Over 40% increase in number of homes granted planning permission – CSO

Michael Bolton

There was a 43 per cent increase in the number of homes granted planning permission in the third quarter of 2023, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.

The number of dwelling units granted planning permission in Q3 saw 4,859 houses and 4,803 apartments.

The number of houses granted planning permission rose by more than 10 per cent when compared with Q3 2022, while apartment approvals more than doubled.

Between January and September 2023, there was an overall growth of 13 per cent in the total number of dwelling units approved when compared with the same period in 2022.

However, in Q3 2023 there was an annual fall of more than 25 per cent in the number of one-off houses receiving planning permission, compared with an annual decline of 36 per cent in Q2 2023.

Across the four local authorities of Dublin, planning permission was granted for 3,077 apartments in Q3 2023, accounting for 64 per cent of all apartments granted planning permission in the state this quarter.

28 per cent of all dwelling units granted planning permission in the state in Q3 2023 were in the Dublin City Council local authority area.

Commenting on the release, Shane O'Sullivan, statistician in the Business Statistics Division, said: “The number of units granted planning permission in Q3 (July, August, and September) 2023 was 9,662, of which, 4,859 were for houses and 4,803 were for apartments.

"The number of apartments approved more than doubled (+105 per cent) when compared with Q3 2022.

"The number of houses approved in Q3 2023 rose by more than 10 per cent over the same period.

"There was a total annual increase of 43 per cent in the number of dwelling unit approvals in Q3 2023, following an annual decline of 23 per cent in the previous quarter."