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Weekly roundup · 31 August to 6 September 2026

661 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36, down 3% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 661 planning applications between 31 August and 6 September 2026, compared with 681 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 66.

661
Applications lodged
-3%
vs previous week
9
Major projects lodged
3
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6655+11
Donegal County Council4842+6
Galway County Council3837+1
Laois County Council3120+11
Kerry County Council3027+3
Wicklow County Council3035-5
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council2947-18
Tipperary County Council2832-4
Waterford City and County Council2725+2
Limerick County Council2630-4
Mayo County Council2628-2
Fingal County Council2532-7
Meath County Council2538-13
Kildare County Council2327-4
Louth County Council2214+8
South Dublin County Council22220
Offaly County Council2019+1
Roscommon County Council208+12
Clare County Council1924-5
Kilkenny County Council1822-4
Monaghan County Council1715+2
Westmeath County Council1518-3
Sligo County Council1415-1
Cavan County Council1324-11
Carlow County Council94+5
Galway City Council770
Longford County Council54+1
Leitrim County Council42+2
Wexford County Council48-4

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms40
Battery storage01
Housing schemes42

Lodged this week

Decided this week

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, "661 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36, down 3% on the week before", 6 September 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w36

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w36">661 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 36, down 3% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 6 September 2026.</p>