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Weekly roundup · 3 November to 9 November 2025

730 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 45, up 8% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 730 planning applications between 3 November and 9 November 2025, compared with 673 the week before. Donegal County Council was the busiest council with 52.

730
Applications lodged
+8%
vs previous week
13
Major projects lodged
11
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Donegal County Council5242+10
Dublin City Council5156-5
Cork County Council4869-21
Meath County Council4537+8
Galway County Council4129+12
Fingal County Council4122+19
Tipperary County Council3626+10
Mayo County Council3620+16
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3331+2
Wicklow County Council3323+10
Limerick County Council3035-5
Waterford City and County Council2615+11
Wexford County Council2326-3
Kildare County Council2326-3
Clare County Council22220
Kerry County Council2136-15
South Dublin County Council2015+5
Carlow County Council198+11
Louth County Council1814+4
Kilkenny County Council1614+2
Laois County Council1520-5
Offaly County Council13130
Westmeath County Council139+4
Monaghan County Council1312+1
Cavan County Council10100
Roscommon County Council1013-3
Sligo County Council814-6
Longford County Council84+4
Leitrim County Council41+3
Cork City Council12-1
Galway City Council19-8

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms63
Battery storage12
Housing schemes56

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (3 November to 9 November), 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, "730 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 45, up 8% on the week before", 9 November 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w45

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w45">730 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 45, up 8% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 9 November 2025.</p>