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Weekly roundup · 24 August to 30 August 2026

681 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 35, up 15% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 681 planning applications between 24 August and 30 August 2026, compared with 592 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 55.

681
Applications lodged
+15%
vs previous week
15
Major projects lodged
9
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council5549+6
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council4722+25
Donegal County Council4246-4
Meath County Council3832+6
Galway County Council37370
Wicklow County Council35350
Fingal County Council3234-2
Tipperary County Council3224+8
Limerick County Council3011+19
Mayo County Council2824+4
Kerry County Council2731-4
Kildare County Council27270
Waterford City and County Council2528-3
Cavan County Council2414+10
Clare County Council2430-6
Kilkenny County Council2216+6
South Dublin County Council2220+2
Laois County Council2017+3
Offaly County Council1913+6
Westmeath County Council1811+7
Monaghan County Council1511+4
Sligo County Council155+10
Louth County Council1413+1
Roscommon County Council817-9
Wexford County Council83+5
Galway City Council770
Carlow County Council440
Longford County Council43+1
Leitrim County Council28-6

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy20
Solar farms75
Housing schemes64

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (24 August to 30 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, "681 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 35, up 15% on the week before", 30 August 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w35

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w35">681 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 35, up 15% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 30 August 2026.</p>