This week in Irish planning · 2026-W29

13 to 19 July 2026

Your weekly construction briefing: what was published, what was decided, which commencements were notified, and who is named as builder.

Badges come from the weekly snapshot's section status, set by source coverage: "Still counting" means councils are still publishing applications for this week; "Final count" means coverage for this week is complete. How we count.

By county

Dublin recorded 196 applications published and 110 grants; Donegal recorded 68 and 62. Galway recorded 47 applications published and 38 grants.

Applications published, grants and refusals by county
CountyApplicationsGrantsRefusals
Dublin1961106
Donegal68626
Galway47389
Meath32302
Mayo29281
Limerick26197
Tipperary26242
Clare24240
Show all 26 counties

Past weeks

Week 43 · 19 to 25 OctWeek 42 · 12 to 18 OctWeek 41 · 5 to 11 OctWeek 40 · 28 Sep to 4 OctWeek 39 · 21 to 27 SepWeek 38 · 14 to 20 SepWeek 37 · 7 to 13 SepWeek 36 · 31 Aug to 6 SepAll editions ›PDF

How we count. A week runs Monday to Sunday. Applications are counted by the date the council published them, which lags the date they were received; the badge comes from the weekly snapshot's section status, set by source coverage, so "Still counting" means the count will rise and "Final count" means coverage for the week is complete. Grants and refusals are counted by decision date. Commencements are commencement notices by their stated commencement date; a notice is not proof that work has begun, and a project can have several notices. Appeals are counted by the date the Commission received them; appeal decisions for the week are not in our data. "Est." marks a unit count or floor area read from the planning description where the council gave no structured figure; values are PlanningBrief estimates, not contract values. Companies are named where the council or the notice names them; no individual is named.