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Weekly roundup · 8 December to 14 December 2025

959 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 50, up 15% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 959 planning applications between 8 December and 14 December 2025, compared with 831 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 89.

959
Applications lodged
+15%
vs previous week
17
Major projects lodged
13
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council8969+20
Dublin City Council6963+6
Donegal County Council5758-1
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council5039+11
Limerick County Council5029+21
Mayo County Council4923+26
Fingal County Council4244-2
Tipperary County Council4033+7
Galway County Council3740-3
Meath County Council3633+3
Wexford County Council35350
Kerry County Council3431+3
Waterford City and County Council3222+10
Clare County Council3237-5
Kildare County Council3243-11
Wicklow County Council3028+2
Laois County Council2926+3
Louth County Council2718+9
Offaly County Council2419+5
Kilkenny County Council2321+2
South Dublin County Council2324-1
Monaghan County Council2013+7
Sligo County Council1912+7
Westmeath County Council1913+6
Cavan County Council1413+1
Galway City Council127+5
Carlow County Council129+3
Roscommon County Council1017-7
Longford County Council86+2
Leitrim County Council56-1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy31
Solar farms73
Battery storage10
Housing schemes69

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (8 December to 14 December), 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, "959 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 50, up 15% on the week before", 14 December 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w50

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w50">959 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 50, up 15% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 14 December 2025.</p>