Survey records 23% drop in number of new buildings in Ireland

A survey has found that 17,587 new buildings were identified across the country in 2010.

The figures released today by GeoDirectory represents a year-on-year fall of 23% compared to 2009 when 22,961 new residential and commercial buildings were recorded nationally, and a collapse of 82% compared to the record high of 2007.

GeoDirectory, a subsidiary of An Post, working with Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) manages Ireland’s only complete database of residential and commercial buildings.

The figures were recorded by 5,600 An Post delivery staff working with experts from OSi.

Of the 17,587 new buildings, 14,495 were residential and 2,137 were commercial buildings, while they identified 955 dual-purpose buildings with both residential and commercial components.