MASSIVE FALL IN NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS GRANTED IN CITY

Date Published: 31-Mar-2010

The number of developments getting planning permission in the city has plummetted.

The latest figures from the CSO reveal a 70% drop in applications granted for developments by city planners between October and December last year.

Overall, planning approvals for every sort of development in the city dropped by 40% in the last quarter of 2009.

In the county however, there’s been a rise in the number of conversions and alterations to homes – these were up by 16% on the same period last year.