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Weekly roundup · 15 September to 21 September 2025

817 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, up 2% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 817 planning applications between 15 September and 21 September 2025, compared with 798 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 81.

817
Applications lodged
+2%
vs previous week
17
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 Council8195-14
Donegal County Council6348+15
Dublin City Council5767-10
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4637+9
Waterford City and County Council4025+15
Tipperary County Council4034+6
Mayo County Council3938+1
Wexford County Council3822+16
Galway County Council3753-16
South Dublin County Council3323+10
Meath County Council2930-1
Fingal County Council2936-7
Limerick County Council2819+9
Wicklow County Council25250
Laois County Council2416+8
Clare County Council2117+4
Kildare County Council2133-12
Kilkenny County Council2119+2
Offaly County Council2016+4
Kerry County Council1935-16
Louth County Council1721-4
Roscommon County Council1517-2
Monaghan County Council1415-1
Galway City Council112+9
Carlow County Council108+2
Cavan County Council1019-9
Longford County Council107+3
Westmeath County Council93+6
Sligo County Council810-2
Leitrim County Council27-5

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy40
Solar farms44
Battery storage10
Housing schemes83

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (15 September to 21 September), 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, "817 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, up 2% on the week before", 21 September 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w38

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w38">817 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, up 2% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 21 September 2025.</p>