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Planning Permissions

Quarter 4 2015

	Number of Dwelling Units
	Houses	Apartments	Totals
Quarter 4 2014	1,905	152	2,057
Quarter 4 2015	2,754	1,263	4,017
% change	44.6%	730.9%	95.3%

Dwelling units approved up 95.3% in year

Number of Dwelling Units approved classified by type of unit, Q2 2014 - Q4 2015

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In the fourth quarter of 2015, planning permissions were granted for 4,017 dwelling units, compared with 2,057 units for the same period in 2014, an increase of 95.3%.

The fourth quarter figures also show that:

Planning Permissions were granted for 2,754 houses in the fourth quarter of 2015 and 1,905 in the fourth quarter of 2014, an increase of 44.6%.
Planning permissions were granted for 1,263 apartment units, compared with 152 units for the same period in 2014, an increase of 730.9%.
One-off houses accounted for 22.7% of all new dwelling units granted planning permission in this quarter. See Table 4.
The total number of planning permissions granted for all developments was 4,470. This compares with 3,504 in the fourth quarter of 2014, an increase of 27.6%. See Table 1.
Total floor area planned was 1,468 thousand square metres in the fourth quarter of 2015. Of this, 40.9% was for new dwellings, 46.8% for other new constructions and 12.3% for extensions. The total floor area planned increased by 94.7% in comparison with the same quarter in 2014. See Table 1.
Planning Permissions for new buildings for Agriculture increased to 420 this quarter. This compares to 165 permissions in the same quarter of 2014. See Table 3(a).

Annualised Planning Permission data for 2015 is available in Tables 5, 6 & 7.

See Supplementary tables 2, 3a and 3b for revised data for Dublin City for quarters 1, 2 & 3 of 2015.

X-axis label	Planning Permissions Civil	Planning Permissions Non-Res	Planning Permissions Dwellings
2011	689	3655	10586
2012	821	3794	8569
2013	806	3440	8204
2014	1232	3498	9072
2015	1519	4085	9845

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Table A Summary of Planning Permissions granted for new Dwelling Units

Period		All Houses	Annual % change	of which Multi-Development Houses	Annual % change	of which One-off houses	Annual % change	Apartments	Annual % change	Total Dwellings *(All Houses & Apartments)*	Annual % change

2014	Q1	1,446	-22%	672	-38%	774	0%	158	-65%	1,604	-31%
	Q2	1,492	-0%	740	-9%	752	10%	114	-73%	1,606	-17%
	Q3	1,783	42%	962	122%	821	0%	361	130%	2,144	52%
	Q4	1,905	37%	1,156	53%	749	17%	152	-6%	2,057	32%
	Year	6,626	10%	3,530	14%	3,096	6%	785	-34%	7,411	3%

2015	Q1	2,514	74%	1,606	139%	908	17%	699	342%	3,213	100%
	Q2	2,637	77%	1,816	145%	821	9%	473	315%	3,110	94%
	Q3	2,345	32%	1,395	45%	950	16%	359	-1%	2,704	26%
	Q4	2,754	45%	1,841	59%	913	22%	1,263	731%	4,017	95%
	Year	10,250	55%	6,658	89%	3,592	16%	2,794	256%	13,044	76%

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Table 1 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, Q1 2008 - Q4 2015

		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

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

2015	Q 1	1,066	1,046	1,454	335	3,901	525	243	206	973
	Q 2	991	1,021	1,663	372	4,047	527	321	216	1,065
	Q 3	1,128	1,492	1,942	447	5,009	494	568	293	1,354
	Q 4	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

¹ For categories where floor area is a relevant measure

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Table 2 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, Q4 2015, 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	356	451	378	95	1,280	98	103	58	259
Border, Midland and West

Border	165	202	165	30	562	46	54	27	127

Cavan	31	57	24	4	116	8	20	4	32
Donegal	56	37	40	7	140	16	6	3	25
Leitrim	5	9	8	1	23	1	1	5	7
Louth	27	25	48	7	107	9	6	8	22
Monaghan	30	53	24	10	117	8	16	6	29
Sligo	16	21	21	1	59	4	5	1	10

Midland	75	104	77	19	275	23	19	15	56

Laois	25	37	26	8	96	10	4	7	22
Longford	8	16	17	3	44	2	4	2	8
Offaly	22	26	16	3	67	6	3	4	13
Westmeath	20	25	18	5	68	5	7	2	14

West	116	145	136	46	443	29	31	16	76

Galway City	15	27	29	15	86	3	2	2	7
Galway²	56	74	47	20	197	14	15	6	35
Mayo	37	26	41	6	110	10	11	4	25
Roscommon	8	18	19	5	50	2	3	4	8

Southern and Eastern	728	1,114	1,035	313	3,190	503	584	123	1,209

Dublin	143	244	399	139	925	278	328	38	643

Dublin City	46	139	153	72	410	87	250	11	349
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	40	30	103	34	207	52	1	6	59
Fingal	32	47	76	15	170	70	45	8	123
South Dublin	25	28	67	18	138	69	32	12	113

Mid-East	123	112	150	39	424	58	63	17	138

Kildare	29	33	60	8	130	9	9	7	25
Meath	66	51	59	13	189	41	43	7	91
Wicklow	28	28	31	18	105	8	11	3	22

Mid-West	99	193	117	53	462	34	44	15	93

Clare	29	61	40	21	151	8	9	4	20
Limerick	52	81	50	24	207	21	25	9	55
North Tipperary	18	51	27	8	104	5	9	3	18

South-East	145	279	148	50	622	39	68	21	128

Carlow	18	15	8	6	47	4	2	2	9
Kilkenny	40	90	37	14	181	10	20	5	35
South Tipperary	9	58	40	8	115	2	18	7	28
Waterford	18	47	28	7	100	4	11	3	18
Wexford	60	69	35	15	179	18	17	3	38

South-West	218	286	221	32	757	95	81	31	206

Cork City	9	18	23	15	65	2	4	2	7
Cork²	164	189	152	15	520	82	60	26	168
Kerry	45	79	46	2	172	11	17	4	31

State	1,084	1,565	1,413	408	4,470	601	687	180	1,468

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 2015, 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	356	14	134	9	5	6	144	139	807

Border	165	7	63	3	3	2	74	50	367
Midland	75	3	20	3	1	-	40	37	179
West	116	4	51	3	1	4	30	52	261

Southern and Eastern	728	55	286	34	23	25	327	364	1,842

Dublin	143	36	1	12	6	6	31	152	387
Mid-East	123	6	25	2	6	3	30	40	235
Mid-West	99	1	68	5	2	2	60	55	292
South-East	145	1	96	10	6	8	102	56	424
South West	218	11	96	5	3	6	104	61	504

State	1,084	69	420	43	28	31	471	503	2,649

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	268	17	33	18	32	10	-	-	378

Border	116	10	14	4	15	6	-	-	165
Midland	50	2	8	8	6	3	-	-	77
West	102	5	11	6	11	1	-	-	136

Southern and Eastern	836	64	34	17	63	21	-	-	1,035

Dublin	352	24	1	4	14	4	-	-	399
Mid-East	120	9	3	4	13	1	-	-	150
Mid-West	84	11	5	3	8	6	-	-	117
South-East	110	10	13	4	5	6	-	-	148
South West	170	10	12	2	23	4	-	-	221

State	1,104	81	67	35	95	31	-	-	1,413

Alteration and Conversion

Border, Midland and Western	20	51	1	1	17	5	-	-	95

Border	7	17	1	-	4	1	-	-	30
Midland	3	10	-	-	4	2	-	-	19
West	10	24	-	1	9	2	-	-	46

Southern and Eastern	95	135	8	15	40	20	-	-	313

Dublin	60	57	-	1	14	7	-	-	139
Mid-East	9	18	2	3	6	1	-	-	39
Mid-West	10	26	1	1	9	6	-	-	53
South-East	10	23	5	6	4	2	-	-	50
South West	6	11	-	4	7	4	-	-	32

State	115	186	9	16	57	25	-	-	408

All Developments

Border, Midland and Western	644	82	168	28	54	21	144	139	1,280

Border	288	34	78	7	22	9	74	50	562
Midland	128	15	28	11	11	5	40	37	275
West	228	33	62	10	21	7	30	52	443

Southern and Eastern	1,659	254	328	66	126	66	327	364	3,190

Dublin	555	117	2	17	34	17	31	152	925
Mid-East	252	33	30	9	25	5	30	40	424
Mid-West	193	38	74	9	19	14	60	55	462
South-East	265	34	114	20	15	16	102	56	622
South West	394	32	108	11	33	14	104	61	757

State	2,303	336	496	94	180	87	471	503	4,470

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Table 3(b) Total Floor Area Planned (000 sq.m) in new construction and extensions, Q4 2015, 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	98	11	67	11	13	1	201

Border	46	7	38	3	5	0	100
Midland	23	0	9	5	5	-	41
West	29	4	20	3	3	1	60

Southern and Eastern	503	331	161	41	33	18	1,087

Dublin	278	295	0	18	12	2	606
Mid-East	58	31	19	3	8	2	121
Mid-West	34	1	28	7	6	1	78
South-East	39	1	51	4	2	10	107
South West	95	4	63	9	3	2	175

State	601	342	228	53	46	19	1,288

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	19	3	13	13	7	3	58

Border	8	1	6	7	3	2	27
Midland	5	0	4	4	2	1	15
West	7	1	3	3	2	0	16

Southern and Eastern	51	21	21	7	17	6	123

Dublin	15	12	4	2	3	1	38
Mid-East	8	2	2	2	3	0	17
Mid-West	9	3	0	1	1	1	15
South-East	8	2	5	1	2	3	21
South West	12	2	9	1	8	0	31

State	70	24	33	20	24	9	180

Total New Construction and Extension
Total New Construction and Extension

Border, Midland and Western	117	14	79	25	20	4	259


Border	54	8	44	10	8	2	127
Midland	27	1	13	8	6	1	56
West	36	5	23	6	5	1	76

Southern and Eastern	554	352	181	48	50	23	1,209

Dublin	293	308	4	20	15	3	643
Mid-East	66	32	21	5	11	3	138
Mid-West	43	4	29	8	8	2	93
South-East	46	3	56	6	5	13	128
South West	106	6	71	9	11	2	206

State	671	366	261	73	70	28	1,468
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 2010 - Q4 2015

		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)



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

2015	Q 1	977	2,514	454	180.6	69	1,606	232	144.3	908	908	222	244.8	82	699	68	97.2
	Q 2	913	2,637	475	180.0	92	1,816	277	152.5	821	821	198	241.0	73	473	47	99.7
	Q 3	1,036	2,345	419	178.6	86	1,395	189	135.2	950	950	230	242.4	85	359	32	89.2
	Q 4	995	2,754	481	174.7	82	1,841	259	140.5	913	913	222	243.5	86	1,263	119	94.2
	Year	3,921	10,250	1,829	178.4	329	6,658	956	143.6	3,592	3,592	873	243.0	326	2,794	266	95.2

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Table 5 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, 2015, 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 Western	1,411	1,383	1,639	368	4,801	429	358	221	1,007

Border	627	633	767	146	2,173	197	212	101	509

Cavan	112	134	111	12	369	30	54	23	108
Donegal	214	150	251	37	652	59	34	26	119
Leitrim	27	25	41	8	101	7	1	7	15
Louth	101	78	192	48	419	45	10	22	77
Monaghan	118	156	90	25	389	43	100	15	158
Sligo	55	90	82	16	243	13	13	7	33

Midland	290	316	280	69	955	97	53	52	202

Laois	98	123	94	20	335	32	11	21	63
Longford	38	45	53	9	145	11	7	14	31
Offaly	76	65	54	13	208	20	8	9	37
Westmeath	78	83	79	27	267	34	27	9	70

West	494	434	592	153	1,673	136	93	68	296

Galway City	32	75	99	47	253	14	19	7	41
Galway²	268	252	257	69	846	71	50	30	151
Mayo	149	58	159	21	387	38	20	19	77
Roscommon	45	49	77	16	187	13	4	11	28

Southern and Eastern	2,858	3,741	4,833	1,194	12,626	1,718	1,461	674	3,854

Dublin	596	911	1,951	611	4,069	862	655	191	1,709

Dublin City	204	493	740	326	1,763	286	391	71	748
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	161	124	528	136	949	120	5	38	163
Fingal	144	206	377	83	810	248	188	45	482
South Dublin	87	88	306	66	547	207	71	38	316

Mid-East	521	408	640	143	1,712	279	152	121	553

Kildare	135	116	221	30	502	75	26	43	145
Meath	231	160	193	55	639	138	89	60	288
Wicklow	155	132	226	58	571	67	36	17	120

Mid-West	366	580	522	137	1,605	115	115	100	330

Clare	147	190	179	51	567	43	39	30	112
Limerick	160	218	236	68	682	55	48	56	158
North Tipperary	59	172	107	18	356	17	28	15	60

South-East	569	870	706	157	2,302	169	265	114	548

Carlow	57	63	58	15	193	25	28	8	61
Kilkenny	123	230	145	46	544	34	53	25	111
South Tipperary	55	174	146	22	397	16	50	26	91
Waterford	98	162	158	28	446	25	62	30	117
Wexford	236	241	199	46	722	70	72	26	168

South-West	806	972	1,014	146	2,938	292	274	148	714

Cork City	38	61	127	62	288	14	4	18	36
Cork²	593	661	648	65	1,967	216	220	100	537
Kerry	175	250	239	19	683	61	50	29	141

State	4,269	5,124	6,472	1,562	17,427	2,147	1,819	895	4,861

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Table 6 Number of Planning Permissions granted, 2015, 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	1,411	57	293	40	29	31	427	506	2,794

Border	627	34	141	16	11	12	215	204	1,260
Midland	290	7	46	11	9	5	104	134	606
West	494	16	106	13	9	14	108	168	928

Southern and Eastern	2,858	162	736	113	81	85	1,092	1,472	6,599

Dublin	596	89	4	37	31	16	148	586	1,507
Mid-East	521	15	83	11	17	12	102	168	929
Mid-West	366	14	167	11	7	14	188	179	946
South-East	569	13	234	31	16	20	297	259	1,439
South West	806	31	248	23	10	23	357	280	1,778

State	4,269	219	1,029	153	110	116	1,519	1,978	9,393

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	1,196	94	97	54	159	39	-	-	1,639

Border	567	47	43	18	72	20	-	-	767
Midland	194	10	22	16	31	7	-	-	280
West	435	37	32	20	56	12	-	-	592

Southern and Eastern	3,913	254	166	104	309	87	-	-	4,833

Dublin	1,721	103	2	19	83	23	-	-	1,951
Mid-East	521	25	17	14	51	12	-	-	640
Mid-West	374	41	31	19	45	12	-	-	522
South-East	524	36	59	22	46	19	-	-	706
South West	773	49	57	30	84	21	-	-	1,014

State	5,109	348	263	158	468	126	-	-	6,472

Alteration and Conversion

Border, Midland and Western	72	185	1	21	60	29	-	-	368

Border	22	73	1	8	26	16	-	-	146
Midland	11	38	-	5	9	6	-	-	69
West	39	74	-	8	25	7	-	-	153

Southern and Eastern	395	519	21	48	146	65	-	-	1,194

Dublin	269	250	-	7	57	28	-	-	611
Mid-East	32	58	4	11	29	9	-	-	143
Mid-West	29	65	3	9	20	11	-	-	137
South-East	33	76	11	11	19	7	-	-	157
South West	32	70	3	10	21	10	-	-	146

State	467	704	22	69	206	94	-	-	1,562

All Developments

Border, Midland and Western	2,679	336	391	115	248	99	427	506	4,801

Border	1,216	154	185	42	109	48	215	204	2,173
Midland	495	55	68	32	49	18	104	134	955
West	968	127	138	41	90	33	108	168	1,673

Southern and Eastern	7,166	935	923	265	536	237	1,092	1,472	12,626

Dublin	2,586	442	6	63	171	67	148	586	4,069
Mid-East	1,074	98	104	36	97	33	102	168	1,712
Mid-West	769	120	201	39	72	37	188	179	1,605
South-East	1,126	125	304	64	81	46	297	259	2,302
South West	1,611	150	308	63	115	54	357	280	2,938

State	9,845	1,271	1,314	380	784	336	1,519	1,978	17,427

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Table 7 Total Floor Area Planned (000 sq.m) in new construction and extensions, 2015, 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	429	39	180	78	48	13	787

Border	197	24	111	56	17	3	408
Midland	97	2	28	14	8	3	150
West	136	13	41	8	24	7	229

Southern and Eastern	1,718	522	460	240	187	52	3,179

Dublin	862	438	14	107	82	14	1,517
Mid-East	279	49	53	7	36	7	431
Mid-West	115	8	73	13	13	7	230
South-East	169	15	150	45	40	15	434
South West	292	12	170	68	17	8	566

State	2,147	561	640	318	235	65	3,966

Extension

Border, Midland and Western	83	15	36	32	46	8	221

Border	37	7	19	15	19	4	101
Midland	18	2	9	10	13	2	52
West	29	7	8	7	15	3	68

Southern and Eastern	225	109	78	97	148	18	674

Dublin	78	38	4	8	56	7	191
Mid-East	33	34	9	19	25	2	121
Mid-West	28	14	9	33	13	2	100
South-East	36	10	21	21	22	4	114
South West	50	13	35	16	32	3	148

State	308	124	114	129	194	26	895

Total New Construction and Extension
Total New Construction and Extension

Border, Midland and Western	512	54	216	110	94	21	1,007

Border	233	31	130	72	35	7	509
Midland	114	3	37	23	20	4	202
West	165	20	49	15	38	10	296

Southern and Eastern	1,942	631	539	337	335	70	3,854

Dublin	940	476	19	116	138	21	1,709
Mid-East	312	82	63	26	61	9	553
Mid-West	143	23	83	47	25	9	330
South-East	205	25	170	65	63	19	548
South West	342	25	204	83	48	11	714

State	2,454	685	754	447	429	91	4,861
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Supplementary Table 2 Summary of Planning Permissions granted, 2015, 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
	Period	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Alteration and Conversion	Total	Dwellings	Other	Extension	Total¹

Southern and Eastern Regions	Q1	707	777	1,083	256	2,823	424	184	147	756
Southern and Eastern Regions	Q2	679	759	1,252	280	2,970	427	262	169	858
	Q3	744	1,091	1,463	345	3,643	363	432	235	1,031
	Q4	728	1,114	1,035	313	3,190	503	584	123	1,209
	2015	2,858	3,741	4,833	1,194	12,626	1,718	1,461	674	3,854

Dublin Region	Q1	139	233	468	129	969	192	52	43	286
	Q2	154	200	522	160	1,036	211	63	58	332
	Q3	160	234	562	183	1,139	182	212	53	447
	Q4	143	244	399	139	925	278	328	38	643
	2015	596	911	1,951	611	4,069	862	655	191	1,709

Dublin City	Q1	54	122	176	66	418	88	23	13	123
	Q2	45	108	201	89	443	44	30	30	104
	Q3	59	124	210	99	492	67	88	17	172
	Q4	46	139	153	72	410	87	250	11	349
	2015	204	493	740	326	1,763	286	391	71	748

State	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
	2015	4,269	5,124	6,472	1,562	17,427	2,147	1,819	895	4,861

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Supplementary Table 3(a) Number of Planning Permissions granted, 2015, classified by region, type of development and functional category

		Functional Category
Type of Development and Planning Region	Period	Dwellings	Commercial Buildings	Buildings for Agriculture	Industrial Buildings	Govt., Health and Education	Other Buildings for Social Use	Civil Eng.	Other	Total

New Construction

Southern and Eastern Regions	Q1	707	31	81	20	20	8	243	374	1,484
Southern and Eastern Regions	Q2	679	28	137	24	17	28	194	331	1,438
	Q3	744	48	232	35	21	24	328	403	1,835
	Q4	728	55	286	34	23	25	327	364	1,842
	2015	2,858	162	736	113	81	85	1,092	1,472	6,599

Dublin Region	Q1	139	15	1	4	7	1	48	157	372
	Q2	154	14	2	9	5	3	29	138	354
	Q3	160	24	-	12	13	6	40	139	394
	Q4	143	36	1	12	6	6	31	152	387
	2015	596	89	4	37	31	16	148	586	1,507

State	Q1	1,066	47	112	31	28	14	314	500	2,112
	Q2	991	42	196	35	24	34	270	420	2,012
	Q3	1,128	61	301	44	30	37	464	555	2,620
	Q4	1,084	69	420	43	28	31	471	503	2,649
	2015	4,269	219	1,029	153	110	116	1,519	1,978	9,393


All Developments

Southern and Eastern Regions	Q1	1,659	193	126	54	129	45	243	374	2,823
Southern and Eastern Regions	Q2	1,824	210	182	54	121	54	194	331	2,970
	Q3	2,024	278	287	91	160	72	328	403	3,643
	Q4	1,659	254	328	66	126	66	327	364	3,190
	2015	7,166	935	923	265	536	237	1,092	1,472	12,626

Dublin Region	Q1	626	78	1	8	37	14	48	157	969
	Q2	686	107	3	17	47	9	29	138	1,036
	Q3	719	140	-	21	53	27	40	139	1,139
	Q4	555	117	2	17	34	17	31	152	925
	2015	2,586	442	6	63	171	67	148	586	4,069

State	Q1	2,289	277	178	87	188	68	314	500	3,901
	Q2	2,473	298	258	80	171	77	270	420	4,047
	Q3	2,780	360	382	119	245	104	464	555	5,009
	Q4	2,303	336	496	94	180	87	471	503	4,470
	2015	9,845	1,271	1,314	380	784	336	1,519	1,978	17,427

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Supplementary Table 3(b) Total Floor Area Planned (000 sq.m) in new construction and extensions, 2015, classified by region and functional category
		Functional Category
Type of Development and Planning Region	Period	Dwellings	Commercial Buildings	Buildings for Agriculture	Industrial Buildings	Govt., Health and Education	Other Buildings for Social Use	Total¹

New Construction

Southern and Eastern Regions	Q1	424	40	45	54	43	2	608
Southern and Eastern Regions	Q2	427	57	103	42	40	20	689
	Q3	363	95	151	103	71	12	795
	Q4	503	331	161	41	33	18	1,087
	2015	1,718	522	460	240	187	52	3,179

Dublin Region	Q1	192	31	1	6	13	1	244
	Q2	211	36	13	4	2	8	274
	Q3	182	75	-	80	54	3	394
	Q4	278	295	0	18	12	2	606
	2015	862	438	14	107	82	14	1,517

State	Q1	525	51	72	62	53	7	768
	Q2	527	61	148	49	42	21	849
	Q3	494	108	193	155	94	18	1,062
	Q4	601	342	228	53	46	19	1,288
	2015	2,147	561	640	318	235	65	3,966

Total New Construction and Extension
Total New Construction and Extension

Southern and Eastern Regions	Q1	474	56	63	78	79	5	756
Southern and Eastern Regions	Q2	486	77	123	64	87	22	858
	Q3	428	145	171	147	119	20	1,031
	Q4	554	352	181	48	50	23	1,209
	2015	1,942	631	539	337	335	70	3,854

Dublin Region	Q1	212	38	1	6	28	1	286
	Q2	233	45	13	6	26	9	332
	Q3	201	86	-	84	69	7	447
	Q4	293	308	4	20	15	3	643
	2015	940	476	19	116	138	21	1,709

State	Q1	595	73	97	95	103	11	973
	Q2	606	85	175	72	101	25	1,065
	Q3	582	161	221	207	155	28	1,354
	Q4	671	366	261	73	70	28	1,468
	2015	2,454	685	754	447	429	91	4,861

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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 StatBank on the CSO website.

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		Kerry
	Roscommon
		South-East	Carlow
			Kilkenny
			South Tipperary
			Waterford
			Wexford

		Mid -West	Clare
			Limerick
			North Tipperary

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