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Commencement Notices received for 2,346 homes in April 2022
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has today published Commencement Notices data for April 2022. Commencement Notices for 2,346 new residential homes were received by Building Control Authorities in April 2022. Commencement Notices data indicates the number of homes on which construction commenced in any given month.
In the past 12 months (May 2021 to April 2022), Commencement Notices for 32,456 new homes were received. On a rolling 12-month basis, the total number of homes for which Commencement Notices were received is 51.6% higher than the previous 12-month period of May 2020 to April 2021 (Commencement Notices received for 21,405 new homes). However, the figures are not comparable due to the pandemic-related restrictions on construction during the May 2020 – April 2021 period.
With the exception of 2020, when significant restrictions on home-building existed due to the pandemic, the number of residential homes for which Commencement Notices were received has increased every year since 2015 (the earliest year for which comparable data is available).
The total number of homes for which Commencement Notices were received in April 2022 (2,346 units) is lower than March 2022 (2,809 units). The figure is lower than April 2021 (4,736 units). However, this could be attributed to the high number of Commencement Notices received in April 2021 following the ending of pandemic-related restrictions on residential construction from January to April 2021, when there was reduced activity in the first quarter of that year.
The 12-month rolling periods relate to May to April for the years in question.
A Commencement Notice is a notification to a Building Control Authority that a person intends to carry out either works or a Material Change of Use to which the Building Regulations apply. The notice must be given to the authority not more than 28 days and not less than 14 days before the commencement of works or the change of use. Once validated by the building control authority, works must commence on site within the 28 day period.