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Weekly roundup · 21 September to 27 September 2026

584 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 39, down 6% on the week before

Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 584 planning applications between 21 September and 27 September 2026, compared with 622 the week before. Cork County Council was the busiest council with 53.

584
Applications lodged
-6%
vs previous week
14
Major projects lodged
7
Major projects decided

Applications by council

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

Planning authorityThis weekPreviousChange
Cork County Council5361-8
Donegal County Council4451-7
Galway County Council4034+6
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council3834+4
Tipperary County Council3329+4
Meath County Council3132-1
Limerick County Council2935-6
Mayo County Council2619+7
Wicklow County Council26260
Kildare County Council2523+2
Clare County Council2329-6
Waterford City and County Council2321+2
Kerry County Council2129-8
Roscommon County Council2116+5
Kilkenny County Council1923-4
Laois County Council1923-4
South Dublin County Council1823-5
Louth County Council1719-2
Westmeath County Council15150
Offaly County Council13130
Monaghan County Council1116-5
Cavan County Council1012-2
Sligo County Council1011-1
Carlow County Council612-6
Galway City Council65+1
Leitrim County Council31+2
Longford County Council39-6
Wexford County Council110

Major projects

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

KindLodgedDecided
Wind energy20
Solar farms20
Battery storage20
Housing schemes87

Lodged this week

Decided this week

Method

Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (21 September to 27 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, "584 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 39, down 6% on the week before", 27 September 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w39

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w39">584 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 39, down 6% on the week before</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 27 September 2026.</p>