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Weekly roundup · 27 January to 2 February 2025

706 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 5, up 14% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 706 planning applications between 27 January and 2 February 2025, compared with 618 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 66.

706
Applications lodged
+14%
vs previous week
8
Major projects lodged
5
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6639+27
Dublin City Council5863-5
Donegal County Council4142-1
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3945-6
Kildare County Council3927+12
Wexford County Council3637-1
Galway County Council3422+12
Fingal County Council3129+2
Mayo County Council3118+13
Kerry County Council3023+7
Meath County Council2928+1
Wicklow County Council2822+6
Limerick County Council2719+8
South Dublin County Council2312+11
Clare County Council2118+3
Tipperary County Council1924-5
Waterford City and County Council1719-2
Cork City Council1610+6
Kilkenny County Council15150
Monaghan County Council155+10
Louth County Council1316-3
Sligo County Council127+5
Laois County Council1112-1
Offaly County Council11110
Roscommon County Council119+2
Galway City Council76+1
Westmeath County Council710-3
Cavan County Council613-7
Carlow County Council510-5
Leitrim County Council43+1
Longford County Council440

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms52
Housing schemes23

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (27 January to 2 February), 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, "706 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 5, up 14% on the week before", 2 February 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w05

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w05">706 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 5, up 14% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 2 February 2025.</p>