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Weekly roundup · 30 March to 5 April 2026

811 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 14, unchanged on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 811 planning applications between 30 March and 5 April 2026, compared with 810 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 66.

811
Applications lodged
0%
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
Cork County Council6679-13
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council6644+22
Dublin City Council6554+11
Donegal County Council5356-3
Kildare County Council4132+9
Wicklow County Council3922+17
Fingal County Council3347-14
Meath County Council3235-3
Limerick County Council3146-15
Mayo County Council3119+12
Tipperary County Council3021+9
Galway County Council2945-16
Kerry County Council2732-5
South Dublin County Council25250
Clare County Council2330-7
Wexford County Council2325-2
Laois County Council2219+3
Offaly County Council2214+8
Kilkenny County Council2123-2
Monaghan County Council1719-2
Waterford City and County Council1615+1
Louth County Council1521-6
Roscommon County Council1510+5
Sligo County Council128+4
Westmeath County Council1114-3
Carlow County Council1017-7
Cavan County Council1018-8
Galway City Council109+1
Leitrim County Council85+3
Longford County Council86+2

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres10
Wind energy10
Solar farms52
Battery storage10
Housing schemes44

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (30 March to 5 April), 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, "811 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 14, unchanged on the week before", 5 April 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w14

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w14">811 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 14, unchanged on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 5 April 2026.</p>