Data is derived from planning applications lodged under part III of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as revised. Applications for permission that include a residential element are extracted from the Advanced Planning Administration System (APAS) and included for monitoring. When a final grant issues (from either the planning authority or the board) or in the case of SDZ, or an extension of duration of permission applications, and a decision to grant is issued, the following methodology is used to track the build out of the residential element:

To aid the surveying process each building is individually mapped and the type if unit, number of units and bedrooms within each building is recorded as attributes.

If the permission granted alters, extends, or amends an existing permission it is assumed the latest permission will be built. As such the net change in quantum of development is recorded and any units altered or amended are marked as omitted. If an earlier permission is implemented when construction begins the omitted units are reinstated and the altering permission is omitted.

Site visits are carried out by planning staff and development progress is recorded under the following 4 statuses:

• Permitted Not Commenced (Default used when units are being mapped)

• Under Construction (at a minimum foundations have to have been pulled before a unit can be classified as under construction, site clearance and infrastructure works do not result in a change in status)

• Completed (Units must be completed and ready for occupation (from an external inspection), if units appear completed but cannot be accessed, they remain as under construction. This can lead to small number of case where a permission has expired, and the units are substantially completed but are still being monitored for full completion.

• Omitted (used for altering and amending permissions or when a permission is not implement for any reason)

Any site with multiple units is visited on a quarterly basis, one off units are visited at least twice a year.

At the end of each quarter an attribute recording the quarter that a unit was completed in is updated.

The monitoring system is updated from the inspection data and the number of each type of units Permitted Not Commenced, Under Construction, and Completed is updated. If a site has completed it is recorded as being completed, in some cases a permission cannot be completely implemented due to altering or amending permissions or site conditions in such cases a status of partially complete is recorded.

Source: APAS, SDCC Planning Department field surveys. See the Housing Supply Monitor 'About the Data' page for more details. At this time, the data generally doesn't include housing delivered by the council.

Attribute Information:

NeighbourhoodName - Neighbourhood boundaries as defined by SDCC

nid - Unique numeric ID for neighbourhood name

subareaid - Sub category of neighbourhood

areatype - CSO areas

1 = Dublin City and Suburbs

2 = Compact Growth Towns

3 = Rural

ref - unique planning reference

STATUS - Domain updated quarterly

Permitted Not Commenced (Default used when units are being mapped)

Under Construction (at a minimum foundations have to have been pulled before a unit can be classified as under construction, site clearance and infrastructure works do not result in a change in status)

Completed (Units must be completed and ready for occupation (from an external inspection), if units appear completed but cannot be accessed, they remain as under construction. This can lead to small number of case where a permission has expired, and the units are substantially completed but are still being monitored for full completion.

Omitted (used for altering and amending permissions or when a permission is not implement for any reason)

TYPE - Domain showing the type of unit

Houses (Detached, Semi-Detached and Terraced own door single dwelling units that occupy their own site)

Duplex (A multi family unit with two separate dwellings, traditionally one over the other sharing the same site).

Apartments (Range in size from single units over or adjacent to retail developments to large blocks of multiple units. May have own door access but generally require a substantial block to be completed before they can be occupied.

Units - Number of units

studio - Number of studio units

onebed - Number of one bed units

twobed - Number of two bed units

threebed - Number of three bed units

fourbed - Number of four bed units

fivebedplus - Number of five bed plus units

objectiveid - Zoning category

RES = Residential

RES-N = New Residential

REGEN =Regeneration

TC = Town Centre

MRC = Major Retail Centre

DC = District Centre

VC = Village Centre

LC = Local Centre

RW = Retail Warehousing

EE = Enterprise Employment

OS = Open Space

HA-LV/DV/DM = High Amenity - (Liffey Valley/Dodder Valley/Dublin Mountains)

RU = Rural

Brownfield/Greenfield - Domain of Brownfield / Greenfield / Unclassified/Infill

finalgranteddate - Date of final grant of application after all appeals

Expires - Expiry date of granted application

CompletePIT - Quarter construction was completed in. Anything completed pre commencement of the County Development Plan in Q3 2022 is attributed as 'Pre 2022 Plan'

Update frequency: Quarterly

Created by: South Dublin County Council Planning Department

Managed by: South Dublin County Council Planning Department

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