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Weekly roundup · 4 August to 10 August 2025

642 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 32, down 20% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 642 planning applications between 4 August and 10 August 2025, compared with 799 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 61.

642
Applications lodged
-20%
vs previous week
11
Major projects lodged
8
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6174-13
Donegal County Council4446-2
Dublin City Council4154-13
Fingal County Council3228+4
Kildare County Council3235-3
Mayo County Council3031-1
Meath County Council2736-9
Limerick County Council2629-3
Tipperary County Council2636-10
Wicklow County Council2630-4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2539-14
Cavan County Council2418+6
Clare County Council2324-1
Galway County Council2138-17
Wexford County Council2126-5
Kilkenny County Council2131-10
Kerry County Council1731-14
Monaghan County Council1713+4
South Dublin County Council1718-1
Louth County Council1619-3
Westmeath County Council1418-4
Laois County Council1310+3
Sligo County Council1014-4
Waterford City and County Council1030-20
Roscommon County Council107+3
Carlow County Council911-2
Cork City Council712-5
Galway City Council72+5
Offaly County Council722-15
Longford County Council58-3
Leitrim County Council39-6

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres10
Solar farms35
Housing schemes73

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (4 August to 10 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, "642 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 32, down 20% on the week before", 10 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w32

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w32">642 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 32, down 20% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 10 August 2025.</p>