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Weekly roundup · 27 April to 3 May 2026

847 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 18, up 7% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 847 planning applications between 27 April and 3 May 2026, compared with 791 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 89.

847
Applications lodged
+7%
vs previous week
14
Major projects lodged
7
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council8973+16
Dublin City Council8582+3
Donegal County Council6662+4
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4342+1
Meath County Council3951-12
Wicklow County Council3922+17
Tipperary County Council3830+8
Kerry County Council3517+18
Wexford County Council3425+9
Clare County Council3319+14
Galway County Council3335-2
Fingal County Council3238-6
Limerick County Council28280
South Dublin County Council2430-6
Roscommon County Council2312+11
Waterford City and County Council2219+3
Mayo County Council2024-4
Offaly County Council1926-7
Laois County Council1821-3
Westmeath County Council18180
Louth County Council1728-11
Sligo County Council177+10
Cavan County Council1518-3
Monaghan County Council1517-2
Kilkenny County Council1322-9
Longford County Council106+4
Carlow County Council910-1
Galway City Council86+2
Leitrim County Council53+2

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy20
Solar farms103
Housing schemes24

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (27 April to 3 May), 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, "847 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 18, up 7% on the week before", 3 May 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w18

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w18">847 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 18, up 7% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 3 May 2026.</p>