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Weekly roundup · 17 February to 23 February 2025

785 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, up 2% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 785 planning applications between 17 February and 23 February 2025, compared with 767 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 73.

785
Applications lodged
+2%
vs previous week
8
Major projects lodged
10
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council7352+21
Dublin City Council6579-14
Donegal County Council5239+13
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4342+1
Kildare County Council3647-11
Fingal County Council34340
Wexford County Council3344-11
Waterford City and County Council3021+9
Meath County Council3032-2
Tipperary County Council3023+7
Wicklow County Council29290
Kerry County Council2930-1
Mayo County Council2630-4
Galway County Council2533-8
South Dublin County Council2530-5
Clare County Council2426-2
Louth County Council2321+2
Limerick County Council2221+1
Laois County Council1913+6
Cork City Council179+8
Monaghan County Council175+12
Roscommon County Council15150
Westmeath County Council1411+3
Carlow County Council1411+3
Sligo County Council118+3
Kilkenny County Council1120-9
Galway City Council109+1
Offaly County Council98+1
Cavan County Council713-6
Longford County Council74+3
Leitrim County Council58-3

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy02
Solar farms55
Housing schemes31
Hotels02

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (17 February to 23 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, "785 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, up 2% on the week before", 23 February 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w08

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w08">785 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, up 2% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 23 February 2025.</p>