Housebuilding boom continues, reports CSO

There is no sign of housebuilding boom subsiding as the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show there were more planning permissions granted this year than any other on record.

The highest number of planning permissions for new houses and apartments in any given year for which

So far this year, permission for nearly 41,000 new homes has been granted

records are available was 73,828 in 2000.

So far this year, permission for nearly 41,000 new homes has been granted, 5,000 more than the corresponding figure for 2000.

Permission was granted for 21,938 new houses between April and June, up from 18,653 in the same period in 2004. This figure is a rise of 17.6 per cent over last year.

Further permissions for 6,880 apartments were granted in same period, a decrease of 5.9 per cent over the 7,313 granted in 2004.

One-off housing accounted for 19 per cent of all new homes granted permission, compared with a quarter in the same period last year.

The counties where permission for most one-off houses were granted were Donegal (575); Cork (545); Galway (382) and Mayo (312). There were 265 permissions granted in Dublin.

Co Cork, excluding Cork city, received the most planning permissions for new houses, with 2,282. Next came Co Meath with 1,276 and Fingal County Council, with 1,037.

Permission for only 17 new houses was granted in south Dublin, while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown will see 37 new houses built and Dublin City will have 26.

Developers received permission to build almost 2,000 new apartments in Dublin and 800 in Cork between April and June.