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Minister Cummins welcomes CSO data showing significant increase in planning permissions
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Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, John Cummins TD, has welcome today’s CSO figures showing a significant uplift in planning permissions.
Published this morning, The CSO figures show an increase of 60% in the total number of dwelling units approved in Q2 2026 – almost 12,000 units – which is up from the 7,447 units in Q2 2025. The Q2 figures are the highest number of units approved since Q4 2021. The broader picture is also positive with the figure for planning permissions in the first half of 2026 28% higher than the first half of 2025.
Minister Cummins said:
We are continuing to see housing indicators moving in the right direction. These latest planning permission figures – taken with the positive commencements data published today by our department – shows we are moving in the right direction and building a sustainable pipeline of new homes.
I’m particularly glad to see a steep increase in the number of apartment planning approvals, which suggests the measures this Government has taken to incentivise much-needed apartment building are starting to have an impact.”
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Notes to Editor
- There was an increase of 60% in the total number of dwelling units approved in Quarter 2 (Q2) 2026 to 11,912 units, up from 7,447 units when compared with Q2 2025 and the highest number of units approved since Q4 2021 (13,450).
- Houses accounted for 53% of all dwelling units granted planning permission in Q2 2026, while apartments made up the remaining 47%.
- In Q2 2026, the number of apartments granted planning permission rose by 107% when compared with Q2 2025, while the total number of house approvals was up by 33%.
- The number of multi-development houses receiving planning permission was up by 41.5% annually, from 3,565 units in Q2 2025 to 5,046 units in Q2 2026.
- The number of one-off houses receiving planning permission in Q2 2026 rose by 6.2%, up from 1,157 units in Q2 2025 to 1,229 units in Q2 2026.
- In Q2 2026, there was an increase of 16.2% in the number of individual planning permissions granted for all developments with 8,202 permissions approved compared with 7,058 permissions in Q2 2025.
- Across the four local authorities of Dublin, there was an annual increase of 78.5% in the total number of dwelling units approved in Q2 2026 to 3,241 units. Cork had the second largest number of dwelling units approved in Q2 2026 at 3,234 units.