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Weekly roundup · 12 May to 18 May 2025

827 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 22% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 827 planning applications between 12 May and 18 May 2025, compared with 678 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 72.

827
Applications lodged
+22%
vs previous week
11
Major projects lodged
11
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council7253+19
Donegal County Council6044+16
Dublin City Council5651+5
Galway County Council4622+24
Tipperary County Council4317+26
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4230+12
Fingal County Council3839-1
Wexford County Council3525+10
Limerick County Council3225+7
Kildare County Council3226+6
Clare County Council3021+9
Meath County Council2833-5
Kerry County Council2821+7
Waterford City and County Council2724+3
Wicklow County Council27270
South Dublin County Council2615+11
Kilkenny County Council2417+7
Mayo County Council2431-7
Laois County Council2115+6
Louth County Council2010+10
Westmeath County Council1521-6
Offaly County Council1314-1
Cavan County Council1215-3
Roscommon County Council1218-6
Sligo County Council1018-8
Monaghan County Council10100
Longford County Council107+3
Leitrim County Council104+6
Cork City Council911-2
Carlow County Council811-3
Galway City Council73+4

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy02
Solar farms53
Battery storage01
Housing schemes64
Hotels01

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (12 May to 18 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, "827 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 22% on the week before", 18 May 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w20

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w20">827 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 22% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 18 May 2025.</p>