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Weekly roundup · 14 April to 20 April 2025

805 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, down 10% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 805 planning applications between 14 April and 20 April 2025, compared with 892 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 68.

805
Applications lodged
-10%
vs previous week
8
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
Cork County Council6885-17
Donegal County Council6553+12
Dublin City Council5992-33
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council5352+1
Galway County Council4737+10
Tipperary County Council3428+6
Mayo County Council3227+5
Wexford County Council3142-11
Wicklow County Council3135-4
Kerry County Council3036-6
Kildare County Council3036-6
Meath County Council2838-10
Fingal County Council2843-15
Laois County Council2523+2
South Dublin County Council2232-10
Limerick County Council2129-8
Sligo County Council1912+7
Waterford City and County Council1926-7
Cavan County Council1710+7
Louth County Council1715+2
Roscommon County Council1714+3
Carlow County Council158+7
Westmeath County Council1417-3
Offaly County Council1310+3
Clare County Council1321-8
Kilkenny County Council1220-8
Monaghan County Council1118-7
Cork City Council917-8
Longford County Council93+6
Leitrim County Council97+2
Galway City Council76+1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms34
Housing schemes48

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (14 April to 20 April), 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, "805 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, down 10% on the week before", 20 April 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w16

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w16">805 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, down 10% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 20 April 2025.</p>