Written answers

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Departmental Data

Photo of Erin McGreehanErin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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1218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of planning applications for rural one-off dwellings submitted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19392/25]

Photo of Erin McGreehanErin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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1219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of planning approvals granted for rural one-off dwellings in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19393/25]

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1218 and 1219 together.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) provides detailed data available on a number of planning related matters, including permissions granted by development type and county, on its website. This is updated on a quarterly basis and can be accessed at the following link: www.cso.ie/en/statistics/buildingandconstruction/planningpermissions/

With regard to the number of planning applications for rural one-off housing; while planning authorities do provide regular returns to my Department in relation to the number of planning applications received and decided upon, these returns do not provide a breakdown indicating which applications relate to one-off dwellings. The planning authorities in question may be able to provide appropriately granular data.

Photo of Erin McGreehanErin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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1220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of refusals for rural one-off dwelling applications in Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan that were appealed to An Bord Pleanála in 2024, 2023, and 2022; and the percentage of those appeals that resulted in approvals. [19394/25]

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts.

The specific information requested is not held by my Department. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for An Bord Pleanála in this regard is Oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie

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