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Weekly roundup · 17 August to 23 August 2026

592 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, down 4% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 592 planning applications between 17 August and 23 August 2026, compared with 615 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 49.

592
Applications lodged
-4%
vs previous week
12
Major projects lodged
11
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council4943+6
Donegal County Council4636+10
Galway County Council3725+12
Wicklow County Council3523+12
Fingal County Council3433+1
Meath County Council3227+5
Kerry County Council3124+7
Clare County Council3019+11
Waterford City and County Council28280
Kildare County Council2728-1
Mayo County Council2433-9
Tipperary County Council2426-2
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2240-18
South Dublin County Council2014+6
Laois County Council1715+2
Roscommon County Council1712+5
Kilkenny County Council1621-5
Cavan County Council1417-3
Louth County Council1316-3
Offaly County Council1319-6
Limerick County Council1137-26
Monaghan County Council119+2
Westmeath County Council1112-1
Leitrim County Council82+6
Galway City Council710-3
Sligo County Council58-3
Carlow County Council43+1
Longford County Council37-4
Wexford County Council328-25

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy03
Solar farms52
Battery storage21
Housing schemes54
Hotels01

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (17 August to 23 August), 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, "592 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, down 4% on the week before", 23 August 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w34

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w34">592 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 34, down 4% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 23 August 2026.</p>