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Weekly roundup · 24 March to 30 March 2025

837 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 17% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 837 planning applications between 24 March and 30 March 2025, compared with 713 the week before. Dublin City Council was the busiest council with 62.

837
Applications lodged
+17%
vs previous week
11
Major projects lodged
12
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Dublin City Council6251+11
Cork County Council5957+2
Donegal County Council5551+4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4834+14
Galway County Council4335+8
Tipperary County Council3726+11
Kildare County Council3723+14
Fingal County Council3638-2
Wicklow County Council3521+14
Wexford County Council3420+14
Meath County Council3132-1
Kerry County Council3031-1
Clare County Council3020+10
Limerick County Council2625+1
Cavan County Council2617+9
Louth County Council2620+6
South Dublin County Council2623+3
Laois County Council2318+5
Waterford City and County Council21210
Westmeath County Council2114+7
Roscommon County Council2015+5
Kilkenny County Council1916+3
Mayo County Council1927-8
Offaly County Council1315-2
Monaghan County Council1213-1
Cork City Council118+3
Carlow County Council1011-1
Sligo County Council813-5
Galway City Council880
Longford County Council63+3
Leitrim County Council57-2

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms49
Battery storage01
Housing schemes72

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (24 March to 30 March), 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, "837 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 17% on the week before", 30 March 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w13

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w13">837 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 17% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 30 March 2025.</p>