strategy in late 2021, there were an estimated 70,000 – 80,000 non-activated planning permissions across the State.
Some 75 sites in Dublin at the end of 2022 were described as “actionable” in the short-term with permission to build 23,526 units, while some 44 have had no activity for up to two years since obtaining planning permission. Some 22 had been dormant for between two and four years and nine sites for greater than four years.
Overall, the report concluded that there may be a number of reasons why construction has not begun on individual sites with planning permission. The report noted the cost of building many apartments was now “greater than the likely achievable sales price”. Since the report was compiled, the problem has been exacerbated by inflation in the cost of construction materials.