Since the second quarter of 2002 the CSO's planning permissions quarterly statistical release has included information on the number of planning permissions granted for one off houses classified on a regional basis. This information has also been published on a county basis since the second quarter of 2004. The most recently published statistical release is in respect of the third quarter of 2004. The following table sets out the relevant information and is derived from the CSO data.
Table: Number of planning permissions granted for new one-off houses, by quarter, classified by region and county from the CSO planning permissions data series
Region and County
|
Q2 2002
|
Q3 2002
|
Q4 2002
|
Q1 2003
|
Q2 2003
|
Q3 2003
|
Q4 2003
|
Q1 2004
|
Q2 2004
|
Q3 2004
|
Border
|
791
|
961
|
808
|
722
|
799
|
1,039
|
889
|
1,287
|
1,715
|
1,384
|
Cavan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
326
|
152
|
Donegal
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
832
|
649
|
Leitrim
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
126
|
131
|
Louth
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
143
|
141
|
Monaghan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
150
|
207
|
Sligo
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
138
|
104
|
Midland
|
303
|
360
|
238
|
322
|
289
|
316
|
308
|
444
|
465
|
381
|
Laois
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
123
|
70
|
Longford
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
111
|
88
|
Offaly
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
120
|
125
|
Westmeath
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
111
|
98
|
West
|
662
|
982
|
807
|
871
|
1,140
|
891
|
975
|
1,218
|
1,229
|
1,212
|
Galway City
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
9
|
13
|
Galway
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
665
|
561
|
Mayo
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
325
|
419
|
Roscommon
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
230
|
219
|
Dublin
|
150
|
176
|
162
|
196
|
199
|
211
|
202
|
250
|
233
|
277
|
Dublin City
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
83
|
103
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
42
|
53
|
Fingal
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
68
|
70
|
South Dublin
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
40
|
51
|
Mid-East
|
310
|
333
|
232
|
274
|
264
|
289
|
285
|
299
|
305
|
355
|
Kildare
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
148
|
140
|
Meath
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
119
|
136
|
Wicklow
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
38
|
79
|
Mid-West
|
384
|
453
|
411
|
471
|
399
|
498
|
461
|
736
|
690
|
558
|
Clare
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
272
|
215
|
Limerick City
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
1
|
Limerick
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
246
|
237
|
North Tipperary
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
170
|
105
|
South-East
|
536
|
581
|
537
|
528
|
537
|
624
|
592
|
687
|
794
|
791
|
Carlow
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
65
|
66
|
Kilkenny
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
162
|
157
|
South Tipperary
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
141
|
102
|
Waterford City
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
7
|
6
|
Waterford
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
148
|
133
|
Wexford
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
271
|
327
|
South-West
|
645
|
831
|
749
|
709
|
709
|
785
|
768
|
920
|
1,052
|
1,088
|
Cork City
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
11
|
16
|
Cork
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
584
|
738
|
Kerry
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
457
|
334
|
State
|
3,791
|
4,677
|
3,944
|
4,093
|
4,336
|
4,653
|
4,480
|
5,841
|
6,483
|
6,046
|