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Planning Permissions Quarter 2 2022

Number of dwelling units approved increased by 2.0% in Quarter 2 2022

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CSO statistical release, 09 September 2022, 11am

Key Findings

There was an annual increase of 2% in the total number of dwelling units approved at 11,374 units in Q2 2022 compared with 11,150 units in Q2 2021.
Apartments accounted for 60% of all dwelling units approved, while housing units accounted for the remaining 40%.
The number of houses granted planning permission grew by almost 17% on an annual basis to 4,532 housing units, while in contrast, there was a decline of almost 6% in apartment approvals to 6,842 units.
There was an annual rise of more than 28% in the number of multi-development houses receiving planning permission, compared with a 3% increase in one-off houses.
Across the four local authorities of Dublin, planning permission was granted for 4,756 apartments in Q2 2022, accounting for 69.5% of all apartments granted planning permission in the state between April and June of this year.

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (09 September 2022) released Planning Permissions Quarter 2 2022.

Commenting on the release, Shane O'Sullivan, Statistician in the Business Statistics Division, said: "The number of dwelling units granted planning permission in Quarter 2 (April, May, and June) 2022 was 11,374. Of this, 39.8% (4,532) were for houses and 60.2% (6,842) were for apartments. The numbers of houses approved grew by 16.6% since Quarter 2 2021. This contrasts with a 5.8% decline in the number of approved apartment applications over the same period. There was a total annual increase of 2.0% in the number of dwelling units approved.

In the second quarter of 2022, Dublin accounted for the majority of apartment planning permission approvals with 69.5% of the total. During the same period, the Border Region (Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Cavan) recorded the lowest number of apartments granted planning permission at 26.

Of the 7,058 planning permissions granted for all developments in Q2 2022, 2,161 were for new construction dwellings, 1,948 for other new constructions, 1,844 for extensions, and 1,105 permissions were for alterations and conversions.

There has been a 32.2% increase recorded in the number of houses granted planning permission in the first six months of 2022 compared with the first six months of 2021.”

Tables and Graphs

The number of dwelling units granted planning permission in Quarter 2 2022 was 11,374, of which 4,532 were houses and 6,842 were apartments. There has been a growth of 16.6% in the number of houses granted planning permission in Quarter 2 2021 compared with a decrease of 5.8% in the number of planning permission approvals for apartments over the same period. There has been a 32.2% increase recorded in the number of houses granted planning permission in the first six months of 2022 compared with the first six months of 2021. Please see Headline Table.

Dwelling units granted planning permission in Quarter 2 of 2021 and 2022
	Houses	Apartments	Total
Quarter 2 2021	3,886	7,264	11,150
Quarter 2 2022	4,532	6,842	11,374
Annual % change	16.6%	-5.8%	2.0%
January - June 2021	6,975	11,138	18,113
January - June 2022	9,219	10,618	19,837
% change	32.2%	-4.7%	9.5%

Open in Excel: Planning Permissions Q2 2022 Headline Table (XLS 10KB)

Dwelling units granted planning permission

In the second quarter of 2022 there were 6,842 apartments granted planning permission. During the same period, 2,692 multi-development houses and 1,840 one-off houses were approved. Please see Figure 1 and Table 5a.

Apartments accounted for 60.2% of all new dwelling units granted planning permission, with 6,482 apartments approved in Quarter 2 of 2022. With the exception of Quarter 1 2022, more apartments have been granted planning permission than houses since Q3 2019. Please see Figure 2 and Tables 1a & 5a.

Planning permissions granted by type of construction

In total, there were 7,058 planning permissions granted for all developments in the second quarter of 2022. Of these permissions, 2,161 were for new construction dwellings, 1,948 for other new constructions, 1,844 for extensions, and 1,105 permissions were for alterations and conversions. Please see Figure 3a and Table 2.

With regards to the 2,161 new construction dwellings granted planning permission, 1,840 were for one-off houses, 189 for apartments, 124 for multi-development houses and eight for communal dwellings. Please see Figure 3b and Tables 5a & 5b.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Status
New construction dwellings	2161
New construciton other	1948
Extensions	1844
Alterations and conversions	1105

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Status
Multi-development houses	124
One-off houses	1840
Apartments	189
Communal dwellings	8

An annual decrease of 17.2% has been recorded in the number of planning permissions granted for all developments, with 8,529 permissions approved in Quarter 2 2021 compared with 7,058 permissions approved in the current quarter. During the same period an annual increase of 0.9% in the number of planning permissions granted was recorded for new construction dwellings. In contrast there were annual decreases in approvals of 27.3% in alterations and conversions, 25.6% in extensions, and 18.5% in other new constructions. Please see Figure 3c and Table 2.

Apartments and houses granted planning permission

There were 6,842 new apartments granted planning permission in Q2 2022.

Dublin had the highest proportion of new apartments approved with 69.5% of all apartments granted planning permission in the state, followed by the South-West region with 16.0% of apartment approvals, and the Mid-West with 6.5%. The Eastern and Midland Region (comprised of the Dublin, Mid-East, and Midland areas) accounted for 5,083 new apartments, 74.3% of the total number of new apartments granted planning permission. The Southern Region (composed of the South-West, South-East, and Mid-West areas) accounted for 24.5% of apartment approvals with the Northern and Western Region (made up of the Border and West areas) accounting for the remaining 1.2% of apartments granted planning permission.

The counties of Offaly, Roscommon, and Longford did not grant any planning permissions for apartments during the current quarter. Please see Figure 4a and Tables 6 & 8.

In the second quarter of 2022, there were 4,532 houses granted planning permission. Cork had the highest proportion of houses granted planning permission with 14.7% of the total at 664 houses, followed by Limerick at 12.7%, and 576 houses and Dublin at 10.3%, with 465 houses. Sligo had the lowest proportion with 11 houses granted planning permission followed by Longford with 18 houses. Please see Figure 4b and Table 8.

Dwelling units granted by type of application – 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 to Quarter 2 2021 there has been an increase of 24% in the total number of SHD dwelling units approved with 6,342 units approved in Quarter 2 2022. There has been a 58.3% annual rise in the number of houses approved under the SHD process in contrast to a 20% annual increase in the number of SHD apartments approved. In the second quarter of 2022, 55.8% of planning permissions granted (5,495 apartments and 847 houses) were under the SHD process. of which apartments accounted for 86.7% of successful SHD applications. Of the 4,532 houses granted planning permission, 18.7% were under the SHD process. Please see Figure 5 and Table 7.

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
2021 Q1 - Apartment units	1100	2774
2021 Q1 - Multi-development house units	1282	146
2021 Q2 - Apartment units	2685	4579
2021 Q2 - Multi-development house units	1565	535
2021 Q3 - Apartment units	1905	5122
2021 Q3 - Multi-development house units	1785	598
2021 Q4 - Apartment units	1449	6658
2021 Q4 - Multi-development house units	2285	1024
2022 Q1 - Apartment units	1697	2079
2022 Q1 - Multi-development house units	2050	556
2022 Q2 - Apartment units	1347	5495
2022 Q2 - Multi-development house units	1845	847

Table 1a Summary of new dwelling units granted planning permission, Q1 2018 - Q2 2022

Table 1b Year to date aggregates of new dwelling units granted planning permission, Q1 2018 - Q2 2022

Table 2 Summary of planning permissions granted, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022

Table 2 Summary of planning permissions granted, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022
		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
2013	Q1	862	785	1,296	332	3,275	394	366	169	930
	Q2	772	754	1,489	353	3,368	333	331	170	834
	Q3	931	904	1,665	375	3,875	282	312	229	823
	Q4	751	988	1,245	399	3,383	295	297	159	751
	Year	3,316	3,431	5,695	1,459	13,901	1,305	1,306	727	3,338
2014	Q1	891	1,006	1,396	540	3,833	336	229	180	744
	Q2	875	1,091	1,590	593	4,149	296	242	174	712
	Q3	962	1,183	1,705	478	4,328	366	379	228	974
	Q4	878	1,019	1,261	346	3,504	368	214	172	754
	Year	3,606	4,299	5,952	1,957	15,814	1,366	1,064	754	3,184
2015	Q1	1,066	1,046	1,454	335	3,901	525	243	206	973
	Q2	991	1,021	1,663	372	4,047	527	321	216	1,065
	Q3	1,128	1,492	1,942	447	5,009	494	568	293	1,354
	Q4	1,084	1,565	1,413	408	4,470	601	687	180	1,468
	Year	4,269	5,124	6,472	1,562	17,427	2,147	1,819	895	4,861
2016	Q1	1,169	1,695	1,680	370	4,914	502	522	256	1,280
	Q2	1,203	1,758	1,849	426	5,236	554	460	231	1,245
	Q3	1,401	1,973	2,198	551	6,123	802	629	262	1,693
	Q4	1,341	1,517	1,510	455	4,823	684	450	191	1,325
	Year	5,114	6,943	7,237	1,802	21,096	2,542	2,061	940	5,543
2017	Q1	1,523	1,906	1,767	763	5,959	760	421	279	1,461
	Q2	1,484	2,090	1,904	801	6,279	698	531	227	1,455
	Q3	1,670	2,046	2,166	1,002	6,884	761	447	302	1,510
	Q4	1,591	1,899	1,600	871	5,961	962	418	213	1,593
	Year	6,268	7,941	7,437	3,437	25,083	3,181	1,817	1,021	6,019
2018	Q1	1,711	1,769	1,658	872	6,010	1,146	571	220	1,938
	Q2	1,639	2,085	2,059	1,040	6,823	996	606	255	1,857
	Q3³	1,812	2,250	2,223	1,147	7,432	1,083	648	260	1,991
	Q4	1,678	1,883	1,750	989	6,300	908	494	270	1,672
	Year³	6,840	7,987	7,690	4,048	26,565	4,133	2,319	1,006	7,458
2019	Q1³	1,821	2,037	1,924	1,152	6,934	1,014	606	204	1,824
	Q2³	1,771	2,071	1,969	1,224	7,035	1,211	650	232	2,094
	Q3	1,918	2,385	2,125	1,293	7,721	1,198	808	266	2,272
	Q4³	1,594	1,923	1,611	1,049	6,177	1,321	500	222	2,043
	Year³	7,104	8,416	7,629	4,718	27,867	4,744	2,564	925	8,233
2020	Q1³	1,731	2,041	1,736	1,123	6,631	1,377	801	219	2,397
	Q2	869	1,092	874	554	3,389	751	323	99	1,173
	Q3³	2,191	2,537	2,369	1,415	8,512	1,411	687	308	2,405
	Q4	1,842	2,168	1,860	1,147	7,017	1,144	721	193	2,058
	Year³	6,633	7,838	6,839	4,239	25,549	4,683	2,532	819	8,033
2021	Q1	1,963	2,032	2,191	1,325	7,511	864	626	220	1,711
	Q2	2,142	2,390	2,477	1,520	8,529	1,224	746	245	2,215
	Q3	2,355	2,471	2,790	1,621	9,237	1,306	846	264	2,416
	Q4	2,355	1,959	1,802	1,106	7,222	1,461	530	209	2,200
	Year	8,815	8,852	9,260	5,572	32,499	4,854	2,748	939	8,542
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
¹ Rounding issues may occur.
²For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.
³Revised due to additional information.

Open in Excel: Planning Permissions Q2 2022 Table 2 (XLS 44KB)

Table 3 Summary of planning permissions granted, Q2 2022, classified by region, county and type of development

Table 3 Summary of planning permissions granted, Q2 2022, 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	604	337	298	132	1,371	179	64	55	297
Border	264	194	162	63	683	76	32	35	143
Cavan	42	31	29	14	116	14	4	10	28
Donegal	160	83	78	27	348	39	10	9	58
Leitrim	13	12	9	2	36	9	0	1	9
Monaghan	37	40	26	5	108	11	12	14	36
Sligo	12	28	20	15	75	3	6	2	12
West	340	143	136	69	688	103	31	20	154
Galway City	9	14	24	19	66	2	1	2	5
Galway³	231	72	77	30	410	76	24	9	109
Mayo	51	27	14	7	99	11	4	2	18
Roscommon	49	30	21	13	113	13	2	6	22

Southern	931	753	565	308	2,557	487	151	63	702
Mid-West	323	237	169	69	798	167	60	16	243
Clare	74	57	41	17	189	26	14	5	45
Limerick	154	102	73	29	358	111	37	6	153
Tipperary	95	78	55	23	251	30	9	6	45
South-East	251	189	131	67	638	108	33	16	157
Carlow	23	24	22	8	77	10	9	2	21
Kilkenny	60	61	30	10	161	14	11	2	27
Waterford	53	34	43	26	156	20	5	8	33
Wexford	115	70	36	23	244	64	9	3	75
South-West	357	327	265	172	1,121	213	57	31	301
Cork City	28	47	74	42	191	65	4	5	74
Cork³	233	189	128	86	636	114	37	20	170
Kerry	96	91	63	44	294	34	17	6	56

Eastern and Midland	626	858	981	665	3,130	598	237	96	931
Dublin	137	451	636	477	1,701	389	127	47	562
Dublin City	55	189	246	242	732	187	41	20	248
Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown	38	130	170	145	483	151	32	8	191
Fingal	26	68	122	40	256	34	28	8	70
South Dublin	18	64	98	50	230	17	25	11	53
Mid-East	281	243	272	147	943	133	64	38	235
Louth	46	36	47	34	163	19	1	7	26
Kildare	57	58	75	45	235	24	8	7	40
Meath	117	95	80	36	328	60	18	18	97
Wicklow	61	54	70	32	217	30	36	5	71
Midland	208	164	73	41	486	76	47	12	135
Laois	61	53	20	9	143	16	33	5	54
Longford	18	14	9	1	42	5	2	1	8
Offaly	51	36	19	12	118	13	7	2	22
Westmeath	78	61	25	19	183	42	5	3	51

State	2,161	1,948	1,844	1,105	7,058	1,264	452	214	1,930
¹Rounding issues may occur.
²For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.
³Excluding cities.

Open in Excel: Planning Permissions Q2 2022 Table 3 (XLS 731KB)

Table 4a Planning permissions granted, Q2 2022, classified by region, type of development and functional category

Table 4a Planning permissions granted, Q2 2022, 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	604	14	51	15	3	6	105	143	941
Border	264	7	30	10	2	3	67	75	458
West	340	7	21	5	1	3	38	68	483
Southern	931	33	118	30	12	4	234	322	1,684
Mid-West	323	7	40	14	5	1	72	98	560
South-East	251	8	36	7	2	1	52	83	440
South West	357	18	42	9	5	2	110	141	684
Eastern and Midland	626	43	45	35	20	26	185	504	1,484
Dublin	137	36	5	15	9	19	78	289	588
Mid-East	281	5	20	9	7	4	50	148	524
Midland	208	2	20	11	4	3	57	67	372
State	2,161	90	214	80	35	36	524	969	4,109

EXTENSIONS
Northern and Western	246	9	5	14	20	4	-	-	298
Border	130	7	3	8	12	2	-	-	162
West	116	2	2	6	8	2	-	-	136
Southern	471	28	18	17	25	6	-	-	565
Mid-West	141	9	8	3	7	1	-	-	169
South-East	110	6	3	7	4	1	-	-	131
South West	220	13	7	7	14	4	-	-	265
Eastern and Midland	893	36	6	16	24	6	-	-	981
Dublin	600	15	-	6	12	3	-	-	636
Mid-East	238	16	1	8	6	3	-	-	272
Midland	55	5	5	2	6	-	-	-	73
State	1,610	73	29	47	69	16	-	-	1,844

ALTERATIONS AND CONVERSIONS
Northern and Western	78	33	1	4	13	3	-	-	132
Border	37	12	-	3	9	2	-	-	63
West	41	21	1	1	4	1	-	-	69
Southern	212	59	1	7	21	8	-	-	308
Mid-West	44	12	1	1	7	4	-	-	69
South-East	47	14	-	3	3	-	-	-	67
South West	121	33	-	3	11	4	-	-	172
Eastern and Midland	499	96	2	14	43	11	-	-	665
Dublin	378	63	-	4	28	4	-	-	477
Mid-East	100	22	1	9	12	3	-	-	147
Midland	21	11	1	1	3	4	-	-	41
State	789	188	4	25	77	22	-	-	1,105

ALL DEVELOPMENTS
Northern and Western	928	56	57	33	36	13	105	143	1,371
Border	431	26	33	21	23	7	67	75	683
West	497	30	24	12	13	6	38	68	688
Southern	1,614	120	137	54	58	18	234	322	2,557
Mid-West	508	28	49	18	19	6	72	98	798
South-East	408	28	39	17	9	2	52	83	638
South-West	698	64	49	19	30	10	110	141	1,121
Eastern and Midland	2,018	175	53	65	87	43	185	504	3,130
Dublin	1,115	114	5	25	49	26	78	289	1,701
Mid-East	619	43	22	26	25	10	50	148	943
Midland	284	18	26	14	13	7	57	67	486
State	4,560	351	247	152	181	74	524	969	7,058
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Open in Excel: Planning Permissions Q2 2022 Table 4a (XLS 94KB)

Table 4b Total floor area planned (000 square metres) in new construction and extensions, Q2 2022, classified by region and functional category

Table 4b Total Floor Area Planned (000 square metres)¹in new construction and extensions, Q2 2022, 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	179	12	25	21	5	1	242
Border	76	3	17	6	5	1	108
West	103	8	8	15	0	0	134
Southern	487	24	74	25	25	3	638
Mid-West	167	5	20	12	22	0	227
South-East	108	4	20	9	0	0	141
South West	213	15	34	4	2	2	270
Eastern and Midland	598	103	38	58	21	17	835
Dublin	389	83	3	24	4	13	515
Mid-East	133	19	19	8	15	3	197
Midland	76	1	16	26	3	1	123
State	1,264	139	137	104	51	21	1,716

EXTENSIONS
Northern and Western	17	1	3	17	16	1	55
Border	9	1	2	14	9	0	35
West	8	0	1	3	7	1	20
Southern	31	6	5	8	12	2	63
Mid-West	10	2	2	1	0	0	16
South-East	7	2	0	5	1	1	16
South West	14	1	2	1	11	1	31
Eastern and Midland	48	14	7	12	15	1	96
Dublin	26	9	-	3	8	1	47
Mid-East	17	3	4	7	6	0	38
Midland	5	2	3	1	1	-	12
State	96	20	15	36	43	3	214

TOTAL NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND EXTENSIONS
Northern and Western	196	13	27	38	21	2	297
Border	85	4	19	21	14	1	143
West	111	9	9	18	7	1	154
Southern	518	30	79	32	37	4	702
Mid-West	176	8	23	14	23	0	243
South-East	115	6	21	14	1	1	157
South West	227	16	36	5	13	3	301
Eastern and Midland	646	117	45	69	36	18	931
Dublin	415	92	3	27	11	13	562
Mid-East	150	22	23	15	21	3	235
Midland	81	3	19	27	4	1	135
State	1,360	160	152	140	94	24	1,930
¹0 implies less than 500 sq.m. Rounding issues may occur.
²For categories where floor area is a relevant measure.

Open in Excel: Planning Permissions Q2 2022 Table 4b (XLS 97KB)

Table 5a Summary of planning permissions granted for new houses and apartments, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022

Table 5a Summary of planning permissions granted for new houses and apartments, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022
		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)
2013	Q1	45	1,087	155	142.6	773	773	190	246.2	818	1,860	345	185.7	40	448	46	102.1
	Q2	43	812	109	134.5	684	684	171	249.6	727	1,496	280	187.1	40	430	50	116.9
	Q3	45	433	63	146.6	819	819	203	247.5	864	1,252	266	212.6	64	157	12	76.6
	Q4	54	754	109	144.1	640	640	161	252.0	694	1,394	270	193.6	53	162	15	93.6
	Year	187	3,086	436	141.4	2,916	2,916	725	248.6	3,103	6,002	1,161	193.5	197	1,197	123	103.0

2014	Q1	61	672	106	157.3	774	774	190	245.7	835	1,446	296	204.6	49	158	15	96.9
	Q2	57	740	99	133.2	752	752	185	245.9	809	1,492	283	190.0	63	114	10	84.9
	Q3	66	962	134	138.9	821	821	197	239.6	887	1,783	330	185.2	65	361	31	86.9
	Q4	55	1,156	166	143.2	749	749	186	248.3	804	1,905	352	184.5	69	152	13	85.3
	Year	239	3,530	503	142.6	3,096	3,096	758	244.8	3,335	6,626	1,261	190.3	246	785	69	88.3

2015	Q1	69	1,606	232	144.3	908	908	222	244.8	977	2,514	454	180.6	82	699	68	97.2
	Q2	92	1,816	277	152.5	821	821	198	241.0	913	2,637	475	180.0	73	473	47	99.7
	Q3	86	1,395	189	135.2	950	950	230	242.4	1,036	2,345	419	178.6	85	359	32	89.2
	Q4	82	1,841	259	140.5	913	913	222	243.5	995	2,754	481	174.7	86	1,263	119	94.2
	Year	329	6,658	956	143.6	3,592	3,592	873	243.0	3,921	10,250	1,829	178.4	326	2,794	266	95.2

2016	Q1	94	1,556	209	134.2	978	978	236	241.8	1,072	2,534	445	175.7	90	557	50	90.1
	Q2	100	1,350	188	139.0	990	990	234	236.6	1,090	2,340	422	180.3	107	801	71	88.0
	Q3	143	3,070	411	133.9	1,129	1,129	269	238.3	1,272	4,199	680	161.9	125	1,190	106	89.1
	Q4	101	2,112	281	133.3	1,133	1,133	278	245.4	1,234	3,245	559	172.4	102	1,084	104	96.4
	Year	438	8,088	1,089	134.6	4,230	4,230	1,018	240.6	4,668	12,318	2,106	171.0	424	3,632	331	91.1

2017	Q1	114	2,481	341	137.6	1,273	1,273	308	242.1	1,387	3,754	650	173.1	126	896	83	93.1
	Q2	121	2,382	310	130.0	1,248	1,248	302	241.8	1,369	3,630	611	168.4	107	823	70	84.8
	Q3	134	2,382	302	126.8	1,382	1,382	329	237.8	1,516	3,764	631	167.6	146	975	90	91.9
	Q4	132	2,970	404	135.9	1,322	1,322	315	238.3	1,454	4,292	719	167.4	131	2,642	215	81.5
	Year	501	10,215	1,357	132.8	5,225	5,225	1,254	239.9	5,726	15,440	2,610	169.1	510	5,336	458	85.9

2018	Q1	146	4,367	555	127.1	1,391	1,391	331	238.0	1,537	5,758	886	153.9	161	1,867	159	85.2
	Q2	149	3,636	482	132.6	1,315	1,315	312	237.1	1,464	4,951	794	160.4	161	1,826	166	91.0
	Q3¹	177	3,463	442	127.6	1,416	1,416	335	236.9	1,593	4,879	777	159.3	210	2,976	265	88.9
	Q4	150	3,017	385	127.7	1,359	1,359	323	237.4	1,509	4,376	708	161.8	160	2,306	190	82.2
	Year¹	622	14,483	1,865	128.8	5,481	5,481	1,301	237.3	6,103	19,964	3,166	158.6	692	8,975	780	86.9

2019	Q1¹	157	3,438	445	129.5	1,456	1,456	340	233.7	1,613	4,894	785	160.5	195	2,378	205	86.1
	Q2¹	169	3,549	461	129.8	1,387	1,387	320	230.7	1,556	4,936	781	158.2	201	4,520	378	83.7
	Q3	168	3,401	434	127.8	1,514	1,514	355	234.5	1,682	4,915	790	160.6	226	5,174	398	76.9
	Q4¹	149	3,553	438	123.4	1,265	1,265	296	234.2	1,414	4,818	735	152.5	169	6,826	536	78.5
	Year¹	643	13,941	1,779	127.6	5,622	5,622	1,312	233.3	6,265	19,563	3,090	158.0	791	18,898	1,516	80.2

2020	Q1¹	171	3,227	408	126.4	1,355	1,355	311	229.6	1,526	4,582	719	156.9	188	8,500	637	75.0
	Q2	92	2,394	284	118.5	669	669	157	234.3	761	3,063	440	143.8	102	4,208	300	71.2
	Q3¹	160	3,878	464	119.6	1,754	1,754	414	235.8	1,914	5,632	877	155.8	265	6,850	505	73.7
	Q4	129	2,918	333	114.0	1,514	1,514	363	239.5	1,643	4,432	695	156.9	187	5,104	403	78.9
	Year¹	552	12,417	1,488	119.8	5,292	5,292	1,244	235.1	5,844	17,709	2,732	154.3	742	24,662	1,844	74.8

2021	Q1	104	1,428	175	122.8	1,661	1,661	400	240.7	1,765	3,089	575	186.2	193	3,874	274	70.8
	Q2	120	2,100	249	118.7	1,786	1,786	431	241.1	1,906	3,886	680	175.0	222	7,264	497	68.5
	Q3	120	2,383	287	120.4	2,018	2,018	482	238.9	2,138	4,401	769	174.7	207	7,027	519	73.8
	Q4	128	3,309	398	120.4	2,034	2,034	493	242.4	2,162	5,343	891	166.8	188	8,107	559	68.9
	Year	472	9,220	1,110	120.4	7,499	7,499	1,806	240.8	7,971	16,719	2,915	174.4	810	26,272	1,849	70.4

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
¹ Revised due to additional information.

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Table 5b Summary of planning permissions granted for new houses, apartments and communal dwellings, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022

Table 5b Summary of planning permissions granted for new houses, apartments and communal dwellings, Q1 2013 - Q2 2022
		All Houses		Apartments		Communal Dwellings			Total Dwellings
Period		Number of Permissions	Floor Area (000 m²)	Number of Permissions	Floor Area (000 m²)	Number of Permissions	Floor Area (000 m²)		Number of Permissions	Floor Area (000 m²)
2013	Q1	818	345	40	46	4	3		862	394
	Q2	727	280	40	50	5	3		772	333
	Q3	864	266	64	12	3	4		931	282
	Q4	694	270	53	15	4	10		751	295
	Year	3,103	1,161	197	123	16	20	0	3,316	1,304

2014	Q1	835	296	49	15	7	24		891	335
	Q2	809	283	63	10	3	3		875	296
	Q3	887	330	65	31	10	4		962	365
	Q4	804	352	69	13	5	3		878	368
	Year	3,335	1,261	246	69	25	34	0	3,606	1,364

2015	Q1	977	454	82	68	7	3		1,066	525
	Q2	913	475	73	47	5	5		991	527
	Q3	1,036	419	85	32	7	43		1,128	494
	Q4	995	481	86	119	3	1		1,084	601
	Year	3,921	1,829	326	266	22	52	0	4,269	2,147

2016	Q1	1,072	445	90	50	7	6		1,169	501
	Q2	1,090	422	107	71	6	62		1,203	555
	Q3	1,272	680	125	106	4	16		1,401	802
	Q4	1,234	559	102	104	5	20		1,341	683
	Year	4,668	2,106	424	331	22	104	0	5,114	2,541

2017	Q1	1,387	650	126	83	10	27		1,523	760
	Q2	1,369	611	107	70	8	16		1,484	697
	Q3	1,516	631	146	90	8	41		1,670	762
	Q4	1,454	719	131	215	6	28		1,591	962
	Year	5,726	2,610	510	458	32	112	0	6,268	3,181

2018	Q1	1,537	886	161	159	13	100		1,711	1,145
	Q2	1,464	794	161	166	14	36		1,639	996
	Q3¹	1,593	777	210	265	9	41		1,812	1,083
	Q4	1,509	708	160	190	9	11		1,678	909
	Year¹	6,103	3,166	692	780	45	188	0	6,840	4,133

2019	Q1¹	1,613	785	195	205	13	24		1,821	1,014
	Q2¹	1,556	781	201	378	14	52		1,771	1,211
	Q3	1,682	790	226	398	10	11		1,918	1,199
	Q4¹	1,414	735	169	536	11	51		1,594	1,322
	Year¹	6,265	3,090	791	1,516	48	138	0	7,104	4,746

2020	Q1¹	1,526	719	188	637	17	20		1,731	1,376
	Q2	761	440	102	300	6	11		869	751
	Q3¹	1,914	877	265	505	12	29		2,191	1,411
	Q4	1,643	695	187	403	12	46		1,842	1,144
	Year¹	5,844	2,732	742	1,844	47	106	0	6,633	4,682

2021	Q1	1,765	575	193	274	5	14		1,963	863
	Q2	1,906	680	222	497	14	46		2,142	1,223
	Q3	2,138	769	207	519	10	18		2,355	1,306
	Q4	2,162	891	188	559	5	11		2,355	1,461
	Year	7,971	2,915	810	1,849	34	89	0	8,815	4,853

2022	Q1	2,213	816	200	291	17	21		2,430	1,128
	Q2	1,964	765	189	482	8	17		2,161	1,264
¹ Revised due to additional information.

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Table 6 Apartment units granted planning permission by region, Q1 2020 - Q2 2022

Table 7 Apartment, multi-development and one-off house units granted planning permission by type of application, Q1 2018 - Q2 2022

Table 7 Apartment, multi-development and one-off house units granted planning permission by type of application, Q1 2018 - Q2 2022
		Apartment units			Multi-development house units			One-off houses		Total house units²
Period		SHD	Non-SHD	Total	SHD	Non-SHD	Total	SHD	Non-SHD	SHD	Non-SHD	Total
2018	Q1	0	1,867	1,867	0	4,367	4,367	0	1,391	0	5,758	5,758
	Q2³	199	1,627	1,826	668	2,968	3,636	0	1,315	668	4,283	4,951
	Q3⁴	1,563	1,413	2,976	950	2,513	3,463	0	1,416	950	3,929	4,879
	Q4	1,142	1,164	2,306	611	2,406	3,017	0	1,359	611	3,765	4,376
	Year⁴	2,904	6,071	8,975	2,229	12,254	14,483	0	5,481	2,229	17,735	19,964
2019	Q1⁴	587	1,791	2,378	281	3,157	3,438	0	1,456	281	4,613	4,894
	Q2⁴	2,266	2,254	4,520	1,160	2,389	3,549	0	1,387	1,160	3,776	4,936
	Q3	3,212	1,962	5,174	659	2,742	3,401	0	1,514	659	4,256	4,915
	Q4⁴	5,514	1,312	6,826	1,758	1,795	3,553	0	1,265	1,758	3,060	4,818
	Year⁴	11,579	7,319	18,898	3,858	10,083	13,941	0	5,622	3,858	15,705	19,563
2020	Q1⁴	6,750	1,750	8,500	1,428	1,799	3,227	1	1,354	1,429	3,153	4,582
	Q2	3,546	662	4,208	1,017	1,377	2,394	0	669	1,017	2,046	3,063
	Q3⁴	5,356	1,494	6,850	1,753	2,125	3,878	0	1,754	1,753	3,879	5,632
	Q4	2,775	2,329	5,104	1,106	1,812	2,918	0	1,514	1,106	3,326	4,432
	Year⁴	18,427	6,235	24,662	5,304	7,113	12,417	1	5,291	5,305	12,404	17,709
2021	Q1	2,774	1,100	3,874	146	1,282	1,428	0	1,661	146	2,943	3,089
	Q2⁴	4,579	2,685	7,264	535	1,565	2,100	0	1,786	535	3,351	3,886
	Q3	5,122	1,905	7,027	598	1,785	2,383	0	2,018	598	3,803	4,401
	Q4	6,658	1,449	8,107	1,024	2,285	3,309	0	2,034	1,024	4,319	5,343
	Year	19,133	7,139	26,272	2,303	6,917	9,220	0	7,499	2,303	14,416	16,719
2022	Q1	2,079	1,697	3,776	556	2,050	2,606	0	2,081	556	4,131	4,687
	Q2	5,495	1,347	6,842	847	1,845	2,692	0	1,840	847	3,685	4,532
¹Planning permissions granted for Strategic Housing Development (SHD) applications may be annulled by the high court. The CSO will revise figures in the fourth quarter publication of the relevant year, if this occurs.
²Total house units is a combination of multi-development and one off houses.
³Quarter 2 of 2018 was the first quarter SHD planning permissions were granted.
⁴Revised due to additional information.

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Table 8 Dwelling units granted planning permission by county, Q2 2022

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Table 1b Year to date aggregates of new dwelling units granted planning permission, Q1 2018 - Q2 2022
Period		Multi- Development Houses	Annual % change	One-off houses	Annual % change	All Houses	Annual % change	Apartments	Annual % change	Total Dwellings (All Houses & Apartments)	Annual % change
2018	Jan-Mar	4,367	76.0%	1,391	9.3%	5,758	53.4%	1,867	108.4%	7,625	64.0%
	Jan-Jun	8,003	64.6%	2,706	7.3%	10,709	45.0%	3,693	114.8%	14,402	58.2%
	Jan-Sep¹	11,466	58.3%	4,122	5.6%	15,588	39.8%	6,669	147.6%	22,257	60.8%
	Jan-Dec¹	14,483	41.8%	5,481	4.9%	19,964	29.3%	8,975	68.2%	28,939	39.3%
2019	Jan-Mar¹	3,438	-21.3%	1,456	4.7%	4,894	-15.0%	2,378	27.4%	7,272	-4.6%
	Jan-Jun¹	6,987	-12.7%	2,843	5.1%	9,830	-8.2%	6,898	86.8%	16,728	16.2%
	Jan-Sep¹	10,388	-9.4%	4,357	5.7%	14,745	-5.4%	12,072	81.0%	26,817	20.5%
	Jan-Dec¹	13,941	-3.7%	5,622	2.6%	19,563	-2.0%	18,898	110.6%	38,461	32.9%
2020	Jan-Mar¹	3,227	-6.1%	1,355	-6.9%	4,582	-6.4%	8,500	257.4%	13,082	79.9%
	Jan-Jun¹	5,621	-19.6%	2,024	-28.8%	7,645	-22.2%	12,708	84.2%	20,353	21.7%
	Jan-Sep¹	9,499	-8.6%	3,778	-13.3%	13,277	-10.0%	19,558	62.0%	32,835	22.4%
	Jan-Dec¹	12,417	-10.9%	5,292	-5.9%	17,709	-9.5%	24,662	30.5%	42,371	10.2%
2021	Jan-Mar	1,428	-55.7%	1,661	22.6%	3,089	-32.6%	3,874	-54.4%	6,963	-46.8%
	Jan-Jun	3,528	-37.2%	3,447	70.3%	6,975	-8.8%	11,138	-12.4%	18,113	-11.0%
	Jan-Sep	5,911	-37.8%	5,465	44.7%	11,376	-14.3%	18,165	-7.1%	29,541	-10.0%
	Jan-Dec	9,220	-25.7%	7,499	41.7%	16,719	-5.6%	26,272	6.5%	42,991	1.5%
2022	Jan-Mar	2,606	82.5%	2,081	25.3%	4,687	51.7%	3,776	-2.5%	8,463	21.5%
	Jan-Jun	5,298	50.2%	3,921	13.8%	9,219	32.2%	10,618	-4.7%	19,837	9.5%
¹Revised due to additional information.

Planning Permissions Quarter 2 2022