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Weekly roundup · 11 May to 17 May 2026

768 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 6% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 768 planning applications between 11 May and 17 May 2026, compared with 724 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 77.

768
Applications lodged
+6%
vs previous week
9
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 Council7773+4
Donegal County Council5548+7
Galway County Council5238+14
Dublin City Council3955-16
Meath County Council3857-19
Fingal County Council3727+10
Tipperary County Council3631+5
Wicklow County Council3625+11
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3527+8
Limerick County Council3130+1
Wexford County Council31310
Mayo County Council3019+11
Cavan County Council2518+7
Clare County Council2425-1
Kerry County Council2419+5
Kilkenny County Council2413+11
Laois County Council2315+8
Louth County Council2023-3
South Dublin County Council20200
Waterford City and County Council1924-5
Monaghan County Council1614+2
Offaly County Council1625-9
Westmeath County Council1512+3
Roscommon County Council1213-1
Carlow County Council1011-1
Sligo County Council812-4
Longford County Council76+1
Galway City Council43+1
Leitrim County Council410-6

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy11
Solar farms13
Housing schemes73

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (11 May to 17 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, "768 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 6% on the week before", 17 May 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w20

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w20">768 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 20, up 6% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 17 May 2026.</p>