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Planning Permissions

Quarter 4 2014

	Number of Dwelling Units
	Houses	Apartments	Totals
Quarter 4 2013	1,394	162	1,556
Quarter 4 2014	1,905	152	2,057
% change	36.7%	-6.2%	32.2%

Dwelling units approved up 32.2% in year

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In the fourth quarter of 2014, planning permissions were granted for 2,057 dwelling units, compared with 1,556 units for the same period in 2013, an increase of 32.2%.

The fourth quarter figures also show that:

Planning permissions were granted for 1,905 houses in the fourth quarter of 2014 and 1,394 in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 36.7%. See Table 4
Planning permissions were granted for 152 apartment units, compared with 162 units for the same period in 2013, a decrease of 6.2%. See Table 4
One-off houses accounted for 39.3% of all new dwelling units granted planning permission this quarter. See Table 4
The total number of planning permissions granted for all developments was 3,504. This compares with 3,383 in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 3.6%. See Table 1
Total floor area planned was 754 thousand square meters in the fourth quarter of 2014. Of this, 48.8% was for new dwellings, 28.4% for other new construction and 22.8% for extensions. The total floor area planned increased by 0.4% in comparison with the same quarter in 2013. See Table 1
Planning permissions for new buildings for Agriculture increased to 165 this quarter. This compares to 102 permissions in the same quarter of 2013. See Table 3(a)

Annualised Planning Permission data for 2014 is available in Tables 5,6 & 7.

X-axis label	Planning Permissions Civil	Planning Permissions Non-Res	Planning Permissions Dwellings
2010	692	3847	13217
2011	689	3665	10586
2012	821	3794	8569
2013	806	3440	8204
2014	1232	3498	9072

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Table 1 Summary of Planning Permissions Granted, Q1 2007 - Q4 2014

		Number of Permissions					Total Floor Area (000 sq.m )¹
		New Construction		Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	New Construction		Extension	Total
Period		Dwellings	Other	Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Total

2007	Q 1	5,709	4,995	4,033	651	15,388	2,952	2,272	570	5,793
	Q 2	5,636	6,229	4,751	695	17,311	3,409	2,668	643	6,719
	Q 3	5,880	5,411	5,210	837	17,338	3,165	2,748	725	6,638
	Q 4	5,028	2,767	3,841	694	12,330	2,680	1,626	529	4,835
	Year	22,253	19,402	17,835	2,877	62,367	12,206	9,314	2,467	23,985

2008	Q 1	4,777	2,104	3,523	651	11,055	2,645	1,359	509	4,514
	Q 2	4,722	2,050	3,743	700	11,215	2,901	1,425	444	4,770
	Q 3	4,253	1,774	4,166	711	10,904	2,263	1,265	470	3,998
	Q 4	3,739	1,616	3,003	619	8,977	2,028	1,102	387	3,517
	Year	17,491	7,544	14,435	2,681	42,151	9,837	5,151	1,810	16,799

2009	Q 1	3,275	1,231	2,499	481	7,486	2,090	870	459	3,419
	Q 2	2,689	1,158	2,405	504	6,756	1,753	872	281	2,906
	Q 3	2,505	1,218	2,433	499	6,655	1,273	915	278	2,466
	Q 4	1,911	908	1,885	433	5,137	812	408	179	1,399
	Year	10,380	4,515	9,222	1,917	26,034	5,928	3,065	1,197	10,190

2010	Q 1	1,768	775	1,617	359	4,519	844	303	181	1,328
	Q 2	1,513	772	1,996	394	4,675	776	553	232	1,561
	Q 3	1,634	866	2,319	453	5,272	727	415	271	1,412
	Q 4	1,432	792	1,778	371	4,373	514	254	186	955
	Year	6,347	3,205	7,710	1,577	18,839	2,861	1,525	870	5,256

2011	Q 1	1,277	700	1,637	405	4,019	599	376	202	1,177
	Q 2	1,264	721	1,866	393	4,244	560	452	209	1,222
	Q 3	1,271	862	1,896	417	4,446	465	288	216	969
	Q 4	955	681	1,312	335	3,283	357	214	137	708
	Year	4,767	2,964	6,711	1,550	15,992	1,982	1,330	765	4,077

2012	Q 1	957	695	1,339	377	3,368	279	283	173	734
	Q 2	942	828	1,549	353	3,672	284	341	199	824
	Q 3	907	1,050	1,680	410	4,047	312	346	219	877
	Q 4	837	834	1,341	308	3,320	325	261	177	763
	Year	3,643	3,407	5,909	1,448	14,407	1,199	1,231	768	3,198

2013	Q 1	862	785	1,296	332	3,275	394	366	169	930
	Q 2	772	754	1,489	353	3,368	333	331	170	834
	Q 3	931	904	1,665	375	3,875	282	312	229	823
	Q 4	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	Q 1	891	1,006	1,396	540	3,833	336	229	180	744
	Q 2	875	1,091	1,590	593	4,149	296	242	174	712
	Q 3	962	1,183	1,705	478	4,328	366	379	228	974
	Q 4	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

¹ For categories where floor area is a relevant measure

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Table 2 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, Q4 2014, classified by region, county and type of development

Planning Region and County	Number of Permissions					Total Floor Area (000 sq.m)
	New Construction		Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	New Construction		Extension	Total¹
	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Total¹

Border, Midland and West
Border, Midland and West	283	237	320	79	919	79	67	52	198

Border	132	117	149	39	437	40	14	26	79

Cavan	13	19	19	4	55	3	4	11	17
Donegal	55	25	57	10	147	18	3	6	26
Leitrim	4	4	4	2	14	1	0	0	1
Louth	28	22	22	11	83	9	1	2	11
Monaghan	22	29	23	3	77	6	6	5	17
Sligo	10	18	24	9	61	3	1	2	6

Midland	47	52	63	15	177	12	44	12	69

Laois	10	17	27	7	61	2	27	4	33
Longford	3	6	5	1	15	1	1	0	2
Offaly	19	18	12	2	51	6	6	3	15
Westmeath	15	11	19	5	50	4	10	4	18

West	104	68	108	25	305	27	9	14	50

Galway City	7	5	14	7	33	2	0	2	4
Galway²	51	35	47	8	141	13	3	8	24
Mayo	31	7	32	6	76	7	4	4	15
Roscommon	15	21	15	4	55	4	2	1	7

Southern and Eastern	595	782	941	267	2,585	289	148	119	556

Dublin	128	184	380	120	812	109	13	42	164

Dublin City	62	117	157	80	416	45	2	16	63
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	28	2	90	7	127	10	6	14	30
Fingal	30	36	86	23	175	43	4	9	56
South Dublin	8	29	47	10	94	11	0	4	15

Mid-East	105	75	121	32	333	72	19	12	103

Kildare	32	26	62	9	129	28	5	6	38
Meath	44	27	32	3	106	38	10	4	52
Wicklow	29	22	27	20	98	7	4	2	13

Mid-West	58	134	95	30	317	19	36	19	75

Clare	24	25	27	9	85	7	2	3	12
Limerick	24	66	47	12	149	9	26	12	47
North Tipperary	10	43	21	9	83	3	8	4	16

South-East	117	158	150	46	471	32	28	17	76

Carlow	11	9	15	1	36	3	3	2	7
Kilkenny	20	37	32	6	95	6	1	4	11
South Tipperary	20	32	26	11	89	6	6	4	16
Waterford	27	36	26	15	112	9	8	2	19
Wexford	39	43	51	13	139	9	9	5	23

South-West	187	231	195	39	652	57	52	29	138

Cork City	12	12	17	7	48	5	1	3	8
Cork²	130	165	117	26	438	38	45	17	100
Kerry	45	54	61	6	166	14	6	10	30

State	878	1,019	1,261	346	3,504	368	214	172	754

¹ For categories where floor area is a relevant measure
²Excluding cities
- No permissions
Note: 0 implies less than 500sq m

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Table 3(a) Number of Planning Permissions granted, Q4 2014, 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 Construction

Border, Midland and Western	283	7	41	4	4	4	69	108	520

Border	132	3	18	1	2	3	34	56	249
Midland	47	4	9	2	1	-	21	15	99
West	104	-	14	1	1	1	14	37	172

Southern and Eastern	595	22	124	18	10	15	215	378	1,377

Dublin	128	7	2	2	3	3	30	137	312
Mid-East	105	2	10	2	3	3	18	37	180
Mid-West	58	3	41	3	1	3	44	39	192
South-East	117	2	29	4	-	1	45	77	275
South West	187	8	42	7	3	5	78	88	418

State	878	29	165	22	14	19	284	486	1,897

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	231	25	13	14	29	8	-	-	320

Border	112	12	5	8	9	3	-	-	149
Midland	40	5	6	2	7	3	-	-	63
West	79	8	2	4	13	2	-	-	108

Southern and Eastern	757	47	39	19	63	16	-	-	941

Dublin	338	21	-	1	18	2	-	-	380
Mid-East	104	3	2	2	9	1	-	-	121
Mid-West	62	3	10	5	10	5	-	-	95
South-East	115	7	13	4	8	3	-	-	150
South West	138	13	14	7	18	5	-	-	195

State	988	72	52	33	92	24	-	-	1,261

Alteration and Conversion

Border, Midland and Western	18	38	-	5	14	4	-	-	79

Border	9	18	-	5	6	1	-	-	39
Midland	2	8	-	-	3	2	-	-	15
West	7	12	-	-	5	1	-	-	25

Southern and Eastern	79	91	2	14	48	33	-	-	267

Dublin	46	34	-	2	25	13	-	-	120
Mid-East	15	13	-	-	3	1	-	-	32
Mid-West	4	11	1	4	7	3	-	-	30
South-East	9	20	1	3	7	6	-	-	46
South West	5	13	-	5	6	10	-	-	39

State	97	129	2	19	62	37	-	-	346

All Developments

Border, Midland and Western	532	70	54	23	47	16	69	108	919

Border	253	33	23	14	17	7	34	56	437
Midland	89	17	15	4	11	5	21	15	177
West	190	20	16	5	19	4	14	37	305

Southern and Eastern	1,431	160	165	51	121	64	215	378	2,585

Dublin	512	62	2	5	46	18	30	137	812
Mid-East	224	18	12	4	15	5	18	37	333
Mid-West	124	17	52	12	18	11	44	39	317
South-East	241	29	43	11	15	10	45	77	471
South West	330	34	56	19	27	20	78	88	652

State	1,963	230	219	74	168	80	284	486	3,504

- No permissions

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Table 3(b) Total Floor Area Planned (000 sq.m) in new construction and extensions, Q4 2014, 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	Total¹

New Construction

Border, Midland and Western	79	7	53	0	4	1	145

Border	40	1	10	0	1	1	53
Midland	12	6	35	0	3	-	56
West	27	-	9	0	0	0	36

Southern and Eastern	289	20	94	18	11	5	437

Dublin	109	7	1	0	3	1	122
Mid-East	72	2	4	3	7	1	91
Mid-West	19	7	28	0	0	1	55
South-East	32	2	24	2	-	0	59
South West	57	2	36	12	0	2	109

State	368	27	147	18	15	7	582

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	17	10	6	12	5	1	52

Border	8	3	3	11	1	0	26
Midland	3	4	3	1	1	1	12
West	6	4	1	0	3	1	14
				0
Southern and Eastern	51	14	17	9	23	6	119

Dublin	21	10	-	0	8	2	42
Mid-East	8	0	1	0	3	0	12
Mid-West	4	1	3	5	4	3	19
South-East	7	0	5	1	2	0	17
South West	10	2	8	2	6	1	29

State	67	24	23	21	29	8	172

Total New Construction and Extension
Total New Construction and Extension

Border, Midland and Western	96	17	60	13	10	3	198


Border	47	4	13	11	2	2	79
Midland	15	10	38	1	5	1	69
West	33	4	9	1	3	1	50

Southern and Eastern	340	34	110	27	34	12	556

Dublin	130	17	1	0	12	3	164
Mid-East	80	3	5	4	10	2	103
Mid-West	24	7	31	5	4	4	75
South-East	39	2	29	3	2	1	76
South West	67	5	44	14	6	3	138

State	435	52	170	39	44	15	754
¹For categories where floor area is a relevant measure
- No Permission
Note: 0 implies less than 500sq m

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Table 4 Summary of Planning Permissions Granted for new houses and apartments, Q1 2009 - Q4 2014

		All Houses				of which Multi-Development Houses				of which One-Off Houses				Apartments
		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)



2009	Q 1	3,025	10,256	1,687	164.5	282	7,513	995	132.4	2,743	2,743	692	252.4	237	3,921	382	97.4
	Q 2	2,475	7,739	1,273	164.5	237	5,501	707	128.5	2,238	2,238	566	252.9	202	5,092	467	91.7
	Q 3	2,304	5,362	963	179.6	196	3,254	434	133.3	2,108	2,108	529	251.1	195	3,222	306	94.9
	Q 4	1,763	3,457	669	193.4	139	1,833	252	137.7	1,624	1,624	416	256.3	137	1,507	131	87.0
	Year	9,567	26,814	4,592	171.3	854	18,101	2,388	131.9	8,713	8,713	2,203	252.8	771	13,742	1,286	93.6

2010	Q 1	1,664	3,585	667	186.2	112	2,033	280	137.5	1,552	1,552	388	249.9	92	1,925	163	84.5
	Q 2	1,395	3,043	548	180.0	95	1,743	219	125.4	1,300	1,300	329	253.2	115	2,335	228	97.6
	Q 3	1,537	2,817	552	196.0	94	1,374	192	139.4	1,443	1,443	361	249.9	89	1,824	167	91.6
	Q 4	1,362	2,159	441	204.4	75	872	122	139.7	1,287	1,287	319	248.2	65	790	71	90.4
	Year	5,958	11,604	2,208	190.3	376	6,022	813	135.5	5,582	5,582	1,397	250.3	361	6,874	629	91.5

2011	Q 1	1,205	3,075	528	171.7	78	1,948	246	126.2	1,127	1,127	282	250.3	67	592	65	109.2
	Q 2	1,197	2,599	487	187.3	71	1,473	204	138.8	1,126	1,126	282	250.7	63	711	70	98.9
	Q 3	1,207	1,887	389	206.4	83	763	111	145.9	1,124	1,124	278	247.5	56	625	73	117.5
	Q 4	907	1,537	302	196.3	41	671	86	128.6	866	866	210	249.0	43	619	54	87.9
	Year	4,516	9,098	1,706	187.5	273	4,855	647	133.4	4,243	4,243	1,058	249.4	229	2,547	263	103.2

2012	Q 1	902	1,263	268	212.4	34	395	53	134.7	868	868	215	247.8	49	92	7	80.8
	Q 2	875	1,166	257	220.0	45	336	48	143.2	830	830	208	251.2	62	240	24	101.8
	Q 3	857	1,540	302	196.1	56	739	107	145.4	801	801	194	242.8	47	98	8	85.1
	Q 4	788	1,420	283	199.4	37	669	96	143.2	751	751	187	249.5	46	431	40	92.5
	Year	3,422	5,389	1,110	206.0	172	2,139	305	142.4	3,250	3,250	805	247.8	204	861	80	93.0

2013	Q 1	818	1,860	345	185.7	45	1,087	155	142.6	773	773	190	246.2	40	448	46	102.1
	Q 2	727	1,496	280	187.1	43	812	109	134.5	684	684	171	249.6	40	430	50	116.9
	Q 3	864	1,252	266	212.6	45	433	63	146.6	819	819	203	247.5	64	157	12	76.6
	Q 4	694	1,394	270	193.6	54	754	109	144.1	640	640	161	252.0	53	162	15	93.6
	Year	3,103	6,002	1,161	193.5	187	3,086	436	141.4	2,916	2,916	725	248.6	197	1,197	123	103.0

2014	Q 1	835	1,446	296	204.6	61	672	106	157.3	774	774	190	245.7	49	158	15	96.9
	Q 2	809	1,492	283	190.0	57	740	99	133.2	752	752	185	245.9	63	114	10	84.9
	Q 3	887	1,783	330	185.2	66	962	134	138.9	821	821	197	239.6	65	361	31	86.9
	Q 4	804	1,905	352	184.5	55	1,156	166	143.2	749	749	186	248.3	69	152	13	85.3
	Year	3,335	6,626	1,261	190.3	239	3,530	503	142.6	3,096	3,096	758	244.8	246	785	69	88.3

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Table 5 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, 2014, classified by region, county and type of development

Planning Region and County	Number of Permissions					Total Floor Area (000 sq.m)
	New Construction		Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	New Construction		Extension	Total¹
	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Total¹

Border, Midland and West
Border, Midland and West	1,187	1,032	1,470	406	4,095	328	240	230	798

Border	493	465	700	174	1,832	134	90	111	335

Cavan	52	75	90	22	239	13	20	27	60
Donegal	174	123	259	42	598	47	17	26	90
Leitrim	9	16	23	10	58	2	0	5	7
Louth	86	85	154	52	377	28	8	27	63
Monaghan	114	79	75	18	286	29	39	14	82
Sligo	58	87	99	30	274	15	6	12	33

Midland	213	216	261	75	765	56	85	45	185

Laois	50	78	82	34	244	12	37	11	60
Longford	21	33	45	7	106	5	3	12	20
Offaly	77	53	53	16	199	23	22	9	54
Westmeath	65	52	81	18	216	16	23	13	51

West	481	351	509	157	1,498	137	66	74	277

Galway City	23	43	69	49	184	9	9	6	24
Galway²	258	181	216	37	692	66	20	27	112
Mayo	144	49	149	40	382	39	16	33	89
Roscommon	56	78	75	31	240	23	21	8	52

Southern and Eastern	2,419	3,267	4,482	1,551	11,719	1,038	825	524	2,387

Dublin	467	914	1,800	716	3,897	417	245	155	817

Dublin City	198	562	736	541	2,037	133	35	54	222
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	107	32	424	15	578	90	62	35	187
Fingal	114	196	366	101	777	149	54	32	235
South Dublin	48	124	274	59	505	45	94	34	173

Mid-East	405	354	577	182	1,518	178	135	60	373

Kildare	115	118	213	84	530	55	12	23	90
Meath	181	131	189	38	539	90	45	26	161
Wicklow	109	105	175	60	449	33	77	12	122

Mid-West	327	448	441	150	1,366	94	99	58	252

Clare	117	109	144	51	421	32	17	14	64
Limerick	144	202	193	70	609	44	62	25	131
North Tipperary	66	137	104	29	336	19	20	19	58

South-East	495	691	723	221	2,130	141	154	115	409

Carlow	39	63	66	23	191	11	19	9	39
Kilkenny	97	163	159	58	477	29	21	25	75
South Tipperary	78	126	100	28	332	19	34	13	66
Waterford	92	193	174	49	508	25	36	24	85
Wexford	189	146	224	63	622	56	44	44	144

South-West	725	860	941	282	2,808	208	192	136	536

Cork City	38	81	125	74	318	10	27	13	49
Cork²	510	541	583	119	1,753	145	142	90	377
Kerry	177	238	233	89	737	53	24	33	109

State	3,606	4,299	5,952	1,957	15,814	1,366	1,065	754	3,185

1 For categories where floor area is a relevant measure
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Table 6 Number of Planning Permissions granted, 2014, 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 Construction

Border, Midland and Western	1,187	44	174	28	25	33	315	413	2,219

Border	493	18	82	13	7	16	143	186	958
Midland	213	13	38	6	4	8	67	80	429
West	481	13	54	9	14	9	105	147	832

Southern and Eastern	2,419	134	412	93	53	59	917	1,599	5,686

Dublin	467	51	4	24	19	13	195	608	1,381
Mid-East	405	15	40	11	10	11	98	169	759
Mid-West	327	18	103	6	6	12	129	174	775
South-East	495	19	130	20	12	9	218	283	1,186
South West	725	31	135	32	6	14	277	365	1,585

State	3,606	178	586	121	78	92	1,232	2,012	7,905

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	1,047	85	57	58	162	61	-	-	1,470

Border	496	42	31	31	75	25	-	-	700
Midland	174	18	15	10	32	12	-	-	261
West	377	25	11	17	55	24	-	-	509

Southern and Eastern	3,654	207	154	100	274	93	-	-	4,482

Dublin	1,612	74	-	18	75	21	-	-	1,800
Mid-East	478	22	12	8	45	12	-	-	577
Mid-West	329	20	31	16	32	13	-	-	441
South-East	519	42	61	26	51	24	-	-	723
South West	716	49	50	32	71	23	-	-	941

State	4,701	292	211	158	436	154	-	-	5,952

Alteration and Conversion

Border, Midland and Western	101	166	8	24	68	39	-	-	406

Border	44	75	5	12	25	13	-	-	174
Midland	18	24	3	6	12	12	-	-	75
West	39	67	-	6	31	14	-	-	157

Southern and Eastern	664	503	20	49	203	112	-	-	1,551

Dublin	365	212	-	14	87	38	-	-	716
Mid-East	68	67	5	4	22	16	-	-	182
Mid-West	56	47	3	9	25	10	-	-	150
South-East	60	87	7	8	36	23	-	-	221
South West	115	90	5	14	33	25	-	-	282

State	765	669	28	73	271	151	-	-	1,957

All Developments

Border, Midland and Western	2,335	295	239	110	255	133	315	413	4,095

Border	1,033	135	118	56	107	54	143	186	1,832
Midland	405	55	56	22	48	32	67	80	765
West	897	105	65	32	100	47	105	147	1,498

Southern and Eastern	6,737	844	586	242	530	264	917	1,599	11,719

Dublin	2,444	337	4	56	181	72	195	608	3,897
Mid-East	951	104	57	23	77	39	98	169	1,518
Mid-West	712	85	137	31	63	35	129	174	1,366
South-East	1,074	148	198	54	99	56	218	283	2,130
South West	1,556	170	190	78	110	62	277	365	2,808

State	9,072	1,139	825	352	785	397	1,232	2,012	15,814

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Table 7 Total Floor Area Planned (000 sq.m) in new construction and extensions, 2014, 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	Total¹

New Construction

Border, Midland and Western
Border, Midland and Western	328	24	142	26	36	12	568

Border	134	5	61	8	12	5	224
Midland	56	9	57	9	7	2	140
West	137	10	24	9	17	5	203

Southern and Eastern	1,038	286	287	64	163	25	1,863

Dublin	417	135	5	14	87	5	662
Mid-East	178	75	20	6	28	5	313
Mid-West	94	20	60	0	15	4	194
South-East	141	10	90	15	32	7	294
South West	208	45	112	29	2	4	400

State	1,366	310	430	90	199	37	2,431

Extension

Border, Midland and Western
Border, Midland and Western	73	22	21	52	51	10	230

Border	32	8	12	22	32	5	111
Midland	13	7	6	8	9	2	45
West	28	7	3	23	10	3	74

Southern and Eastern	215	53	72	65	96	23	524

Dublin	80	30	-	7	30	7	155
Mid-East	31	4	4	2	15	4	60
Mid-West	22	3	10	11	8	4	58
South-East	34	7	26	31	15	3	115
South West	48	9	32	14	28	4	136

State	288	75	93	117	147	33	754

Total New Construction and Extension
Total New Construction and Extension

Border, Midland and Western
Border, Midland and Western	400	47	164	79	87	22	798

Border	167	13	73	29	44	10	335
Midland	69	16	63	17	16	4	185
West	165	17	27	32	27	8	277

Southern and Eastern	1,254	339	359	129	259	48	2,387

Dublin	497	165	5	21	117	12	817
Mid-East	209	79	24	8	43	10	373
Mid-West	117	23	70	11	22	8	252
South-East	174	17	116	46	47	10	409
South West	256	54	144	43	30	8	536

State	1,654	385	523	207	346	70	3,185
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Background Notes

Scope and Background

Details of the scope and background of this series were given in the March 1973 Statistical Bulletin. The Planning and Development Acts 1963 - 2000, imposes certain requirements on builders, developers and all other persons who propose to build or develop and specifies that a planning permission must be obtained from the relevant Planning Authority.

Local authority building (including housing) is exempt in the case where construction takes place in the Authorities’ own area. Therefore, works undertaken by a local authority outside its functional area come within the scope of the Acts, and need planning permission. Planning permission is also needed for development by the State, except where the consultation procedures provided for in the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1993 obtain (e.g. national security, public safety or order, the administration of justice etc). This series only provides coverage where development is subject to the requirement to obtain planning permission.

This series is also available using the interactive tables in Database Direct on www.cso.ie.

Regions

The Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994, established eight new Regions. The CSO has adopted these in place of the old Planning Regions as the basis for the regional breakdown of planning permissions data.

Classification

Planning permissions are classified by type of development, local authority district and by regional authority. A distinction is made between residential and non-residential building and civil engineering.

Coverage

Only final grants of permission or approvals are covered, i.e. only works which involve construction. The following permissions are excluded since they do not entail construction per se:

Changes of a technical and business nature as distinct from a building or structural nature;
Outline permission;
Retention of an existing building;
Changes to existing plan;
Bye-law permission;
Refusals - permissions subsequently granted on appeal by An Bord Pleanála are included.

Rounding

As the figures for floor area have been rounded there may be slight discrepancies between the sum of the constituent items and the totals shown.

Estimates are included where complete details of floor area size are not available.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. The NUTS3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994. The NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the NUTS3 regions. The composition of the regions is set out below.

Border Midlands and Western NUTS 2 Region		Eastern and Southern NUTS 2 Region

Border	Cavan	Dublin	Dublin
	Donegal		Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown
	Leitrim		Fingal
	Louth		South Dubin
	Monaghan
	Sligo

Midland	Laois	Mid-East	Kildare
	Longford		Meath
	Offaly		Wicklow
	Westmeath

West	Galway City	South-West	Cork City
	Galway County		Cork County
	Mayo		Kerrry
	Roscommon
		South-East	Carlow
			Kilkenny
			South Tipperary
			Waterford
			Wexford

		Mid -West	Clare
			Limerick
			North Tipperary

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