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Weekly roundup · 23 March to 29 March 2026

810 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 19% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 810 planning applications between 23 March and 29 March 2026, compared with 681 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 79.

810
Applications lodged
+19%
vs previous week
15
Major projects lodged
10
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council7968+11
Donegal County Council5652+4
Dublin City Council5457-3
Fingal County Council4732+15
Limerick County Council4619+27
Galway County Council4528+17
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4436+8
Meath County Council3521+14
Kerry County Council3221+11
Kildare County Council3225+7
Clare County Council3026+4
South Dublin County Council2532-7
Wexford County Council2527-2
Kilkenny County Council2314+9
Wicklow County Council2224-2
Louth County Council2118+3
Tipperary County Council21210
Laois County Council1917+2
Mayo County Council1930-11
Monaghan County Council1911+8
Cavan County Council189+9
Carlow County Council172+15
Waterford City and County Council1522-7
Offaly County Council1424-10
Westmeath County Council14140
Roscommon County Council1012-2
Galway City Council93+6
Sligo County Council85+3
Longford County Council63+3
Leitrim 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 energy21
Solar farms22
Battery storage30
Housing schemes76
Hotels11

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (23 March to 29 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, "810 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 19% on the week before", 29 March 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w13

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w13">810 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 13, up 19% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 29 March 2026.</p>