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Weekly roundup · 29 September to 5 October 2025

762 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 40, up 3% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 762 planning applications between 29 September and 5 October 2025, compared with 741 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 56.

762
Applications lodged
+3%
vs previous week
19
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 Council5659-3
Donegal County Council5648+8
Dublin City Council5556-1
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3926+13
Galway County Council3847-9
Meath County Council3836+2
Fingal County Council3644-8
Kerry County Council3430+4
Tipperary County Council32320
Wicklow County Council3233-1
Kildare County Council3127+4
Limerick County Council3126+5
Wexford County Council2927+2
Clare County Council2623+3
South Dublin County Council2619+7
Mayo County Council2429-5
Louth County Council2218+4
Kilkenny County Council2019+1
Offaly County Council2014+6
Waterford City and County Council1913+6
Roscommon County Council178+9
Laois County Council1519-4
Sligo County Council148+6
Cavan County Council1320-7
Monaghan County Council109+1
Westmeath County Council922-13
Carlow County Council79-2
Leitrim County Council53+2
Galway City Council46-2
Longford County Council411-7

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy50
Solar farms52
Battery storage01
Housing schemes93
Hotels01

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (29 September to 5 October), 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, "762 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 40, up 3% on the week before", 5 October 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w40

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w40">762 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 40, up 3% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 5 October 2025.</p>