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The count stood at 129 in Q2 2026. That is 4.4% lower than a year earlier.

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Planning Permissions Granted — Dublin

129, latest Q2 2026 (-4.4% year on year, from 135).

The count stood at 129 in Q2 2026. That is 4.4% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 230 in Q3 2018; the latest figure is 43.9% below that peak. Its low point was 86 in Q2 2020; the latest reading is 50% above that.

Show the numbers (34 periods)
Planning Permissions Granted, every published period
PeriodValue
Q2 2026129
Q1 2026148
Q4 2025119
Q3 2025156
Q2 2025135
Q1 2025156
Q4 2024139
Q3 2024148
Q2 2024160
Q1 2024134
Q4 2023119
Q3 2023152
Q2 2023146
Q1 2023161
Q4 202293
Q3 2022113
Q2 2022137
Q1 2022132
Q4 2021116
Q3 2021159
Q2 2021159
Q1 2021156
Q4 2020153
Q3 2020195
Q2 202086
Q1 2020203
Q4 2019177
Q3 2019199
Q2 2019189
Q1 2019194
Q4 2018178
Q3 2018230
Q2 2018171
Q1 2018196

What these terms mean

Planning Permissions Granted
CSO's quarterly count of planning permissions granted by local authorities for new construction, extensions, and alterations. Only new-construction dwelling permissions are shown here. Source
Why this is not New Dwelling Completions
Permissions measure intent to build; completions (a separate dataset on this site) measure homes actually finished. The two move at different times, for different reasons, and the gap between them can run to years.

Before you use these figures

  • A permission granted, not a home built: This counts planning permissions granted for new dwellings, not dwellings actually built. Permission is an early step -- some approved schemes are delayed, scaled back or never built out, and the gap between permission and a finished home can run years. Treat this as a leading indicator of intended supply, not a measure of completed housing.
  • New construction only, not extensions or alterations: CSO's planning permissions release also counts extensions and alterations to existing buildings. Neither is included here -- only permissions for entirely new dwellings are counted, so this figure will be noticeably smaller than a headline 'all planning permissions' total for the same area and quarter.
  • A regional figure, not a county one: This is CSO's region-level figure (the same 8-region grouping used elsewhere on this site for property prices) -- a wider area than one county alone. A council-level figure is also published on this site; see each local authority's own page for it.

Cite this figure:

Planning Permissions Granted
129 for Dublin, Q2 2026
Caveats: A permission granted, not a home built; New construction only, not extensions or alterations; A regional figure, not a county one
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 11 Oct 2026.
Source: CSO PxStat
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/county/dublin/planning-permissions-dublin

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