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Weekly roundup · 13 April to 19 April 2026

787 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, up 20% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 787 planning applications between 13 April and 19 April 2026, compared with 656 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 81.

787
Applications lodged
+20%
vs previous week
13
Major projects lodged
5
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council8156+25
Dublin City Council6336+27
Donegal County Council6244+18
Galway County Council4541+4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3635+1
Kildare County Council3628+8
Mayo County Council3338-5
Meath County Council3326+7
Wicklow County Council3326+7
Louth County Council3019+11
Wexford County Council3024+6
Waterford City and County Council2617+9
Fingal County Council2524+1
Tipperary County Council2317+6
Cavan County Council2218+4
Roscommon County Council2210+12
South Dublin County Council21210
Westmeath County Council2116+5
Clare County Council1932-13
Kerry County Council1921-2
Limerick County Council1929-10
Kilkenny County Council1617-1
Laois County Council1415-1
Monaghan County Council146+8
Offaly County Council1310+3
Galway City Council76+1
Sligo County Council78-1
Carlow County Council65+1
Leitrim County Council63+3
Longford 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 energy22
Solar farms21
Housing schemes82
Hotels10

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (13 April to 19 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, "787 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, up 20% on the week before", 19 April 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w16

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w16">787 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 16, up 20% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 19 April 2026.</p>