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Weekly roundup · 5 January to 11 January 2026

299 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 2, up 475% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 299 planning applications between 5 January and 11 January 2026, compared with 52 the week before. Dublin City Council was the busiest council with 32.

299
Applications lodged
+475%
vs previous week
9
Major projects lodged
3
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Dublin City Council324+28
Cork County Council2314+9
South Dublin County Council190+19
Kildare County Council171+16
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council163+13
Fingal County Council150+15
Wexford County Council157+8
Donegal County Council141+13
Galway County Council142+12
Wicklow County Council141+13
Meath County Council130+13
Tipperary County Council133+10
Kilkenny County Council102+8
Limerick County Council102+8
Laois County Council90+9
Kerry County Council71+6
Waterford City and County Council71+6
Monaghan County Council61+5
Offaly County Council60+6
Roscommon County Council60+6
Mayo County Council51+4
Sligo County Council50+5
Westmeath County Council51+4
Carlow County Council41+3
Clare County Council45-1
Leitrim County Council30+3
Louth County Council30+3
Cavan County Council21+1
Galway City Council20+2

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms33
Housing schemes60

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (5 January to 11 January), 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, "299 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 2, up 475% on the week before", 11 January 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w02

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w02">299 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 2, up 475% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 11 January 2026.</p>