Neighbourhoods · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown · last 24 months · 69 electoral divisions

Where permission is hardest to get — Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown neighbourhoods

Every neighbourhood ranked: applications, extensions, retention and refusals.

Data updated 17 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

45.7

applications per 1,000 homes

33%

household works

11%

for work already done

13%

refused

13%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 61 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Blackrock-Seapoint	28%	32	555	11%	28%	50
2	Shankill-Rathmichael	27%	70	2,030	4%	27%	53
3	Foxrock-Torquay	26%	31	561	12%	26%	54
4	Clonskeagh-Farranboley	25%	28	728	11%	25%	52
5	Ballybrack	24%	21	989	17%	24%	51
6	Stillorgan-Deerpark	21%	77	1,001	6%	21%	52
7	Foxrock-Deansgrange	21%	39	848	14%	21%	51
8	Blackrock-Central	20%	76	1,368	9%	20%	51
9	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown	20%	69	1,993	16%	20%	55
10	Glencullen	19%	225	7,893	12%	19%	53
11	Ballinteer-Ludford	19%	31	786	16%	19%	53
12	Blackrock-Monkstown	18%	61	1,379	20%	18%	50
13	Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour	18%	50	1,078	8%	18%	52
14	Blackrock-Williamstown	18%	45	1,060	12%	18%	52
15	Dalkey-Coliemore	17%	54	581	15%	17%	50
16	Dundrum-Sweetmount	17%	29	1,046	9%	17%	51
17	Killiney North	16%	86	1,228	13%	16%	51
18	Killiney South	16%	31	2,257	10%	16%	52
19	Blackrock-Carysfort	15%	67	2,185	13%	15%	52
20	Blackrock-Templehill	15%	39	1,071	12%	15%	52
21	Stillorgan-Merville	15%	46	1,173	9%	15%	51
22	Dalkey Hill	14%	56	615	9%	14%	51
23	Dundrum-Kilmacud	13%	45	1,338	9%	13%	51
24	Dun Laoghaire-Salthill	13%	31	763	12%	13%	53
25	Clonskeagh-Milltown	13%	38	781	5%	13%	53
26	Churchtown-Castle	13%	30	746	13%	13%	52
27	Foxrock-Carrickmines	12%	120	2,184	9%	12%	53
28	Dundrum-Sandyford	12%	60	3,004	19%	12%	52
29	Dun Laoghaire-West Central	12%	60	1,121	7%	12%	50
30	Dundrum-Taney	12%	43	1,009	10%	12%	53
31	Dalkey-Bullock	12%	40	686	16%	12%	49
32	Stillorgan-Leopardstown	12%	25	1,141	3%	12%	51
33	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule	11%	82	1,130	10%	11%	51
34	Stillorgan-Kilmacud	11%	70	1,544	10%	11%	52
35	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion	11%	73	839	5%	11%	52
36	Blackrock-Stradbrook	11%	44	977	12%	11%	50
37	Churchtown-Nutgrove	11%	35	1,186	8%	11%	53
38	Dundrum-Balally	10%	105	3,306	13%	10%	52
39	Cabinteely-Pottery	10%	58	1,830	7%	10%	52
40	Clonskeagh-Roebuck	10%	41	1,304	4%	10%	53
41	Dun Laoghaire Sallynoggin East	10%	40	1,057	16%	10%	51
42	Churchtown-Woodlawn	10%	29	553	18%	10%	51
43	Shankill-Rathsallagh	10%	20	1,155	4%	10%	49
44	Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove	9%	101	1,401	10%	9%	51
45	Dalkey Upper	9%	57	772	7%	9%	51
46	Dalkey-Avondale	9%	34	528	12%	9%	52
47	Dun Laoghaire-Mount Town	9%	23	692	6%	9%	52
48	Ballinteer-Woodpark	8%	38	2,037	15%	8%	52
49	Shankill-Shanganagh	7%	41	1,931	7%	7%	52
50	Blackrock-Booterstown	6%	34	1,413	7%	6%	53
51	Dun Laoghaire-East Central	5%	66	1,017	4%	5%	50
52	Stillorgan-Priory	5%	41	856	6%	5%	52
53	Blackrock-Glenomena	5%	37	698	8%	5%	51
54	Dun Laoghaire-Glenageary	5%	38	1,674	5%	5%	50
55	Churchtown-Orwell	4%	49	689	7%	4%	51
56	Cabinteely-Granitefield	4%	28	1,008	15%	4%	52
57	Ballinteer-Meadowbroads	4%	27	609	3%	4%	51
58	Dun Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm	4%	23	894	25%	4%	52
59	Foxrock-Beechpark	3%	33	620	9%	3%	51
60	Churchtown-Landscape	3%	31	489	11%	3%	52
61	Blackrock-Newpark	0%	28	774	15%	0%	52

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,488	20%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,324	24%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,851	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,081	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,788	20%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	689	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	607	19%	14%	50
8	Galway County	13%	3,908	24%	13%	54
9	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,881	11%	13%	52
10	Meath	13%	3,478	21%	13%	55
11	Westmeath	13%	1,385	20%	13%	59
12	Roscommon	13%	1,372	22%	13%	98
13	Kerry	12%	2,658	30%	12%	63
14	South Dublin	12%	2,291	15%	12%	55
15	Limerick	11%	2,851	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,252	21%	11%	55
17	Dublin City	10%	6,002	15%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,609	21%	9%	77
19	Carlow	9%	915	18%	9%	81
20	Cork County	8%	6,839	21%	8%	66
21	Donegal	7%	5,077	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,741	18%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,968	23%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,894	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,323	19%	7%	98
26	Cork City	7%	1,192	19%	7%	56
27	Sligo	7%	1,124	25%	7%	52
28	Clare	6%	2,415	20%	6%	55
29	Cavan	5%	1,593	24%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,080	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	509	27%	4%	53

How it is counted

A neighbourhood is a CSO electoral division; its households and population are the 2022 census totals of the small areas inside it. Every application, appeal and building-start notice is counted in the division where it is on the map.
Household works are applications whose description says extension, attic, dormer, porch, garden room, garage conversion and the like, and does not say apartments, units, commercial, retail or office.
Work already done (retention) is an application to keep something that was built without permission: its type or description says retention. Its grant rate is shown where at least ten were decided.
Decisions count grants and refusals only; invalid, withdrawn and undecided applications are left out of every rate. Days are from the council’s receipt date to its decision date.
A rate is printed only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 of the thing being rated in the window; smaller ones show counts and are not ranked.
Councils have no per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

Sources: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics, An Coimisiún Pleanála case list, Building Control Management System commencement notices · fetched 17 Oct 2026, 03:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 17 Oct 2026.

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