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Weekly roundup · 20 July to 26 July 2026

699 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 30, down 1% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 699 planning applications between 20 July and 26 July 2026, compared with 703 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 68.

699
Applications lodged
-1%
vs previous week
7
Major projects lodged
18
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6863+5
Donegal County Council5754+3
Dublin City Council5744+13
Galway County Council5532+23
South Dublin County Council3427+7
Meath County Council3141-10
Fingal County Council3047-17
Tipperary County Council2935-6
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2846-18
Mayo County Council2720+7
Kerry County Council2624+2
Louth County Council2622+4
Waterford City and County Council2622+4
Limerick County Council2422+2
Clare County Council2224-2
Laois County Council2120+1
Monaghan County Council1814+4
Offaly County Council1615+1
Wicklow County Council1629-13
Westmeath County Council1510+5
Cavan County Council149+5
Kilkenny County Council1220-8
Roscommon County Council1224-12
Sligo County Council1112-1
Carlow County Council712-5
Galway City Council660
Leitrim County Council53+2
Longford County Council43+1
Wexford County Council23-1

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Data centres01
Wind energy01
Solar farms35
Battery storage01
Housing schemes28
Hotels22

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (20 July to 26 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, "699 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 30, down 1% on the week before", 26 July 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w30

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w30">699 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 30, down 1% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 26 July 2026.</p>