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Weekly roundup · 13 July to 19 July 2026

703 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 29, down 1% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 703 planning applications between 13 July and 19 July 2026, compared with 708 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 63.

703
Applications lodged
-1%
vs previous week
6
Major projects lodged
8
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6354+9
Donegal County Council5446+8
Fingal County Council4735+12
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4631+15
Dublin City Council4459-15
Meath County Council4149-8
Tipperary County Council3527+8
Galway County Council3236-4
Wicklow County Council2916+13
South Dublin County Council2724+3
Clare County Council2422+2
Kerry County Council2434-10
Roscommon County Council2418+6
Limerick County Council2226-4
Louth County Council2218+4
Waterford City and County Council2217+5
Kilkenny County Council2015+5
Laois County Council2033-13
Mayo County Council2033-13
Offaly County Council1518-3
Monaghan County Council1418-4
Carlow County Council129+3
Sligo County Council125+7
Westmeath County Council10100
Cavan County Council910-1
Galway City Council67-1
Leitrim County Council34-1
Longford County Council314-11
Wexford County Council320-17

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy11
Solar farms33
Battery storage01
Housing schemes23

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (13 July to 19 July), 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, "703 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 29, down 1% on the week before", 19 July 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w29

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w29">703 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 29, down 1% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 19 July 2026.</p>