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Weekly roundup · 25 May to 31 May 2026

815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 22, down 8% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 815 planning applications between 25 May and 31 May 2026, compared with 888 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 77.

815
Applications lodged
-8%
vs previous week
18
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 Council6661+5
Dublin City Council5251+1
Meath County Council4832+16
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council46117-71
Galway County Council4639+7
Wexford County Council3929+10
Tipperary County Council3745-8
Limerick County Council3527+8
Fingal County Council3045-15
Wicklow County Council3035-5
Louth County Council2831-3
South Dublin County Council2726+1
Waterford City and County Council2734-7
Mayo County Council2629-3
Kerry County Council2421+3
Clare County Council2327-4
Laois County Council2126-5
Roscommon County Council2117+4
Offaly County Council185+13
Westmeath County Council1820-2
Cavan County Council1721-4
Monaghan County Council15150
Kilkenny County Council1318-5
Galway City Council880
Sligo County Council89-1
Carlow County Council716-9
Longford County Council54+1
Leitrim County Council37-4

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres11
Wind energy31
Solar farms21
Battery storage21
Housing schemes93
Hotels10

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (25 May to 31 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, "815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 22, down 8% on the week before", 31 May 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w22

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w22">815 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 22, down 8% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 31 May 2026.</p>