Planning Issues.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 October 2006

Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Questions (143)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

223 Mr. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the number of housing units in respect of which planning permission has been granted throughout County Kildare in each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33392/06]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The following table shows the number of planning permissions granted for houses and apartments in County Kildare and the corresponding number of housing units, in each quarter since 2000.

Planning Permissions Granted for Houses and Apartments in County Kildare, Q1 2000 to Q2 2006

Period	Houses	Apartments	Total Dwellings
		Number Permissions	Number Units	Number Permissions	Number Units	Number Permissions	Number Units
2000	Q 1	*	734	*	233	250	967
	Q 2	*	617	*	145	234	762
	Q 3	320	1,325	16	99	336	1,424
	Q 4	218	962	16	176	234	1,138
	Year	1,358*	3,638		653	1,358	4,291
2001	Q 1	184	683	16	113	200	796
	Q 2	187	1,241	20	331	207	1,572
	Q 3	197	427	18	243	215	670
	Q 4	211	555	12	164	223	719
	Year	779	2,906	66	851	845	3,757
2002	Q 1	139	468	15	119	154	587
	Q 2	140	341	11	217	151	558
	Q 3	145	518	22	96	167	614
	Q 4	103	181	12	50	115	231
	Year	527	1,508	60	482	587	1,990
2003	Q 1	117	197	16	269	133	466
	Q 2	109	553	11	85	120	638
	Q 3	123	491	22	372	145	863
	Q 4	154	283	13	186	167	469
	Year	503	1,524	62	912	565	2,436
2004	Q 1	139	535	12	496	151	1,031
	Q 2	164	632	13	102	177	734
	Q 3	157	1,469	22	375	179	1,844
	Q 4	129	474	15	199	144	673
	Year	589	3,110	62	1,172	651	4,282
2005	Q 1	130	991	11	314	141	1,305
	Q 2	170	1,088	23	414	193	1,502
	Q 3	162	507	12	86	174	593
	Q 4	129	448	17	163	146	611
	Year	591	3,034	63	977	654	4,011
2006	Q 1	128	525	14	38	142	563
	Q 2	126	743	11	176	137	919

*Detailed information on Permissions for Houses and Apartments are not available for Q1 and Q2 2000.

The Planning Permissions series is published by the CSO and gives a quarterly breakdown of the number of planning permissions granted. Figures are published for each county and each planning authority. 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.

The most recently published planning permissions data is for the second quarter of 2006.