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Weekly roundup · 13 January to 19 January 2025

493 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 3, up 47% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 493 planning applications between 13 January and 19 January 2025, compared with 335 the week before. Dublin City Council was the busiest council with 52.

493
Applications lodged
+47%
vs previous week
9
Major projects lodged
4
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Dublin City Council5249+3
Cork County Council409+31
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3127+4
Donegal County Council2713+14
Galway County Council2613+13
Wexford County Council2513+12
Fingal County Council2419+5
Louth County Council224+18
Clare County Council207+13
Limerick County Council1910+9
Meath County Council1915+4
Wicklow County Council188+10
Kildare County Council1715+2
South Dublin County Council1713+4
Mayo County Council156+9
Waterford City and County Council1511+4
Laois County Council14140
Tipperary County Council1312+1
Monaghan County Council1210+2
Kilkenny County Council119+2
Kerry County Council910-1
Roscommon County Council880
Westmeath County Council84+4
Cork City Council65+1
Sligo County Council64+2
Galway City Council53+2
Offaly County Council54+1
Carlow County Council330
Cavan County Council39-6
Longford County Council31+2

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres10
Wind energy10
Solar farms11
Housing schemes53
Hotels10

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (13 January to 19 January), 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, "493 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 3, up 47% on the week before", 19 January 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w03

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w03">493 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 3, up 47% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 19 January 2025.</p>