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

Dublin City's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 26 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

5,522 planning applications were lodged across 162 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 24.5 per 1,000 households. 14% sought retention for something already built; 10% of decisions were refusals. Every table below ranks the neighbourhoods on one of those, and every row is a page.

24.5

applications per 1,000 households

48%

household works

14%

retention · built first

10%

of decisions refused

26%

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Where permission is hardest to get 72 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out). Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Rathmines West A (34%); bottom: Priorswood D (0%).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Rathmines West A	34%	29	3,049	29%	34%	55
2	Royal Exchange A	25%	53	1,679	27%	25%	58
3	Rathmines West F	25%	20	1,331	15%	25%	55
4	Saint Kevin's	22%	58	1,986	21%	22%	56
5	Pembroke East B	21%	48	1,455	8%	21%	55
6	Kilmainham C	21%	29	2,085	22%	21%	55
7	Rathmines West B	21%	33	1,793	19%	21%	55
8	Merchants Quay F	21%	24	956	18%	21%	55
9	Rathmines East A	20%	59	2,227	2%	20%	55
10	Mansion House B	19%	54	330	15%	19%	55
11	Pembroke West B	19%	42	1,400	2%	19%	55
12	Rathmines West C	19%	21	1,119	22%	19%	62
13	Rathmines West E	18%	28	1,544	27%	18%	55
14	Beaumont A	18%	22	1,012	12%	18%	55
15	Merchants Quay B	18%	22	1,713	32%	18%	62
16	Crumlin D	17%	41	1,661	21%	17%	55
17	Wood Quay B	17%	23	1,847	15%	17%	62
18	Kimmage D	16%	25	1,049	24%	16%	55
19	Pembroke East E	15%	34	1,511	17%	15%	57
20	Royal Exchange B	14%	35	618	12%	14%	55
21	Rathmines East D	14%	29	1,134	18%	14%	55
22	Terenure A	13%	47	1,617	20%	13%	54
23	Walkinstown B	13%	23	781	18%	13%	55
24	South Dock	12%	64	3,551	11%	12%	55
25	Rathmines East C	12%	51	1,339	21%	12%	55
26	Mansion House A	11%	38	1,662	14%	11%	55
27	Rathmines East B	11%	45	2,413	6%	11%	55
28	Clontarf East A	11%	37	1,358	15%	11%	54
29	Pembroke East A	11%	38	2,099	4%	11%	55
30	Botanic C	11%	27	945	14%	11%	55
31	Raheny-St. Assam	10%	41	1,543	6%	10%	54
32	Drumcondra South C	10%	39	1,285	13%	10%	55
33	Rotunda A	10%	20	2,143	15%	10%	55
34	Beaumont F	10%	21	1,377	11%	10%	55
35	North City	9%	68	2,187	16%	9%	63
36	Pembroke West A	9%	55	2,228	5%	9%	60
37	Whitehall B	9%	35	1,669	21%	9%	55
38	Arran Quay E	9%	22	1,647	17%	9%	57
39	Harmonstown B	9%	23	1,022	13%	9%	55
40	Grange D	9%	22	1,467	17%	9%	55

Every council on the same measure 31

The 31 councils, same window, same rule. No per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,417	21%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,375	25%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,874	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,078	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,778	21%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	692	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	611	18%	14%	50
8	Galway County	13%	3,895	24%	13%	54
9	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,871	11%	13%	52
10	Meath	13%	3,475	20%	13%	55
11	Kerry	12%	2,635	30%	12%	63
12	South Dublin	12%	2,349	15%	12%	49
13	Westmeath	12%	1,366	20%	12%	60
14	Roscommon	12%	1,353	22%	12%	98
15	Limerick	11%	2,823	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,241	21%	11%	57
17	Dublin City	10%	5,531	14%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,623	21%	9%	77
19	Cork County	8%	6,803	21%	8%	66
20	Carlow	8%	923	18%	8%	83
21	Donegal	7%	5,083	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,731	17%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,961	23%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,889	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,297	19%	7%	97
26	Sligo	7%	1,142	24%	7%	52
27	Clare	6%	2,414	20%	6%	55
28	Cork City	6%	536	18%	6%	62
29	Cavan	5%	1,612	24%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,074	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	509	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 commencement notice is placed in the division its point falls in.
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.
Retention is an application whose type or description says retention — permission for something already built. 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.

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 26 Sept 2026, 03:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 26 Sept 2026.

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