The number of planning permissions approved fell by 41% in the three months between July and September when compared with the same period of 2021.
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show there was planning permission for 6,743 units approved in Q3 2022. This was down significantly from the 11,428 units approved in Q3 2021.
Housing units accounted for 65% of all dwelling units approved, while apartments accounted for the remaining 35%.
The number of houses granted planning permission fell slightly by 0.1% on an annual basis to 4,396 housing units, while in contrast, there was a large decline of almost 67% in apartment approvals to 2,347 units.
There was an annual rise of more than 15% in the number of multi-development houses receiving planning permission, compared with a decrease of more than 18% in one-off houses.
Across the four local authorities of Dublin, planning permission was granted for 1,407 apartments in Q3 2022, accounting for almost 60% of all apartments granted planning permission in the state between July and September of this year.
Of the 6,743 planning permissions granted for all developments in Q3 2022, 1,930 were for new construction dwellings, 1,814 for other new constructions, 1,922 for extensions, and 1,077 permissions were for alterations and conversions.
Despite the recent fall, there has been a 19.7% increase recorded in the number of houses granted planning permission in the first nine months of 2022 compared with the first nine months of 2021.
