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Weekly roundup · 9 February to 15 February 2026

815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 7, up 29% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 815 planning applications between 9 February and 15 February 2026, compared with 630 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 89.

815
Applications lodged
+29%
vs previous week
12
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 Council8971+18
Dublin City Council5941+18
Donegal County Council5732+25
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4539+6
Galway County Council4245-3
Fingal County Council3525+10
Kildare County Council3521+14
Mayo County Council3023+7
Limerick County Council2933-4
Wicklow County Council2918+11
Meath County Council2832-4
Tipperary County Council2824+4
South Dublin County Council2719+8
Wexford County Council2723+4
Waterford City and County Council2615+11
Clare County Council2429-5
Offaly County Council2410+14
Kilkenny County Council2212+10
Louth County Council2215+7
Kerry County Council1719-2
Laois County Council1718-1
Cavan County Council1512+3
Westmeath County Council1512+3
Carlow County Council147+7
Monaghan County Council146+8
Roscommon County Council147+7
Sligo County Council118+3
Longford County Council94+5
Galway City Council660
Leitrim County Council54+1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres10
Wind energy01
Solar farms94
Housing schemes23

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (9 February to 15 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, "815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 7, up 29% on the week before", 15 February 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w07

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w07">815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 7, up 29% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 15 February 2026.</p>