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Weekly roundup · 16 December to 22 December 2024

1,469 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 63% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 1,469 planning applications between 16 December and 22 December 2024, compared with 899 the week before. Donegal County Council was the busiest council with 109.

1,469
Applications lodged
+63%
vs previous week
40
Major projects lodged
9
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Donegal County Council10959+50
Cork County Council10680+26
Dublin City Council10362+41
Galway County Council8041+39
Meath County Council7440+34
Fingal County Council7247+25
Mayo County Council6124+37
Wexford County Council5940+19
Limerick County Council5922+37
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council5628+28
Kildare County Council5637+19
Tipperary County Council5153-2
Louth County Council5021+29
Wicklow County Council4729+18
Waterford City and County Council4325+18
Kerry County Council4231+11
Clare County Council3927+12
Cork City Council3521+14
South Dublin County Council3530+5
Cavan County Council3316+17
Laois County Council3213+19
Monaghan County Council3118+13
Kilkenny County Council3127+4
Westmeath County Council2814+14
Offaly County Council2719+8
Sligo County Council2317+6
Carlow County Council2317+6
Longford County Council2112+9
Roscommon County Council19190
Galway City Council166+10
Leitrim County Council84+4

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres10
Wind energy20
Solar farms154
Battery storage20
Housing schemes174
Hotels31

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (16 December to 22 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, "1,469 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 63% on the week before", 22 December 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2024-w51

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2024-w51">1,469 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 63% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 22 December 2024.</p>