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Weekly roundup · 2 February to 8 February 2026

630 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 6, down 20% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 630 planning applications between 2 February and 8 February 2026, compared with 786 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 71.

630
Applications lodged
-20%
vs previous week
9
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 Council7168+3
Galway County Council4540+5
Dublin City Council4145-4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3946-7
Limerick County Council3338-5
Donegal County Council3248-16
Meath County Council3261-29
Clare County Council2923+6
Fingal County Council2528-3
Tipperary County Council2429-5
Mayo County Council2328-5
Wexford County Council2331-8
Kildare County Council2131-10
Kerry County Council1918+1
South Dublin County Council1923-4
Laois County Council1822-4
Wicklow County Council1830-12
Louth County Council1520-5
Waterford City and County Council1520-5
Cavan County Council1217-5
Kilkenny County Council1218-6
Westmeath County Council12120
Offaly County Council1019-9
Sligo County Council810-2
Carlow County Council770
Roscommon County Council79-2
Galway City Council611-5
Monaghan County Council617-11
Leitrim County Council49-5
Longford County Council48-4

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms63
Housing schemes35

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (2 February to 8 February), 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, "630 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 6, down 20% on the week before", 8 February 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w06

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w06">630 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 6, down 20% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 8 February 2026.</p>