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Table NI38.1 Planning permissions granted for residential dwellings1 in Northern Ireland 2002/03 - 2020/21 | ||||
Year | New single dwellings | Replacement single dwellings | Housing developments2 | Total |
2002-03 | 6,676 | 1,540 | 1,323 | 9,539 |
2003-04 | 7,355 | 1,614 | 1,245 | 10,214 |
2004-05 | 8,536 | 1,704 | 1,342 | 11,582 |
2005-06 | 8,418 | 1,759 | 1,430 | 11,607 |
2006-07 | 7,602 | 1,515 | 1,472 | 10,589 |
2007-08 | 6,519 | 1,821 | 1,683 | 10,023 |
2008-09 | 4,708 | 2,060 | 1,871 | 8,639 |
2009-10 | 3,832 | 1,754 | 1,584 | 7,170 |
2010-11 | 2,619 | 1,085 | 1,057 | 4,761 |
2011-12 | 2,718 | 926 | 719 | 4,363 |
2012-13 | 2,212 | 760 | 568 | 3,540 |
2013-14 | 1,787 | 584 | 481 | 2,852 |
2014-15 | 1,710 | 637 | 555 | 2,902 |
2015-16 | 1,762 | 615 | 558 | 2,935 |
2016-17 | 2,140 | 738 | 734 | 3,612 |
2017-18 | 1,833 | 734 | 735 | 3,302 |
2018-19 | 1,857 | 725 | 678 | 3,260 |
2019-20 | 1,914 | 717 | 674 | 3,305 |
2020-21 | 1,836 | 725 | 591 | 3,152 |
Source: NI Planning Portal | ||||
1The number of applications granted is based on the number of decisions issued in the same time period. | ||||
2It is not currently possible to extract the actual number of houses included in a housing development application and these can vary greatly in number. Housing developments also include apartments. |
Table NI38.3 Median headline earnings 1997 to 2020 | |||||||||||
Hourly earnings excluding overtime 1 | Weekly earnings 1 | Annual earnings 3 | |||||||||
Full-time 2 | Part-time | All | Full-time 2 | Part-time | All | Full-time 2 | Part-time | All | |||
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
1997 | 6.92 | 4.55 | 6.35 | 286.7 | 87.5 | 237.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
1998 | 7.34 | 4.75 | 6.62 | 298.1 | 92.0 | 249.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
1999 | 7.57 | 4.85 | 6.76 | 310.5 | 99.9 | 253.5 | 15,798 | 5,022 | 13,022 | ||
2000 | 7.78 | 5.00 | 7.07 | 320.2 | 101.7 | 266.2 | 16,599 | 5,391 | 13,752 | ||
2001 | 8.00 | 5.28 | 7.23 | 330.5 | 104.5 | 270.2 | 17,529 | 5,751 | 14,306 | ||
2002 | 8.40 | 5.41 | 7.55 | 342.0 | 109.4 | 284.3 | 18,325 | 6,008 | 15,314 | ||
2003 | 8.64 | 5.88 | 7.86 | 352.0 | 119.4 | 290.0 | 18,502 | 6,053 | 15,050 | ||
2004 4 | 9.23 | 6.13 | 8.26 | 375.0 | 125.0 | 307.1 | 19,537 | 6,576 | 16,048 | ||
2004 4 | 9.14 | 6.29 | 8.23 | 372.6 | 126.5 | 305.4 | 19,622 | 6,648 | 16,146 | ||
2005 | 9.50 | 7.12 | 8.73 | 385.2 | 134.6 | 318.7 | 20,060 | 7,647 | 16,966 | ||
2006 4 | 10.00 | 7.14 | 9.10 | 405.1 | 131.6 | 325.1 | 20,935 | 7,322 | 16,752 | ||
2006 4 | 9.95 | 7.05 | 9.00 | 402.5 | 130.8 | 322.7 | 20,739 | 7,202 | 16,672 | ||
2007 | 9.73 | 7.39 | 9.00 | 400.3 | 140.8 | 329.9 | 20,934 | 7,781 | 17,171 | ||
2008 | 10.14 | 7.85 | 9.47 | 417.7 | 150.0 | 345.0 | 22,122 | 7,968 | 18,192 | ||
2009 | 10.86 | 8.00 | 9.95 | 437.1 | 159.1 | 354.6 | 23,023 | 8,511 | 18,274 | ||
2010 | 10.79 | 8.00 | 9.70 | 437.3 | 149.1 | 354.7 | 22,394 | 7,798 | 18,131 | ||
2011 4 | 11.06 | 7.69 | 9.85 | 444.7 | 150.5 | 354.5 | 23,034 | 7,952 | 18,208 | ||
2012 | 11.36 | 7.78 | 10.00 | 457.6 | 148.3 | 360.8 | 23,944 | 8,037 | 18,693 | ||
2013 | 11.46 | 8.00 | 10.25 | 463.6 | 155.2 | 365.5 | 23,952 | 8,239 | 18,473 | ||
2014 | 11.36 | 7.96 | 10.12 | 460.0 | 154.2 | 363.1 | 24,491 | 8,882 | 19,485 | ||
2015 | 11.97 | 8.04 | 10.54 | 484.7 | 162.5 | 381.9 | 25,719 | 9,184 | 20,348 | ||
2016 | 12.15 | 8.23 | 10.72 | 493.6 | 171.0 | 393.1 | 25,978 | 9,314 | 20,966 | ||
2017 | 12.31 | 8.65 | 11.00 | 500.0 | 175.5 | 407.4 | 25,935 | 9,871 | 21,215 | ||
2018 | 12.56 | 8.83 | 11.29 | 517.8 | 186.3 | 420.2 | 27,101 | 10,007 | 22,071 | ||
2019 | 12.88 | 9.55 | 11.72 | 534.5 | 194.7 | 428.6 | 27,437 | 10,563 | 22,459 | ||
2020 | 12.93 | 9.82 | 11.93 | 528.6 | 200.5 | 431.3 | 28,324 | 11,000 | 23,043 | ||
Source: NISRA | |||||||||||
1 Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence. | |||||||||||
2 Full-time defined as employees working more than 30 paid hours per week (or 25 or more for the teaching professions). | |||||||||||
3 Annual earnings estimates relate to employees who have been in the same job for at least 12 months, regardless of whether or not their pay was affected by absence. | |||||||||||
4 There were a number of methodological changes during the series in 2004, 2006 and 2011 contact NISRA for more details |
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