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Weekly roundup · 18 May to 24 May 2026

888 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 21, up 16% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 888 planning applications between 18 May and 24 May 2026, compared with 768 the week before. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council was the busiest council with 117.

888
Applications lodged
+16%
vs previous week
13
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
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council11735+82
Cork County Council7377-4
Donegal County Council6155+6
Dublin City Council5139+12
Fingal County Council4537+8
Tipperary County Council4536+9
Galway County Council3952-13
Wicklow County Council3536-1
Waterford City and County Council3419+15
Meath County Council3238-6
Louth County Council3120+11
Mayo County Council2930-1
Wexford County Council2931-2
Clare County Council2724+3
Limerick County Council2731-4
Laois County Council2623+3
South Dublin County Council2620+6
Cavan County Council2125-4
Kerry County Council2124-3
Westmeath County Council2015+5
Kilkenny County Council1824-6
Roscommon County Council1712+5
Carlow County Council1610+6
Monaghan County Council1516-1
Sligo County Council98+1
Galway City Council84+4
Leitrim County Council74+3
Offaly County Council516-11
Longford County Council47-3

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy20
Solar farms41
Battery storage10
Housing schemes65

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (18 May to 24 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, "888 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 21, up 16% on the week before", 24 May 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w21

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w21">888 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 21, up 16% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 24 May 2026.</p>