Every planning authority in Ireland, side by side: applications received, the share of decisions granted, and homes completed and commenced. Each name opens a page for that authority.
| Planning authority | Applications, 12 months to 21 September 2026 | Granted, 2023 to 2025 | Homes completed, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026 | Homes commenced, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 462 | 90.6% | 293 | 275 |
| Cavan | 806 | 93.9% | 396 | 220 |
| Clare | 1,221 | 92.6% | 638 | 489 |
| Cork City | feed ends 4 November 2025 | 90.6% | 1,691 | 2,068 |
| Cork County | 3,397 | 91.4% | 2,418 | 1,513 |
| Donegal | 2,609 | 93.5% | 844 | 926 |
| Dublin City | 2,516 | 88.5% | 4,980 | 2,957 |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 1,970 | 89.2% | 1,627 | 1,337 |
| Fingal | 1,687 | 79.9% | 3,238 | 3,142 |
| Galway City | 353 | 86.0% | 371 | 343 |
| Galway County | 2,034 | 85.8% | 1,131 | 1,147 |
| Kerry | 1,256 | 88.3% | 804 | 685 |
| Kildare | 1,613 | 81.6% | 2,448 | 891 |
| Kilkenny | 934 | 90.9% | 598 | 342 |
| Laois | 1,040 | 94.1% | 925 | 551 |
| Leitrim | 251 | 96.5% | 143 | 61 |
| Limerick | 1,473 | 90.8% | 797 | 1,029 |
| Longford | 322 | 90.2% | 157 | 104 |
| Louth | 1,023 | 81.6% | 1,832 | 552 |
| Mayo | 1,347 | 92.5% | 545 | 613 |
| Meath | 1,863 | 87.8% | 2,059 | 1,684 |
| Monaghan | 663 | 93.3% | 354 | 242 |
| Offaly | 876 | 92.2% | 360 | 164 |
| Roscommon | 692 | 87.8% | 302 | 176 |
| Sligo | 568 | 93.8% | 377 | 254 |
| South Dublin | 1,201 | 89.6% | 3,853 | 1,847 |
| Tipperary | 1,535 | 95.7% | 826 | 503 |
| Waterford | 1,143 | 88.7% | 750 | 1,169 |
| Westmeath | 707 | 86.2% | 655 | 632 |
| Wexford | 1,279 | 82.4% | 1,170 | 879 |
| Wicklow | 1,408 | 84.4% | 1,264 | 1,052 |
| Ireland | 38,255 excluding Cork City | 88.9% | 37,846 | 27,847 |
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The figures behind these pages, as CSV files, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Please credit: AK Planning & Development Ltd, akplanning.ie, from Central Statistics Office and data.gov.ie data (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-07; a machine-readable list is at data-catalogue.json.
| File | Period | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| New dwelling completions by local authority, quarterly New homes completed in each of the 31 local authority areas each quarter, by dwelling type (All, Single, Scheme, Apartment). Single is one-off houses; Scheme is houses in multi-unit developments. | 2011Q1 to 2026Q2 | Central Statistics Office, table NDQ06 | 309 KB |
| New dwelling completions in Ireland, quarterly New homes completed in the State each quarter, by dwelling type, as published and seasonally adjusted. | 2011Q1 to 2026Q2 | Central Statistics Office, table NDQ01 | 6 KB |
| Housing commencement notices by local authority, monthly Commencement notices received and the number of homes they cover, in each local authority area each month, with one-off houses shown separately. | 2014-03 to 2026-07 | Central Statistics Office, table HSM13 | 181 KB |
| Planning applications and grant rate by planning authority, yearly Planning applications received by each planning authority each year since 2017, the number granted and refused, and the grant rate (granted divided by granted plus refused; withdrawn, invalid and undecided applications are excluded). The four Dublin authorities record invalid applications and the other 27 do not, so totals received are not strictly comparable between authorities. The current year is part-year. | 2017 to 2026-10-02 | National Planning Application Database, data.gov.ie | 15 KB |
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