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

Where people build first and ask later — Dublin City neighbourhoods

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

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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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where people build first and ask later 109 ranked

Share of applications that seek retention — permission for something already built.

#	Neighbourhood	retention	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Ballybough B	38%	24	1,675	38%	—	—
2	North Dock C	32%	25	1,663	32%	—	—
3	Merchants Quay B	32%	22	1,713	32%	18%	62
4	Ushers F	30%	23	1,228	30%	—	—
5	Rathmines West A	29%	38	3,049	29%	36%	55
6	Inns Quay B	29%	34	1,797	29%	8%	94
7	Arran Quay A	29%	21	697	29%	—	—
8	Beaumont E	29%	21	762	29%	—	—
9	Royal Exchange A	27%	83	1,679	27%	25%	58
10	Rathmines West E	27%	49	1,544	27%	18%	55
11	Crumlin C	27%	22	944	27%	—	—
12	Drumfinn	26%	27	1,372	26%	—	—
13	Kimmage D	25%	40	1,049	25%	16%	55
14	Crumlin E	25%	20	1,117	25%	—	—
15	Inchicore A	24%	25	1,092	24%	—	—
16	Kilmainham C	22%	58	2,085	22%	21%	55
17	Harmonstown A	22%	37	1,095	22%	4%	53
18	Rathmines West C	22%	32	1,119	22%	19%	62
19	Saint Kevin's	21%	78	1,986	21%	22%	56
20	Whitehall B	21%	67	1,669	21%	9%	55
21	Crumlin D	21%	62	1,661	21%	17%	55
22	Merchants Quay C	21%	33	1,470	21%	—	—
23	Clontarf West E	21%	29	955	21%	—	—
24	Merchants Quay D	21%	28	920	21%	—	—
25	Mountjoy A	21%	24	2,166	21%	—	—
26	Rathmines East C	20%	90	1,339	20%	12%	55
27	Clontarf West C	20%	66	1,749	20%	2%	64
28	Terenure A	20%	65	1,617	20%	13%	54
29	Rathmines West B	20%	41	1,793	20%	21%	55
30	Walkinstown A	20%	25	1,107	20%	—	—
31	Kimmage C	19%	26	1,464	19%	—	—
32	Clontarf West B	19%	21	1,021	19%	—	—
33	Kimmage E	19%	21	1,453	19%	—	—
34	Beaumont C	18%	62	1,327	18%	0%	55
35	Cabra East A	18%	49	2,584	18%	3%	55
36	Botanic B	18%	49	1,447	18%	7%	55
37	Rathmines East D	18%	45	1,134	18%	14%	55
38	Merchants Quay F	18%	40	956	18%	21%	55
39	Walkinstown B	18%	39	781	18%	13%	55
40	Raheny-Greendale	18%	28	851	18%	—	—

Every council 31

#	Council	retention	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Tipperary	30%	3,082	30%	4%	55
2	Kerry	30%	2,649	30%	12%	63
3	Louth	29%	2,094	29%	15%	52
4	Leitrim	28%	507	28%	4%	53
5	Wexford	27%	2,880	27%	16%	54
6	Galway City	27%	691	27%	14%	55
7	Kildare	25%	3,349	25%	20%	61
8	Donegal	24%	5,102	24%	7%	50
9	Galway County	24%	3,889	24%	13%	54
10	Cavan	24%	1,617	24%	5%	58
11	Sligo	24%	1,145	24%	7%	52
12	Laois	23%	1,973	23%	7%	55
13	Kilkenny	22%	1,902	22%	7%	63
14	Roscommon	22%	1,374	22%	13%	98
15	Cork County	21%	6,856	21%	8%	66
16	Meath	21%	3,487	21%	13%	55
17	Fingal	21%	3,390	21%	22%	54
18	Wicklow	21%	2,793	21%	14%	54
19	Waterford	21%	2,250	21%	11%	56
20	Offaly	21%	1,633	21%	9%	79
21	Westmeath	21%	1,382	21%	12%	60
22	Limerick	20%	2,833	20%	11%	61
23	Clare	20%	2,430	20%	6%	55
24	Monaghan	19%	1,305	19%	7%	97
25	Longford	19%	612	19%	14%	50
26	Cork City	19%	523	19%	5%	62
27	Mayo	18%	2,748	18%	7%	60
28	Carlow	18%	919	18%	8%	82
29	South Dublin	15%	2,346	15%	12%	49
30	Dublin City	14%	5,481	14%	10%	55
31	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11%	3,870	11%	13%	52

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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