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Weekly roundup · 4 May to 10 May 2026

724 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 724 planning applications between 4 May and 10 May 2026, compared with 847 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 73.

724
Applications lodged
-15%
vs previous week
6
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 Council7389-16
Meath County Council5739+18
Dublin City Council5585-30
Donegal County Council4866-18
Galway County Council3833+5
Tipperary County Council3138-7
Wexford County Council3134-3
Limerick County Council3028+2
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2743-16
Fingal County Council2732-5
Clare County Council2533-8
Offaly County Council2519+6
Wicklow County Council2539-14
Waterford City and County Council2422+2
Louth County Council2317+6
South Dublin County Council2024-4
Kerry County Council1935-16
Mayo County Council1920-1
Cavan County Council1815+3
Laois County Council1518-3
Monaghan County Council1415-1
Kilkenny County Council13130
Roscommon County Council1323-10
Sligo County Council1217-5
Westmeath County Council1218-6
Carlow County Council119+2
Leitrim County Council105+5
Longford County Council610-4
Galway City Council38-5

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Solar farms02
Battery storage10
Housing schemes55

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (4 May to 10 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, "724 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before", 10 May 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w19

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w19">724 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 19, down 15% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 10 May 2026.</p>