Neighbourhoods · Dublin City · last 12 months · 162 electoral divisions

Where people build first and ask later — Dublin City neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 24 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

12.2

applications per 1,000 homes

47%

household works

15%

for work already done

10%

refused

24%

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 51 ranked

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

#	Neighbourhood	retention	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Terenure A	38%	32	1,617	38%	—	—
2	Crumlin D	31%	36	1,661	31%	17%	55
3	Cabra East A	29%	31	2,584	29%	—	—
4	Arran Quay A	29%	28	697	29%	—	—
5	Whitehall B	28%	25	1,669	28%	—	—
6	Royal Exchange A	27%	48	1,679	27%	17%	55
7	Rathmines East C	27%	37	1,339	27%	15%	55
8	Botanic B	27%	30	1,447	27%	—	—
9	Rathmines East D	27%	30	1,134	27%	—	—
10	Clontarf East B	24%	54	2,732	24%	3%	55
11	Saint Kevin's	21%	38	1,986	21%	26%	54
12	Rathmines East A	20%	46	2,227	20%	26%	55
13	Clontarf East A	20%	40	1,358	20%	—	—
14	Harmonstown A	20%	20	1,095	20%	—	—
15	Pembroke East E	19%	37	1,511	19%	—	—
16	Rathfarnham	19%	37	1,991	19%	—	—
17	Pembroke West C	19%	36	1,945	19%	0%	55
18	Clontarf West A	19%	26	1,443	19%	—	—
19	Rotunda A	19%	21	2,143	19%	—	—
20	Beaumont C	18%	28	1,327	18%	—	—
21	Rathmines East B	17%	53	2,413	17%	4%	54
22	Mansion House A	17%	47	1,662	17%	—	—
23	Ashtown A	17%	42	4,552	17%	4%	55
24	Pembroke East C	17%	36	1,681	17%	4%	55
25	Kilmainham C	16%	31	2,085	16%	—	—
26	Wood Quay B	16%	25	1,847	16%	—	—
27	Mansion House B	15%	40	330	15%	—	—
28	Rathmines West C	15%	27	1,119	15%	—	—
29	Grange A	15%	26	4,166	15%	—	—
30	South Dock	14%	49	3,551	14%	14%	55
31	Pembroke East B	12%	32	1,455	12%	—	—
32	Drumcondra South C	12%	25	1,285	12%	—	—
33	Clontarf West C	11%	28	1,749	11%	0%	64
34	Pembroke West B	10%	20	1,400	10%	—	—
35	North Dock B	9%	53	3,514	9%	7%	55
36	Drumcondra South A	9%	35	2,239	9%	—	—
37	Walkinstown B	9%	22	781	9%	—	—
38	Beaumont B	8%	26	1,532	8%	—	—
39	Ashtown B	8%	25	1,057	8%	—	—
40	Ballygall C	8%	24	1,323	8%	—	—

Every council 31

#	Council	retention	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Tipperary	30%	1,488	30%	4%	57
2	Kerry	30%	1,267	30%	11%	64
3	Louth	29%	1,020	29%	13%	51
4	Leitrim	28%	247	28%	5%	52
5	Galway City	27%	348	27%	14%	55
6	Wexford	26%	1,202	26%	17%	54
7	Laois	26%	1,027	26%	7%	55
8	Donegal	25%	2,561	25%	7%	50
9	Galway County	25%	1,956	25%	16%	55
10	Sligo	25%	550	25%	7%	53
11	Cavan	24%	781	24%	4%	63
12	Roscommon	24%	699	24%	14%	100
13	Kildare	23%	1,575	23%	19%	62
14	Cork County	22%	3,352	22%	7%	66
15	Meath	22%	1,809	22%	16%	55
16	Kilkenny	22%	904	22%	6%	63
17	Offaly	22%	835	22%	10%	76
18	Westmeath	22%	703	22%	15%	55
19	Longford	22%	305	22%	16%	49
20	Limerick	21%	1,463	21%	11%	57
21	Clare	21%	1,203	21%	5%	55
22	Fingal	20%	1,674	20%	23%	54
23	Mayo	20%	1,311	20%	6%	59
24	Waterford	20%	1,132	20%	9%	55
25	Cork City	20%	696	20%	9%	56
26	Wicklow	19%	1,373	19%	11%	54
27	Monaghan	18%	671	18%	7%	99
28	Carlow	17%	449	17%	10%	63
29	South Dublin	16%	1,094	16%	13%	55
30	Dublin City	15%	2,860	15%	10%	55
31	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11%	1,927	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 24 Oct 2026, 03:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 24 Oct 2026.

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