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Weekly roundup · 11 August to 17 August 2025

704 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 33, up 10% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 704 planning applications between 11 August and 17 August 2025, compared with 642 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 58.

704
Applications lodged
+10%
vs previous week
13
Major projects lodged
7
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council5861-3
Dublin City Council4241+1
Fingal County Council4032+8
Donegal County Council3944-5
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3925+14
Wexford County Council3621+15
Galway County Council3321+12
Mayo County Council3330+3
Tipperary County Council3326+7
Meath County Council3227+5
Kildare County Council2632-6
Wicklow County Council2526-1
Kerry County Council2417+7
Kilkenny County Council2421+3
Limerick County Council2426-2
South Dublin County Council2117+4
Cavan County Council1824-6
Clare County Council1823-5
Waterford City and County Council1810+8
Laois County Council1713+4
Monaghan County Council1517-2
Offaly County Council157+8
Louth County Council1316-3
Sligo County Council1210+2
Roscommon County Council1110+1
Galway City Council87+1
Carlow County Council79-2
Cork City Council770
Leitrim County Council63+3
Westmeath County Council614-8
Longford County Council45-1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms24
Battery storage10
Housing schemes93

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (11 August to 17 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, "704 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 33, up 10% on the week before", 17 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w33

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w33">704 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 33, up 10% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 17 August 2025.</p>