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Weekly roundup · 18 December to 24 December 2023

1,450 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 68% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 1,450 planning applications between 18 December and 24 December 2023, compared with 862 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 142.

1,450
Applications lodged
+68%
vs previous week
17
Major projects lodged
8
Major projects decided

Applications by council

Every application received in the week, by planning authority, against the week before.

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council14286+56
Dublin City Council12280+42
Donegal County Council9534+61
Kildare County Council7348+25
Galway County Council6738+29
Meath County Council6731+36
Kerry County Council5931+28
Wexford County Council5749+8
Tipperary County Council5533+22
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council5330+23
Waterford City and County Council5220+32
Mayo County Council5229+23
Fingal County Council4630+16
Clare County Council4532+13
Wicklow County Council4425+19
South Dublin County Council4321+22
Kilkenny County Council3520+15
Laois County Council3422+12
Louth County Council3318+15
Cavan County Council3217+15
Westmeath County Council3010+20
Monaghan County Council2917+12
Roscommon County Council2924+5
Sligo County Council279+18
Offaly County Council2617+9
Cork City Council2417+7
Limerick County Council2238-16
Carlow County Council2213+9
Galway City Council178+9
Longford County Council109+1
Leitrim County Council86+2

Major projects

Solar farms, wind farms, battery storage, data centres, housing schemes of 50+ homes and hotels of 40+ bedrooms.

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy20
Solar farms75
Battery storage10
Housing schemes73

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (18 December to 24 December), read from the national planning applications dataset published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on behalf of the 31 planning authorities. Major projects are identified by scanning each development description; sizes come from the register fields and the description itself, and each story quotes the description in full.

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "1,450 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 68% on the week before", 24 December 2023. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2023-w51

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2023-w51">1,450 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 68% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 24 December 2023.</p>