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Weekly roundup · 14 September to 20 September 2026

622 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, down 6% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 622 planning applications between 14 September and 20 September 2026, compared with 664 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 61.

622
Applications lodged
-6%
vs previous week
8
Major projects lodged
6
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council6163-2
Donegal County Council5144+7
Limerick County Council3538-3
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3442-8
Galway County Council3436-2
Meath County Council3230+2
Clare County Council2917+12
Kerry County Council2925+4
Tipperary County Council29290
Wicklow County Council2627-1
Kildare County Council23230
Kilkenny County Council23230
Laois County Council2325-2
South Dublin County Council2318+5
Waterford City and County Council2126-5
Louth County Council1926-7
Mayo County Council1918+1
Monaghan County Council1620-4
Roscommon County Council1613+3
Westmeath County Council1514+1
Offaly County Council1317-4
Carlow County Council127+5
Cavan County Council1229-17
Sligo County Council11110
Longford County Council98+1
Galway City Council58-3
Leitrim County Council15-4
Wexford County Council113-12

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy10
Solar farms52
Battery storage10
Housing schemes14

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (14 September to 20 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, "622 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, down 6% on the week before", 20 September 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w38

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w38">622 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 38, down 6% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 20 September 2026.</p>