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Updated: 11:47, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Official figures show another sharp drop in the number of planning permissions granted for new homes.
Official figures show another sharp drop in the number of planning permissions granted for new homes in the final quarter of last year.
The Central Statistics Office said 4,964 new homes were given permission, a drop of 63.9% compared with the same period last year. The number of new houses fell by 66.7%, while permissions for apartments were down 55.6%.
The CSO also said one-off houses accounted for almost a third of the homes granted planning permission in the three-month period.
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