Weekly roundup · 31 August to 6 September 2026
2 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36 so far, register shows
Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 2 planning applications between 31 August and 6 September 2026. Galway City Council was the busiest council with 1. Councils publish to the national register with a lag, so these figures are provisional and will rise.
Provisional. Councils publish to the national register a week or more after receiving an application, so a week’s total keeps rising for four to five weeks after it ends. The register is current to 31 August 2026. Treat the week-on-week comparison as indicative until then.
Applications by council
Every application received in the week, by planning authority, against the week before.
| Planning authority | This week | Previous | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galway City Council | 1 | 7 | -6 |
| Westmeath County Council | 1 | 18 | -17 |
Major projects
Solar farms, wind farms, battery storage, data centres, housing schemes of 50+ homes and hotels of 40+ bedrooms.
| Kind | Lodged | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Wind energy | 1 | 0 |
| Housing schemes | 1 | 0 |
Lodged this week
Housing schemesLodged 3 Sept 2026WaterfordLive from the council
52-home scheme proposed at Lacken, Kilbarry, Co. Waterford
Wind energyLodged 1 Sept 2026KerryLive from the council
Wind energy development proposed at and Lettercannon, Co. Kerry
Method
Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (31 August to 6 September), 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, "2 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36 so far, register shows", 6 September 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w36
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w36">2 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36 so far, register shows</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 6 September 2026.</p>
