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

Dublin City's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 3 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

24.2

applications per 1,000 homes

48%

household works

14%

for work already done

10%

refused

26%

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	290.9	96	330	16%	19%	55
2	Royal Exchange B	108.4	67	618	12%	14%	55
3	Rathmines East C	67.2	90	1,339	20%	12%	55
4	Clontarf East D	67.1	70	1,043	9%	5%	58
5	Terenure C	65	42	646	7%	4%	55
6	North City	54.9	120	2,187	16%	9%	63
7	Terenure D	54.6	16	293	—	—	—
8	Pembroke East C	52.3	88	1,681	14%	3%	55
9	Pembroke West C	51.4	100	1,945	11%	8%	55
10	Ashtown B	50.1	53	1,057	11%	6%	53
11	Walkinstown B	49.9	39	781	18%	13%	55
12	Pembroke East B	49.5	72	1,455	8%	21%	55
13	Clontarf East C	49.5	59	1,193	12%	0%	55
14	Royal Exchange A	49.4	83	1,679	27%	25%	58
15	Clontarf East B	49	134	2,732	10%	3%	55
16	Beaumont C	46.7	62	1,327	18%	0%	55
17	Drumcondra South C	46.7	60	1,285	13%	11%	55
18	Ballymun E	46.7	28	599	4%	—	—
19	Clontarf East A	44.9	61	1,358	15%	11%	54
20	Botanic C	43.4	41	945	15%	12%	55
21	Merchants Quay F	41.8	40	956	18%	21%	55
22	Mansion House A	41.5	69	1,662	14%	11%	55
23	Raheny-St. Assam	41.5	64	1,543	6%	10%	54
24	Pembroke West B	41.4	58	1,400	2%	19%	55
25	Terenure A	40.2	65	1,617	20%	13%	54
26	Whitehall B	40.1	67	1,669	21%	9%	55
27	Rathmines East D	39.7	45	1,134	18%	14%	55
28	Saint Kevin's	39.3	78	1,986	21%	22%	56
29	Pembroke West A	38.6	86	2,228	5%	9%	60
30	Clontarf East E	38.6	23	596	9%	—	—
31	Kimmage D	38.1	40	1,049	25%	16%	55
32	Clontarf West C	37.7	66	1,749	20%	2%	64
33	Clontarf West A	37.4	54	1,443	7%	2%	55
34	Crumlin D	37.3	62	1,661	21%	17%	55
35	Rathmines East A	36.4	81	2,227	2%	19%	55
36	Pembroke East E	35.7	54	1,511	17%	15%	57
37	Clontarf West D	34.7	38	1,096	13%	8%	55
38	Whitehall A	34.5	37	1,072	11%	9%	55
39	Raheny-Foxfield	34.4	31	900	3%	5%	55
40	Botanic B	33.9	49	1,447	18%	7%	55

Every council 0

#	Council	Applications	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	6,856	6,856	21%	8%	66
2	Dublin City	5,481	5,481	14%	10%	55
3	Donegal	5,102	5,102	24%	7%	50
4	Galway County	3,889	3,889	24%	13%	54
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	3,870	3,870	11%	13%	52
6	Meath	3,487	3,487	21%	13%	55
7	Fingal	3,390	3,390	21%	22%	54
8	Kildare	3,349	3,349	25%	20%	61
9	Tipperary	3,082	3,082	30%	4%	55
10	Wexford	2,880	2,880	27%	16%	54
11	Limerick	2,833	2,833	20%	11%	61
12	Wicklow	2,793	2,793	21%	14%	54
13	Mayo	2,748	2,748	18%	7%	60
14	Kerry	2,649	2,649	30%	12%	63
15	Clare	2,430	2,430	20%	6%	55
16	South Dublin	2,346	2,346	15%	12%	49
17	Waterford	2,250	2,250	21%	11%	56
18	Louth	2,094	2,094	29%	15%	52
19	Laois	1,973	1,973	23%	7%	55
20	Kilkenny	1,902	1,902	22%	7%	63
21	Offaly	1,633	1,633	21%	9%	79
22	Cavan	1,617	1,617	24%	5%	58
23	Westmeath	1,382	1,382	21%	12%	60
24	Roscommon	1,374	1,374	22%	13%	98
25	Monaghan	1,305	1,305	19%	7%	97
26	Sligo	1,145	1,145	24%	7%	52
27	Carlow	919	919	18%	8%	82
28	Galway City	691	691	27%	14%	55
29	Longford	612	612	19%	14%	50
30	Cork City	523	523	19%	5%	62
31	Leitrim	507	507	28%	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 3 Oct 2026, 03:38

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 3 Oct 2026.

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