We use cookies to collect and analyse information on site performance and usage to improve and customise your experience, where applicable. View our Cookies Policy. Click Accept and continue to use our website or Manage to review and update your preferences.


Search
Surge in planning permissions for apartments
Pic: RollingNews.ie
12 Jun 2020 / property Print

Surge in planning permissions for apartments

Official figures show that there was a huge increase in planning permissions granted for new apartments during the first three months of the year.

The Central Statistics Office figures cover the period to the end of March, so the full effect of pandemic restrictions may not be seen until the second quarter numbers are released.

Dublin

The first-quarter figures show that planning permission for a total of 14,789 homes was granted, almost double the figure for the same period last year.

9,698 of these were for apartments, a jump of more than 274% from a year earlier, when just 2,592 apartments were given the go-ahead. 82.7% of these apartments are planned for the Dublin area.

Permissions for houses were up by a more modest 3.9% to 5,091.

Gazette Desk
Gazette.ie is the daily legal news site of the Law Society of Ireland

Content related to property and construction

property
41,225 units approved for planning in 2023

27% decline for one-off houses, flats up 64%
property
property
Rate of change

Significant changes to the commercial-rates regime
property
property
‘Conveyancer’ role must wait for wider reforms

Digital focus, clearer costs, and lower barriers in frame
property
courts
Serial objector case ‘not an abuse of process’

Judgment sets out 29 indicia of planning SLAPP
courts