Weekly roundup · 20 January to 26 January 2025
618 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 4, up 25% on the week before
Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 618 planning applications between 20 January and 26 January 2025, compared with 493 the week before. Dublin City Council was the busiest council with 63.
Applications by council
Every application received in the week, by planning authority, against the week before.
| Planning authority | This week | Previous | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin City Council | 63 | 52 | +11 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council | 45 | 31 | +14 |
| Donegal County Council | 42 | 27 | +15 |
| Cork County Council | 39 | 40 | -1 |
| Wexford County Council | 37 | 25 | +12 |
| Fingal County Council | 29 | 24 | +5 |
| Meath County Council | 28 | 19 | +9 |
| Kildare County Council | 27 | 17 | +10 |
| Tipperary County Council | 24 | 13 | +11 |
| Kerry County Council | 23 | 9 | +14 |
| Galway County Council | 22 | 26 | -4 |
| Wicklow County Council | 22 | 18 | +4 |
| Limerick County Council | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Waterford City and County Council | 19 | 15 | +4 |
| Clare County Council | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| Mayo County Council | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| Louth County Council | 16 | 22 | -6 |
| Kilkenny County Council | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| Cavan County Council | 13 | 3 | +10 |
| Laois County Council | 12 | 14 | -2 |
| South Dublin County Council | 12 | 17 | -5 |
| Offaly County Council | 11 | 5 | +6 |
| Carlow County Council | 10 | 3 | +7 |
| Cork City Council | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| Westmeath County Council | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| Roscommon County Council | 9 | 8 | +1 |
| Sligo County Council | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| Galway City Council | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Monaghan County Council | 5 | 12 | -7 |
| Longford County Council | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| Leitrim County Council | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Major projects
Solar farms, wind farms, battery storage, data centres, housing schemes of 50+ homes and hotels of 40+ bedrooms.
| Kind | Lodged | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Wind energy | 1 | 0 |
| Solar farms | 2 | 0 |
| Housing schemes | 2 | 3 |
Lodged this week
Solar farmsLodged 23 Jan 2025Offaly
1.5-hectare solar farm proposed at Portarlington, Co. Offaly
Housing schemesLodged 23 Jan 2025Louth
94-home scheme proposed at Moneymore, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Solar farmsLodged 22 Jan 2025Louth
3.6-hectare solar farm proposed at Moneymore Drogheda, Co. Louth
Housing schemesLodged 22 Jan 2025Waterford
55-home scheme proposed at Ballybeg Drive, Ballybeg Kilbarry, Co. Waterford
Wind energyLodged 21 Jan 2025Donegal
2-turbine wind farm with 126m turbines proposed at UPPER ILLIES, ILLIES, Co. Donegal
Decided this week
Housing schemesDecision 23 Jan 2025Dublin
Dublin City Council grants permission for 69-home scheme at Sandymount Place, Sandymount Avenue, Dublin
Housing schemesDecision 22 Jan 2025Sligo
Sligo County Council grants permission for 93-home scheme at Pearse Road, Co. Sligo
Housing schemesDecision 21 Jan 2025Meath
Meath County Council grants permission for 65-home scheme at Bunboggan, Athboy, Co. Meath
Method
Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (20 January to 26 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, "618 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 4, up 25% on the week before", 26 January 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w04
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w04">618 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 4, up 25% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 26 January 2025.</p>
