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Weekly roundup · 15 December to 21 December 2025

1,404 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 46% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 1,404 planning applications between 15 December and 21 December 2025, compared with 959 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 137.

1,404
Applications lodged
+46%
vs previous week
31
Major projects lodged
8
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council13789+48
Donegal County Council10457+47
Dublin City Council9969+30
Galway County Council7737+40
Kildare County Council6532+33
Meath County Council6036+24
Fingal County Council6042+18
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council5750+7
Tipperary County Council5440+14
Wexford County Council5335+18
Kerry County Council5334+19
Mayo County Council5349+4
Clare County Council5232+20
Limerick County Council4850-2
Waterford City and County Council4632+14
Wicklow County Council4230+12
South Dublin County Council4123+18
Laois County Council3629+7
Louth County Council3627+9
Offaly County Council3224+8
Cavan County Council3214+18
Monaghan County Council2920+9
Sligo County Council2319+4
Roscommon County Council2110+11
Carlow County Council2012+8
Kilkenny County Council2023-3
Westmeath County Council1719-2
Longford County Council148+6
Galway City Council12120
Leitrim County Council115+6

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy21
Solar farms153
Battery storage11
Housing schemes133

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (15 December to 21 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, "1,404 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 46% on the week before", 21 December 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w51

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2025-w51">1,404 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 51, up 46% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 21 December 2025.</p>