New figures from the Central Statistics Office today show that the number of homes granted planning permission in the first three months of the year rose by 37.8% on the same time last year.
The number of homes granted planning permission rose to 11,659 units in the first quarter of 2023 compared with 8,463 units the same time last year.
Housing units accounted for 53% of all homes approved, while apartments accounted for the remaining 47%.
Today's figures show that the number of houses granted planning permission rose by 31% on an annual basis to 6,146, while apartment approvals rose by 46% to 5,513 units.
The CSO also noted an annual rise of more than 81% in the number of multi-development houses receiving planning permission, compared with a decrease of almost 32% in one-off houses.
Planning permission was granted for 4,637 apartments in Dublin in the first quarter of the year, which accounted for 84.1% of all apartments granted planning approval in the state.
A total of 6,224 dwelling units were approved in the Fingal County Council area - 4,031 apartments and 2,193 houses - which accounted for 53.4% of all homes granted planning permission in the three month period.
Meanwhile, the West Region (Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon) recorded the lowest number of apartment units with just 17 granted planning permission in the first three months of 2023.
The CSO said that of the 6,042 planning permissions granted for all developments in the first quarter, 1,734 were for new construction dwellings, 1,782 for other new constructions, 1,616 for extensions and 910 permissions were for alterations and conversions.
