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05 Sept 2025
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New data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed that the number of planning permissions approved for apartments dropped by approximately 39% in 2024 in comparison to the previous year.
The figures also show that the number of planning permissions granted for houses had dropped by 2.7% in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2024, the overall figure of new homes approved annually decreased by 21.4% despite the increase of 20.6% in the previous year.
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The CSO figures published today, March 12, 2025 show a significant drop of 55.7% in planning approvals for apartments in Dublin across the four local authorities in 2024 when compared with 2023.
There was also a 46% drop in the number of Strategic Housing Development units approved in 2024.
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