Planning Issues.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2006

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

Questions (155)

Paul Kehoe

Question:

226 Mr. Kehoe asked the Taoiseach the number of housing units in respect of which planning permission has been granted throughout County Wexford in each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34616/06]

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 Wexford and the corresponding number of housing units, in each quarter since 2000.

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

	Houses	Apartments	Total Dwellings
Period	Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Number of Permissions	Number of Units	Number of Permissions	Number of Units
2000	Q 1	*	871	*	15	471	886
	Q 2	*	1,079	*	76	382	1,155
	Q 3	420	727	13	138	433	865
	Q 4	408	853	11	72	419	925
	Year	*	3,530	*	301	1,705	3,831
2001	Q 1	398	1,216	14	113	412	1,329
	Q 2	322	884	11	68	333	952
	Q 3	269	449	11	41	280	490
	Q 4	264	909	13	129	277	1,038
	Year	1,253	3,458	49	351	1,302	3,809
2002	Q 1	221	335	10	33	231	368
	Q 2	217	300	3	15	220	315
	Q 3	221	303	11	107	232	410
	Q 4	207	405	16	125	223	530
	Year	866	1,343	40	280	906	1,623
2003	Q 1	172	273	12	154	184	427
	Q 2	175	391	7	28	182	419
	Q 3	176	470	6	12	182	482
	Q 4	228	475	16	104	244	579
	Year	751	1,609	41	298	792	1,907
2004	Q 1	300	1,078	13	346	313	1,424
	Q 2	297	1,169	17	250	314	1,419
	Q 3	354	811	16	113	370	924
	Q 4	346	711	14	76	360	787
	Year	1,297	3,769	60	785	1,357	4,554
2005	Q 1	307	513	9	12	316	525
	Q 2	313	763	14	81	327	844
	Q 3	311	960	16	76	327	1,036
	Q 4	268	435	18	208	286	643
	Year	1,199	2,671	57	377	1,256	3,048
2006	Q 1	320	592	9	28	329	620
	Q 2	287	1,147	13	274	300	1,421

* 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.