Weekly roundup · 12 October to 18 October 2026
20 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 42 so far, register shows
Ireland's 31 planning authorities received 20 planning applications between 12 October and 18 October 2026. Laois County Council was the busiest council with 7. 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 13 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laois County Council | 7 | 24 | -17 |
| Tipperary County Council | 5 | 35 | -30 |
| Cork County Council | 3 | 59 | -56 |
| Galway City Council | 2 | 6 | -4 |
| Kilkenny County Council | 1 | 14 | -13 |
| Longford County Council | 1 | 5 | -4 |
| Louth County Council | 1 | 22 | -21 |
Major projects
Solar farms, wind farms, battery storage, data centres, housing schemes of 50+ homes and hotels of 40+ bedrooms.
| Kind | Lodged | Decided |
|---|---|---|
| Solar farms | 2 | 2 |
| Housing schemes | 4 | 1 |
Lodged this week
Housing schemesLodged 15 Oct 2026LimerickLive from the council
96-home scheme proposed at Newtown, Castletroy, Co. Limerick
Solar farmsLodged 14 Oct 2026KildareLive from the council
6.4-hectare solar farm proposed at Monread Business Park, Monread Road, Co. Kildare
Housing schemesLodged 13 Oct 2026CarlowLive from the council
71-home scheme proposed at Browneshill Road, Chapelstown, Co. Carlow
Housing schemesLodged 13 Oct 2026LimerickLive from the council
78-home scheme proposed at Hundred Acres East, Caherconlish, Co. Limerick
Housing schemesLodged 13 Oct 2026LimerickLive from the council
51-home scheme proposed at Skagh, Croom, Co. Limerick
Solar farmsLodged 12 Oct 2026WicklowLive from the council
Solar farm proposed at Ballinaskea House, Ballinaskea, Co. Wicklow
Decided this week
Housing schemesDecision 13 Oct 2026Kildare
Kildare County Council grants permission for 315-home scheme at eastern boundaries a, Co. Kildare
Solar farmsDecision 12 Oct 2026Meath
Meath County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Staleen Water Treatment Plant, Stalleen, Co. Meath
Solar farmsDecision 12 Oct 2026Tipperary
Tipperary County Council grants permission for 34.1-hectare solar farm at Monaincha, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Method
Counts are of applications with a received date inside the ISO week (12 October to 18 October), 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, "20 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 42 so far, register shows", 18 October 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w42
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/week/2026-w42">20 planning applications lodged across Ireland in week 42 so far, register shows</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 18 October 2026.</p>
