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Weekly roundup · 16 February to 22 February 2026

759 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, down 7% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 759 planning applications between 16 February and 22 February 2026, compared with 815 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 67.

759
Applications lodged
-7%
vs previous week
4
Major projects lodged
12
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6789-22
Dublin City Council6059+1
Donegal County Council57570
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4645+1
Galway County Council4342+1
Kildare County Council3435-1
Meath County Council3428+6
Fingal County Council3135-4
Kerry County Council3117+14
Tipperary County Council2928+1
Wexford County Council2927+2
Limerick County Council2829-1
South Dublin County Council2627-1
Wicklow County Council2529-4
Clare County Council1824-6
Mayo County Council1830-12
Laois County Council17170
Waterford City and County Council1726-9
Carlow County Council1614+2
Kilkenny County Council1622-6
Louth County Council1622-6
Sligo County Council1611+5
Westmeath County Council1615+1
Offaly County Council1524-9
Monaghan County Council1114-3
Roscommon County Council1114-3
Longford County Council109+1
Cavan County Council815-7
Galway City Council86+2
Leitrim County Council65+1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms46
Battery storage01
Housing schemes05

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (16 February to 22 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, "759 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, down 7% on the week before", 22 February 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w08

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w08">759 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 8, down 7% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 22 February 2026.</p>