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

Where permission is hardest to get — Dublin City neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 10 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

25.9

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Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Rathmines West A	37%	27	3,049	28%	37%	55
2	Royal Exchange A	25%	51	1,679	26%	25%	58
3	Rathmines West F	25%	20	1,331	12%	25%	55
4	Saint Kevin's	22%	58	1,986	20%	22%	56
5	Pembroke East B	22%	45	1,455	8%	22%	55
6	Kilmainham C	21%	29	2,085	22%	21%	55
7	Rathmines West B	21%	33	1,793	20%	21%	55
8	Merchants Quay F	21%	24	956	20%	21%	55
9	Beaumont A	20%	20	1,012	12%	20%	55
10	Mansion House B	19%	54	330	16%	19%	55
11	Rathmines East A	19%	57	2,227	8%	19%	55
12	Pembroke West B	19%	42	1,400	5%	19%	55
13	Rathmines West C	19%	21	1,119	20%	19%	62
14	Rathmines West E	18%	28	1,544	27%	18%	55
15	Wood Quay B	18%	22	1,847	16%	18%	62
16	Merchants Quay B	18%	22	1,713	30%	18%	62
17	Crumlin D	16%	43	1,661	21%	16%	55
18	Kimmage D	16%	25	1,049	28%	16%	55
19	Pembroke East E	15%	34	1,511	17%	15%	57
20	South Dock	14%	63	3,551	11%	14%	55
21	Royal Exchange B	14%	35	618	11%	14%	55
22	Rathmines East D	14%	29	1,134	17%	14%	55
23	Terenure A	13%	45	1,617	22%	13%	54
24	Walkinstown B	13%	23	781	19%	13%	55
25	Rathmines East C	12%	51	1,339	20%	12%	55
26	Rathmines East B	12%	42	2,413	10%	12%	55
27	Botanic C	12%	26	945	14%	12%	55
28	Mansion House A	11%	38	1,662	16%	11%	55
29	Clontarf East A	11%	35	1,358	16%	11%	54
30	Drumcondra South C	11%	38	1,285	13%	11%	55
31	Botanic B	11%	28	1,447	17%	11%	54
32	Pembroke East A	11%	38	2,099	4%	11%	55
33	Raheny-St. Assam	10%	41	1,543	6%	10%	54
34	Rotunda A	10%	20	2,143	22%	10%	55
35	Beaumont F	10%	21	1,377	11%	10%	55
36	North City	9%	68	2,187	15%	9%	63
37	Pembroke West A	9%	54	2,228	5%	9%	60
38	Whitehall B	9%	35	1,669	20%	9%	55
39	Arran Quay E	9%	22	1,647	17%	9%	57
40	Whitehall A	9%	23	1,072	10%	9%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,502	21%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,340	25%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,848	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,081	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,788	20%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	687	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	606	19%	14%	50
8	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,883	11%	13%	52
9	Galway County	13%	3,879	24%	13%	54
10	Meath	13%	3,465	21%	13%	55
11	Roscommon	13%	1,370	22%	13%	98
12	Kerry	12%	2,653	30%	12%	63
13	South Dublin	12%	2,346	15%	12%	49
14	Westmeath	12%	1,381	21%	12%	60
15	Limerick	11%	2,842	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,240	21%	11%	56
17	Dublin City	10%	5,939	14%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,619	21%	9%	80
19	Carlow	9%	914	18%	9%	82
20	Cork County	8%	6,848	21%	8%	66
21	Donegal	7%	5,071	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,735	18%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,957	24%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,891	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,310	19%	7%	97
26	Cork City	7%	1,191	19%	7%	57
27	Sligo	7%	1,138	25%	7%	52
28	Clare	6%	2,415	20%	6%	55
29	Cavan	5%	1,607	24%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,074	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	506	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 10 Oct 2026, 03:39

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 10 Oct 2026.

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