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Weekly roundup · 18 August to 24 August 2025

727 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, up 3% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 727 planning applications between 18 August and 24 August 2025, compared with 704 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 65.

727
Applications lodged
+3%
vs previous week
7
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 Council6558+7
Donegal County Council5339+14
Dublin City Council5142+9
Galway County Council4033+7
Fingal County Council3640-4
Meath County Council3432+2
Limerick County Council3224+8
Waterford City and County Council3018+12
Wicklow County Council3025+5
Wexford County Council2936-7
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2839-11
Laois County Council2717+10
Kerry County Council2624+2
Kildare County Council26260
Mayo County Council2533-8
Tipperary County Council2233-11
South Dublin County Council21210
Offaly County Council1915+4
Westmeath County Council156+9
Louth County Council1513+2
Monaghan County Council15150
Kilkenny County Council1524-9
Roscommon County Council1211+1
Clare County Council1218-6
Sligo County Council1012-2
Galway City Council108+2
Cavan County Council1018-8
Carlow County Council87+1
Longford County Council54+1
Leitrim County Council46-2
Cork City Council27-5

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres01
Wind energy02
Solar farms20
Housing schemes54

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (18 August to 24 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, "727 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, up 3% on the week before", 24 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w34

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w34">727 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, up 3% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 24 August 2025.</p>