 new construction dwellings granted planning permission, 1,230 were one-off houses, 197 were apartments, 161 were multi-development houses, and nine were communal dwellings (See Tables 1 & 3b and Figure 3b).

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Status
New construction dwellings	1597
New construction other	1843
Extensions	1980
Alterations and conversions	1100

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Status
Multi-development houses	161
One-off houses	1230
Apartments	197
Communal dwellings	9

Table 3a Number of planning permissions granted, Q1 2025, classified by region, county and type of development

Table 3a Number of planning permissions granted, Q1 2025, classified by region, county and type of development
	Number of Permissions					Total Floor Area (000 square metres)¹
Planning Region and County	New Construction Dwellings	New Construction Other	Extensions	Alterations and Conversions	Total	New Construction Dwellings	New Construction Other	Extensions	Total²
Northern and Western	474	423	376	169	1,442	184	81	56	321
Border	218	234	209	94	755	74	57	30	161
Cavan	28	56	31	19	134	7	20	11	38
Donegal	126	94	102	53	375	33	18	9	60
Leitrim	9	27	22	7	65	2	5	3	10
Monaghan	37	26	22	3	88	20	11	3	34
Sligo	18	31	32	12	93	12	3	4	19
West	256	189	167	75	687	110	24	26	160
Galway City	14	7	18	17	56	5	0	2	7
Galway³	128	64	60	25	277	72	8	13	93
Mayo	81	61	64	20	226	25	13	9	47
Roscommon	33	57	25	13	128	8	3	2	14

Southern	633	675	611	302	2,221	282	120	104	506
Mid-West	180	220	178	104	682	60	25	28	112
Clare	68	69	63	30	230	18	12	6	36
Limerick	65	77	72	46	260	27	6	13	46
Tipperary	47	74	43	28	192	16	6	8	30
South-East	197	177	152	74	600	88	35	19	142
Carlow	23	23	19	12	77	9	1	3	14
Kilkenny	55	47	50	16	168	17	4	5	26
Waterford	31	29	36	19	115	30	1	4	35
Wexford	88	78	47	27	240	32	28	7	67
South-West	256	278	281	124	939	134	60	57	252
Cork City	36	37	56	29	158	48	18	4	69
Cork³	158	137	140	38	473	66	35	33	133
Kerry	62	104	85	57	308	20	8	21	49

Eastern and Midland	490	745	993	629	2,857	526	190	95	811
Dublin	156	323	635	449	1,563	224	64	48	336
Dublin City	56	149	271	251	727	42	20	18	81
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	42	68	151	113	374	63	10	10	84
Fingal	43	61	104	37	245	110	23	13	146
South Dublin	15	45	109	48	217	8	10	7	26
Mid-East	189	261	258	125	833	233	78	29	340
Louth	30	63	43	38	174	52	7	8	67
Kildare	49	65	79	38	231	31	22	6	59
Meath	60	96	76	43	275	71	36	11	118
Wicklow	50	37	60	6	153	78	13	4	95
Midland	145	161	100	55	461	69	48	17	135
Laois	54	47	24	19	144	18	29	3	49
Longford	19	34	15	6	74	17	4	2	23
Offaly	27	35	25	15	102	7	6	4	17
Westmeath	45	45	36	15	141	27	10	8	45

State	1,597	1,843	1,980	1,100	6,520	991	391	255	1,638
¹Rounding issues may occur.
²For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.
³Excluding cities.

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Table 3b Number of planning permissions granted for new houses, apartments and communal dwellings, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

An annual decrease of 1.8% has been recorded in the number of planning permissions granted for all developments, with 6,639 permissions approved in Q1 2024 compared with 6,520 permissions approved in the current quarter. During the same period an annual decrease of 2.8% was recorded in the number of planning permissions granted for new construction dwellings. There were also annual decreases in approvals for other new constructions (-4.5%) and alterations and conversions (-4.4%). In contrast, extensions showed an annual increase of 3.3%.

Table 3c Number of planning permissions granted, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

Planning permissions granted by type of development and functional category

There were 6,520 planning permissions granted for all functional categories in Q1 2025. Dwelling units accounted for 62.9% (4,098) of all permissions granted. Of these 4,098 permissions granted, 1,597 were for new constructions, 1,723 were for extensions, and 778 were for alterations and conversions.

Table 4a Planning permissions granted, Q1 2025, classified by region, type of development and functional category

Table 4a Planning permissions granted, Q1 2025, classified by region, type of development and functional category
	Functional Category
Type of Development and Planning Region	Dwellings	Commercial Buildings	Buildings for Agriculture	Industrial Buildings	Govt-, Health and Education	Other Buildings for Social Use	Civil Eng.	Other	Total
New Constructions
Northern and Western	474	19	62	16	11	10	118	187	897
Border	218	9	40	10	8	7	59	101	452
West	256	10	22	6	3	3	59	86	445
Southern	633	29	74	24	10	11	189	338	1,308
Mid-West	180	9	33	3	1	2	64	108	400
South-East	197	8	19	7	1	4	59	79	374
South West	256	12	22	14	8	5	66	151	534
Eastern and Midland	490	45	39	31	22	17	173	418	1,235
Dublin	156	18	3	6	8	8	47	233	479
Mid-East	189	15	17	16	13	6	77	117	450
Midland	145	12	19	9	1	3	49	68	306
State	1,597	93	175	71	43	38	480	943	3,440

Extensions
Northern and Western	311	19	8	13	16	9	0	0	376
Border	173	11	5	7	6	7	0	0	209
West	138	8	3	6	10	2	0	0	167
Southern	522	27	13	13	21	15	0	0	611
Mid-West	156	3	3	3	6	7	0	0	178
South-East	127	6	4	5	6	4	0	0	152
South West	239	18	6	5	9	4	0	0	281
Eastern and Midland	890	39	5	16	31	12	0	0	993
Dublin	599	17	1	4	10	4	0	0	635
Mid-East	217	14	4	7	12	4	0	0	258
Midland	74	8	0	5	9	4	0	0	100
State	1,723	85	26	42	68	36	0	0	1,980

Alterations and Conversions
Northern and Western	111	30	4	2	12	10	0	0	169
Border	70	12	2	0	6	4	0	0	94
West	41	18	2	2	6	6	0	0	75
Southern	203	62	4	7	17	9	0	0	302
Mid-West	66	27	1	4	4	2	0	0	104
South-East	48	13	3	1	7	2	0	0	74
South West	89	22	0	2	6	5	0	0	124
Eastern and Midland	464	94	0	12	38	21	0	0	629
Dublin	362	51	0	6	20	10	0	0	449
Mid-East	77	29	0	2	12	5	0	0	125
Midland	25	14	0	4	6	6	0	0	55
State	778	186	8	21	67	40	0	0	1,100

All Developments
Northern and Western	896	68	74	31	39	29	118	187	1,442
Border	461	32	47	17	20	18	59	101	755
West	435	36	27	14	19	11	59	86	687
Southern	1,358	118	91	44	48	35	189	338	2,221
Mid-West	402	39	37	10	11	11	64	108	682
South-East	372	27	26	13	14	10	59	79	600
South-West	584	52	28	21	23	14	66	151	939
Eastern and Midland	1,844	178	44	59	91	50	173	418	2,857
Dublin	1,117	86	4	16	38	22	47	233	1,563
Mid-East	483	58	21	25	37	15	77	117	833
Midland	244	34	19	18	16	13	49	68	461
State	4,098	364	209	134	178	114	480	943	6,520

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Table 4b Total floor area planned (000 square metres) in new construction and extensions, Q1 2025, classified by region and functional category

Table 4b Total floor area planned (000 square metres)¹in new construction and extensions, Q1 2025, classified by region and functional category
	Functional Category
Type of Development and Planning Region	Dwellings	Commercial Buildings	Buildings for Agriculture	Industrial Buildings	Govt., Health and Education	Other Buildings for Social Use	Total²
New Constructions
Northern and Western	184	7	42	7	14	11	265
Border	74	3	25	7	12	10	130
West	110	4	17	..	2	..	134
Southern	282	26	46	20	19	9	402
Mid-West	60	5	19	1	..	..	85
South-East	88	17	9	6	..	3	123
South West	134	4	19	13	18	6	194
Eastern and Midland	526	41	39	53	49	9	716
Dublin	224	27	1	14	17	5	288
Mid-East	233	7	22	14	31	4	311
Midland	69	7	17	24	1	..	117
State	991	74	127	80	81	28	1,383

Extensions
Northern and Western	26	9	2	11	6	2	56
Border	14	3	2	6	4	2	30
West	12	7	1	5	2	..	26
Southern	40	27	5	15	16	3	104
Mid-West	14	4	1	3	4	1	28
South-East	10	2	1	3	3	1	19
South West	17	20	2	9	9	1	57
Eastern and Midland	50	10	6	9	16	4	95
Dublin	29	1	5	5	8	1	48
Mid-East	15	3	1	3	5	1	29
Midland	6	6	0	1	2	1	17
State	116	46	13	34	38	8	255

Total New Constructions and Extensions
Northern and Western	210	16	44	18	20	13	321
Border	88	5	26	13	16	12	161
West	122	11	18	5	4	1	160
Southern	322	53	51	35	34	11	506
Mid-West	74	9	20	5	4	1	112
South-East	97	19	10	8	4	3	142
South West	151	25	21	22	27	7	252
Eastern and Midland	576	51	45	62	65	12	811
Dublin	253	28	5	19	25	6	336
Mid-East	248	11	23	17	36	4	340
Midland	75	13	17	26	3	2	135
State	1,108	121	140	114	119	36	1,638
¹For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.
.. Implies less than 500 sq.m.

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Apartment units granted planning permission

There were 3,240 new apartments granted planning permission in Q1 2025.

Dublin had the highest proportion of new apartments approved with 48.0% (1,556) of all apartments granted planning permission in the state, followed by the Mid-East region with 19.4% (630 apartments) and the South-West region with 16.3% (528 apartments). The Eastern and Midland region (Dublin, Mid-East, and Midlands) accounted for 2,245 new apartments, 69.3% of the overall total granted planning permission. The Southern region (Mid-West, South-East, and South-West) accounted for 25.9% (840) of apartment approvals, with the Northern and Western region (Border and West) accounting for the remaining 4.8% (155 apartments).

Within the county of Dublin, Fingal County Council accounted for 18.1% (587) and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council accounted for 17.2% (556) of the total number of apartment units granted planning permission in the state in Q1 2025. Outside of Dublin, the highest numbers of apartments granted planning permissions were in counties Cork (470 apartments), Wicklow (290 apartments), and Meath (227 apartments). County Roscommon did not grant any planning permissions for apartments during the current quarter.

Table 5a Apartment units granted planning permission by region, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

House units granted planning permission

There were 4,937 new houses granted planning permission in Q1 2025.

The Mid-East region had the highest proportion of new houses approved with 27.9% (1,378) of all houses granted planning permission in the state. This was followed by the West region with 14.2% (703) of house approvals and the Dublin region with 13.0% (643 houses). The Eastern and Midland region (Dublin, Mid-East, and Midlands) accounted for 2,447 new houses, 49.6% of the total number of new houses granted planning permission. The Southern region (Mid-West, South-East, and South-West) accounted for 28.1% (1,388) of house approvals with the Northern and Western region (Border and West) accounting for the remaining 22.3% (1,102 houses).

Dublin county had the highest proportion of houses granted planning permission at 13.0% (643 houses) in the state in Q1 2025. Cork county had the second highest number of houses granted planning permission at 10.9% (539 houses), followed by Galway at 10.2% (506 houses) and Wicklow at 8.9% (441 houses). Leitrim with eight houses had the lowest proportion of houses granted planning permission, followed by Offaly (26 houses) and Cavan (26 houses).

Table 5b Dwelling units granted planning permission by county, Q1 2025

Table 5c House units granted planning permission by region, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

Dwelling units granted by type of application – Strategic Housing Development (SHD) and non-SHD applications

The Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process is where applications of at least 100 residential units or 200+ student bed spaces can be made directly to An Bord Pleanála.

In comparison with Q1 2024, there was an annual decrease of 2.2% (2,388 to 2,336) in the total number of SHD dwelling units approved. There was an annual rise of 8.3% in the number of houses approved under the SHD process, in contrast to a fall of 9.1% in the number of SHD apartments approved. In Q1 2025, 28.6% of all planning permissions (1,304 apartments and 1,032 houses) were granted under the SHD process. Apartments accounted for 55.8% of all successful SHD applications. Of the 4,937 houses granted planning permission, 20.9% (1,032) were granted under the SHD process.

Please note: The Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process expired to new applications on 25 February 2022. It has been succeeded by the Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) scheme. Please see Background Notes.

X-axis label	Non-Strategic Housing Development units	Strategic Housing Development units
2024 Q1 - Apartment units	2053	1435
2024 Q1 - Multi-development house units	2658	953
2024 Q2 - Apartment units	2205	1261
2024 Q2 - Multi-development house units	2695	1157
2024 Q3 - Apartment units	1620	1698
2024 Q3 - Multi-development house units	2230	1871
2024 Q4 - Apartment units	1431	1491
2024 Q4 - Multi-development house units	2164	573
2025 Q1 - Apartment units	1936	1304
2025 Q1 - Multi-development house units	2675	1032

Table 6 Apartment, multi-development and one-off house units granted planning permission by type of application, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025

Table 6 Apartment, multi-development and one-off house units granted planning permission by type of application, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025
		Apartment units			Multi-development house units			One-off houses		Total house units²			Total dwelling units³
Period		SHD	Non-SHD	Total	SHD	Non-SHD	Total	SHD	Non-SHD	SHD	Non-SHD	Total	SHD	Non-SHD	Total
2022	Q1	2,079	1,697	3,776	556	2,050	2,606	0	2,081	556	4,131	4,687	2,635	5,828	8,463
	Q2	5,495	1,347	6,842	847	1,845	2,692	0	1,840	847	3,685	4,532	6,342	5,032	11,374
	Q3	1,221	1,126	2,347	623	2,126	2,749	0	1,647	623	3,773	4,396	1,844	4,899	6,743
	Q4	2,750	1,008	3,758	640	1,843	2,483	0	1,356	640	3,199	3,839	3,390	4,207	7,597
	Year	11,545	5,178	16,723	2,666	7,864	10,530	0	6,924	2,666	14,788	17,454	14,211	19,966	34,177
2023	Q1	3,703	1,810	5,513	1,905	2,821	4,726	0	1,420	1,905	4,241	6,146	5,608	6,051	11,659
	Q2	2,828	2,193	5,021	1,115	1,415	2,530	0	1,172	1,115	2,587	3,702	3,943	4,780	8,723
	Q3	2,287	2,516	4,803	1,244	2,388	3,632	0	1,227	1,244	3,615	4,859	3,531	6,131	9,662
	Q4	4,854	1,296	6,150	1,236	2,582	3,818	0	1,213	1,236	3,795	5,031	6,090	5,091	11,181
	Year	13,672	7,815	21,487	5,500	9,206	14,706	0	5,032	5,500	14,238	19,738	19,172	22,053	41,225
2024	Q1	1,435	2,053	3,488	953	2,658	3,611	0	1,288	953	3,946	4,899	2,388	5,999	8,387
	Q2	1,261	2,205	3,466	1,157	2,695	3,852	0	1,195	1,157	3,890	5,047	2,418	6,095	8,513
	Q3	1,698	1,620	3,318	1,871	2,230	4,101	0	1,192	1,871	3,422	5,293	3,569	5,042	8,611
	Q4	1,491	1,431	2,922	573	2,164	2,737	0	1,231	573	3,395	3,968	2,064	4,826	6,890
	Year	5,885	7,309	13,194	4,554	9,747	14,301	0	4,906	4,554	14,653	19,207	10,439	21,962	32,401
2025	Q1	1,304	1,936	3,240	1,032	2,675	3,707	0	1,230	1,032	3,905	4,937	2,336	5,841	8,177
¹Planning permissions granted for Strategic Housing Development (SHD) applications may be annulled by the high court.
²Total house units is a combination of multi-development and one off houses.
³Total dwelling units is a combination of Apartment units and Total house units.

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Table 3c Number of planning permissions granted, Q1 2022 - Q1 2025
		Number of Permissions					Total Floor Area (000 square metres)¹
Period		New Construction Dwellings	New Construction Other	Extensions	Alterations and Conversions	Total	New Construction Dwellings	New Construction Other	Extensions	Total²
2022	Q1	2,430	2,066	1,981	1,265	7,742	1,128	549	220	1,897
	Q2	2,161	1,948	1,844	1,105	7,058	1,264	452	214	1,930
	Q3	1,930	1,814	1,922	1,077	6,743	901	555	267	1,724
	Q4	1,615	1,577	1,634	865	5,691	936	520	195	1,652
	Year	8,136	7,405	7,381	4,312	27,234	4,229	2,076	897	7,202
2023	Q1	1,734	1,782	1,616	910	6,042	1,332	585	230	2,147
	Q2	1,471	1,791	1,767	926	5,955	946	603	234	1,784
	Q3	1,585	2,097	1,918	1,230	6,830	1,113	626	180	1,919
	Q4	1,565	2,044	1,728	1,062	6,399	1,185	544	213	1,942
	Year	6,355	7,714	7,029	4,128	25,226	4,576	2,358	857	7,791
2024	Q1	1,643	1,929	1,916	1,151	6,639	1,017	733	262	2,013
	Q2	1,598	1,915	1,964	1,098	6,575	1,059	540	197	1,796
	Q3	1,566	1,930	2,089	1,108	6,693	1,031	372	244	1,647
	Q4	1,566	1,679	1,772	861	5,878	843	525	229	1,598
	Year	6,373	7,453	7,741	4,218	25,785	3,950	2,170	932	7,054
2025	Q1	1,597	1,843	1,980	1,100	6,520	991	391	255	1,638
¹ Rounding issues may occur.
²For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.

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