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Weekly roundup · 5 May to 11 May 2025

678 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 678 planning applications between 5 May and 11 May 2025, compared with 796 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 53.

678
Applications lodged
-15%
vs previous week
6
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 Council5369-16
Dublin City Council5146+5
Donegal County Council4452-8
Fingal County Council3941-2
Meath County Council33330
Mayo County Council3140-9
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3045-15
Wicklow County Council2721+6
Kildare County Council2630-4
Limerick County Council2529-4
Wexford County Council2537-12
Waterford City and County Council2421+3
Galway County Council2242-20
Clare County Council2129-8
Kerry County Council2132-11
Westmeath County Council2111+10
Roscommon County Council1816+2
Sligo County Council1813+5
Kilkenny County Council1719-2
Tipperary County Council1729-12
Cavan County Council1514+1
Laois County Council1517-2
South Dublin County Council1525-10
Offaly County Council1417-3
Carlow County Council115+6
Cork City Council1114-3
Louth County Council1023-13
Monaghan County Council109+1
Longford County Council75+2
Leitrim County Council48-4
Galway City Council34-1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy21
Solar farms13
Battery storage10
Housing schemes26

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (5 May to 11 May), 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, "678 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before", 11 May 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w19

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w19">678 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 11 May 2025.</p>