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Weekly roundup · 2 March to 8 March 2026

815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 10, up 2% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 815 planning applications between 2 March and 8 March 2026, compared with 796 the week before. Donegal County Council was the busiest council with 72.

815
Applications lodged
+2%
vs previous week
12
Major projects lodged
6
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Donegal County Council7250+22
Cork County Council6665+1
Dublin City Council6373-10
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4451-7
Limerick County Council4137+4
Meath County Council4037+3
Galway County Council3634+2
Kildare County Council3547-12
Fingal County Council3423+11
Wexford County Council34340
Waterford City and County Council336+27
South Dublin County Council3124+7
Tipperary County Council3133-2
Kerry County Council3029+1
Clare County Council2634-8
Mayo County Council2430-6
Laois County Council2111+10
Wicklow County Council2127-6
Louth County Council18180
Roscommon County Council17170
Monaghan County Council1610+6
Galway City Council124+8
Kilkenny County Council1223-11
Offaly County Council1214-2
Sligo County Council1213-1
Westmeath County Council1018-8
Cavan County Council917-8
Carlow County Council86+2
Longford County Council45-1
Leitrim County Council36-3

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy01
Solar farms51
Housing schemes74

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (2 March to 8 March), 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 10, up 2% on the week before", 8 March 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w10

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w10">815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 10, up 2% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 8 March 2026.</p>