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Commencement Notices received for 2,060 homes in June 2022
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has today published Commencement Notices data for June 2022. Commencement Notices for 2,060 new residential homes were received by Building Control Authorities in June 2022.
In the past 12 months (July 2021 to June 2022), Commencement Notices for 29,343 new homes were received. On a rolling 12 month basis, the total number of commencements received is 7.6% higher than previous 12-month period of July 2020 to June 2021 (27,264).
Commencement Notices data indicates the number of homes on which construction commenced in any given month.
With the exception of 2020, when significant restrictions on home-building existed due to the pandemic, the number of residential homes for which Commencement Notices were received has increased every year since 2015 (the earliest year for which comparable data is available).
The total number of homes for which Commencement Notices were received in June 2022 (2,060 units) is 30.2% lower than notices received in June 2021. However, it is worth noting that notices received in June 2021 included some of the backlog from previous months owing to significant COVID-19 related restrictions on construction activity in early 2021.
The 12-month rolling periods relate to July to June for the years in question.
A Commencement Notice is a notification to a Building Control Authority that a person intends to carry out either works or a Material Change of Use to which the Building Regulations apply. The notice must be given to the authority not more than 28 days and not less than 14 days before the commencement of works or the change of use. Once validated by the building control authority, works must commence on site within the 28 day period.