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Weekly roundup · 28 July to 3 August 2025

799 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 31, up 7% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 799 planning applications between 28 July and 3 August 2025, compared with 745 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 74.

799
Applications lodged
+7%
vs previous week
7
Major projects lodged
6
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council7471+3
Dublin City Council5449+5
Donegal County Council4650-4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3929+10
Galway County Council3839-1
Meath County Council3633+3
Tipperary County Council3630+6
Kildare County Council3534+1
Kerry County Council3130+1
Kilkenny County Council3129+2
Mayo County Council3129+2
Waterford City and County Council30300
Wicklow County Council3032-2
Limerick County Council2923+6
Fingal County Council2832-4
Wexford County Council2630-4
Clare County Council2422+2
Offaly County Council2211+11
Louth County Council1923-4
Westmeath County Council1810+8
Cavan County Council1813+5
South Dublin County Council18180
Sligo County Council1411+3
Monaghan County Council1312+1
Cork City Council129+3
Carlow County Council117+4
Laois County Council1018-8
Leitrim County Council93+6
Longford County Council83+5
Roscommon County Council712-5
Galway City Council23-1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms42
Housing schemes34

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (28 July to 3 August), 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, "799 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 31, up 7% on the week before", 3 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w31

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w31">799 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 31, up 7% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 3 August 2025.</p>