Neighbourhoods · Dublin City · last 24 months · 162 electoral divisions

Dublin City's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

48%

household works

15%

for work already done

10%

refused

24%

asked for more details

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Where the most is applied for 162 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census.

#	Neighbourhood	per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Mansion House B	269.7	89	330	17%	19%	55
2	Royal Exchange B	123	76	618	11%	18%	55
3	Terenure C	66.6	43	646	7%	4%	55
4	Clontarf East C	64.5	77	1,193	10%	0%	55
5	Clontarf East D	64.2	67	1,043	9%	5%	58
6	Rathmines East C	63.5	85	1,339	21%	12%	55
7	Pembroke East C	59.5	100	1,681	14%	5%	55
8	Pembroke East B	56.4	82	1,455	9%	22%	55
9	Walkinstown B	56.3	44	781	14%	15%	55
10	North City	56.2	123	2,187	16%	12%	62
11	Royal Exchange A	56	94	1,679	27%	25%	58
12	Arran Quay A	56	39	697	23%	—	—
13	Clontarf East A	53.8	73	1,358	16%	11%	54
14	Ballymun E	53.4	32	599	3%	—	—
15	Ashtown B	53	56	1,057	7%	6%	53
16	Clontarf East B	51.6	141	2,732	12%	1%	55
17	Pembroke West C	49.4	96	1,945	12%	8%	55
18	Mansion House A	47.5	79	1,662	16%	8%	55
19	Beaumont C	46.7	62	1,327	21%	0%	55
20	Rathmines West C	44.7	50	1,119	22%	16%	60
21	Drumcondra South C	44.4	57	1,285	14%	11%	55
22	Terenure D	44.4	13	293	—	—	—
23	Rathmines East A	43.6	97	2,227	10%	21%	55
24	Clontarf East E	43.6	26	596	12%	—	—
25	Botanic C	43.4	41	945	15%	12%	55
26	Merchants Quay F	42.9	41	956	20%	20%	55
27	Pembroke East E	42.4	64	1,511	16%	14%	55
28	Clontarf West A	42.3	61	1,443	10%	2%	55
29	Pembroke West B	42.1	59	1,400	5%	17%	55
30	Crumlin D	41.5	69	1,661	20%	16%	55
31	Raheny-St. Assam	40.8	63	1,543	5%	10%	54
32	Saint Kevin's	40.3	80	1,986	19%	22%	55
33	Whitehall B	40.1	67	1,669	21%	9%	55
34	Terenure A	39.6	64	1,617	23%	14%	54
35	Kimmage D	39.1	41	1,049	27%	17%	55
36	Rathmines East D	38.8	44	1,134	18%	12%	55
37	Pembroke West A	38.2	85	2,228	6%	9%	60
38	Clontarf West C	37.7	66	1,749	18%	2%	64
39	Drumcondra South A	37.5	84	2,239	14%	3%	55
40	Whitehall D	36.7	42	1,145	7%	0%	55

Every council 0

#	Council	Applications	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	6,830	6,830	21%	8%	69
2	Dublin City	6,008	6,008	15%	10%	55
3	Donegal	5,096	5,096	24%	7%	50
4	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	3,915	3,915	11%	14%	52
5	Galway County	3,883	3,883	24%	13%	55
6	Meath	3,493	3,493	21%	13%	55
7	Fingal	3,439	3,439	20%	22%	54
8	Kildare	3,283	3,283	24%	20%	62
9	Tipperary	3,077	3,077	30%	4%	56
10	Limerick	2,848	2,848	20%	10%	60
11	Wexford	2,814	2,814	27%	16%	54
12	Mayo	2,780	2,780	18%	7%	59
13	Wicklow	2,776	2,776	20%	14%	54
14	Kerry	2,685	2,685	29%	12%	63
15	Clare	2,401	2,401	20%	6%	55
16	Waterford	2,255	2,255	20%	11%	56
17	South Dublin	2,246	2,246	15%	12%	55
18	Louth	2,077	2,077	29%	15%	52
19	Laois	1,969	1,969	23%	7%	55
20	Kilkenny	1,902	1,902	22%	7%	63
21	Offaly	1,621	1,621	22%	9%	79
22	Cavan	1,612	1,612	23%	5%	58
23	Westmeath	1,399	1,399	21%	13%	58
24	Roscommon	1,365	1,365	22%	13%	98
25	Monaghan	1,336	1,336	19%	7%	99
26	Cork City	1,193	1,193	19%	8%	57
27	Sligo	1,122	1,122	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	929	929	17%	10%	84
29	Galway City	701	701	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	605	605	20%	14%	51
31	Leitrim	505	505	28%	4%	54

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 14 Nov 2026, 02:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 14 Nov 2026.

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