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Weekly roundup · 9 March to 15 March 2026

875 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 11, up 7% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 875 planning applications between 9 March and 15 March 2026, compared with 815 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 80.

875
Applications lodged
+7%
vs previous week
16
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 Council8066+14
Dublin City Council6563+2
Donegal County Council6072-12
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4944+5
Fingal County Council4934+15
Meath County Council4140+1
Galway County Council4036+4
Wicklow County Council3721+16
Limerick County Council3441-7
Kildare County Council3135-4
Tipperary County Council2831-3
Waterford City and County Council2833-5
Clare County Council2726+1
Westmeath County Council2710+17
South Dublin County Council2531-6
Kerry County Council2430-6
Mayo County Council24240
Wexford County Council2434-10
Monaghan County Council2316+7
Offaly County Council2312+11
Cavan County Council199+10
Kilkenny County Council1912+7
Louth County Council1918+1
Roscommon County Council1917+2
Laois County Council1421-7
Galway City Council1312+1
Longford County Council114+7
Sligo County Council1012-2
Leitrim County Council73+4
Carlow County Council58-3

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms71
Battery storage12
Housing schemes79

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (9 March to 15 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, "875 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 11, up 7% on the week before", 15 March 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w11

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w11">875 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 11, up 7% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 15 March 2026.</p>