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Weekly roundup · 20 April to 26 April 2026

791 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 17, up 1% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 791 planning applications between 20 April and 26 April 2026, compared with 787 the week before. Dublin City Council was the busiest council with 82.

791
Applications lodged
+1%
vs previous week
16
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
Dublin City Council8263+19
Cork County Council7381-8
Donegal County Council62620
Meath County Council5133+18
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4236+6
Fingal County Council3825+13
Galway County Council3545-10
South Dublin County Council3021+9
Tipperary County Council3023+7
Limerick County Council2819+9
Louth County Council2830-2
Offaly County Council2613+13
Wexford County Council2530-5
Mayo County Council2433-9
Kilkenny County Council2216+6
Wicklow County Council2233-11
Laois County Council2114+7
Clare County Council19190
Waterford City and County Council1926-7
Cavan County Council1822-4
Westmeath County Council1821-3
Kerry County Council1719-2
Monaghan County Council1714+3
Roscommon County Council1222-10
Carlow County Council106+4
Sligo County Council770
Galway City Council67-1
Longford County Council65+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 energy20
Solar farms43
Battery storage10
Housing schemes93

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (20 April to 26 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, "791 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 17, up 1% on the week before", 26 April 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w17

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w17">791 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 17, up 1% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 26 April 2026.</p>