Home planning approval numbers rise but lag 2020 level

Increase of 21.5% as more than 8,400 approved in first quarter 

The number of planning permissions was below the 13,000 homes granted in the first quarter of 2020. 

The number of planning permissions for houses and apartments has risen in the first quarter from a year earlier but is still running well below the comparative quarter in 2020, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, new Central Statistics Office figures suggest. 

The figures show that more than 8,460 permissions were granted in the first quarter for all types of homes, including apartments and houses, and covering permits for one-off homes as well as large development sites.