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

Where a decision takes longest — Dublin City neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 31 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

26.1

applications per 1,000 homes

48%

household works

14%

for work already done

10%

refused

25%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where a decision takes longest 69 ranked

Median days from the council receiving an application to its decision. Eight weeks is the statutory clock; a further-information request stops it.

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Inns Quay B	94 days	23	1,797	28%	9%	94
2	Arran Quay B	93 days	27	1,705	3%	4%	93
3	Clontarf West C	64 days	41	1,749	19%	2%	64
4	Terenure B	64 days	21	1,502	11%	5%	64
5	North City	62 days	66	2,187	16%	12%	62
6	Wood Quay B	62 days	23	1,847	16%	17%	62
7	Pembroke West A	60 days	53	2,228	6%	9%	60
8	Clontarf East D	60 days	41	1,043	9%	5%	60
9	North Dock B	58 days	52	3,514	6%	8%	58
10	Rathmines West C	58 days	26	1,119	22%	15%	58
11	Arran Quay E	57 days	22	1,647	17%	9%	57
12	Clontarf East B	55 days	85	2,732	12%	2%	55
13	South Dock	55 days	62	3,551	8%	15%	55
14	Pembroke East C	55 days	59	1,681	13%	3%	55
15	Rathmines East A	55 days	56	2,227	10%	21%	55
16	Pembroke West C	55 days	64	1,945	12%	8%	55
17	Royal Exchange A	55 days	53	1,679	27%	26%	55
18	Mansion House B	55 days	51	330	18%	20%	55
19	Rathmines East C	55 days	51	1,339	21%	12%	55
20	Rathmines East B	55 days	42	2,413	12%	12%	55
21	Pembroke East B	55 days	47	1,455	8%	21%	55
22	Saint Kevin's	55 days	56	1,986	19%	21%	55
23	Drumcondra South A	55 days	35	2,239	13%	3%	55
24	Mansion House A	55 days	39	1,662	17%	8%	55
25	Ashtown A	55 days	50	4,552	13%	2%	55
26	Clontarf East C	55 days	39	1,193	10%	0%	55
27	Royal Exchange B	55 days	33	618	11%	18%	55
28	Grace Park	55 days	41	2,331	6%	5%	55
29	Rathfarnham	55 days	37	1,991	19%	8%	55
30	Crumlin D	55 days	42	1,661	21%	17%	55
31	Whitehall B	55 days	35	1,669	19%	9%	55
32	Beaumont C	55 days	42	1,327	20%	0%	55
33	Clontarf West A	55 days	42	1,443	10%	2%	55
34	Pembroke East E	55 days	36	1,511	17%	14%	55
35	Drumcondra South C	55 days	38	1,285	14%	11%	55
36	Pembroke West B	55 days	42	1,400	5%	19%	55
37	Kilmainham C	55 days	30	2,085	26%	20%	55
38	Pembroke East A	55 days	37	2,099	4%	11%	55
39	Pembroke East D	55 days	35	1,939	2%	6%	55
40	Cabra East A	55 days	27	2,584	20%	7%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	99 days	1,329	19%	7%	99
2	Roscommon	98 days	1,359	22%	13%	98
3	Carlow	83 days	914	18%	9%	83
4	Offaly	77 days	1,613	21%	9%	77
5	Cork County	67 days	6,812	21%	8%	67
6	Kerry	63 days	2,646	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,898	22%	7%	63
8	Kildare	61 days	3,300	24%	20%	61
9	Limerick	61 days	2,837	20%	10%	61
10	Mayo	60 days	2,749	18%	7%	60
11	Westmeath	59 days	1,382	20%	13%	59
12	Cavan	58 days	1,596	23%	5%	58
13	Tipperary	56 days	3,067	30%	4%	56
14	Waterford	56 days	2,260	21%	11%	56
15	Cork City	56 days	1,194	19%	7%	56
16	Dublin City	55 days	6,013	14%	10%	55
17	Meath	55 days	3,459	20%	13%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,399	20%	6%	55
19	South Dublin	55 days	2,287	15%	12%	55
20	Laois	55 days	1,964	23%	7%	55
21	Galway City	55 days	691	27%	14%	55
22	Galway County	54 days	3,858	24%	13%	54
23	Fingal	54 days	3,460	20%	22%	54
24	Wexford	54 days	2,836	27%	16%	54
25	Wicklow	54 days	2,785	20%	14%	54
26	Leitrim	53 days	502	27%	4%	53
27	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,916	11%	13%	52
28	Louth	52 days	2,066	29%	15%	52
29	Sligo	52 days	1,120	25%	7%	52
30	Donegal	50 days	5,069	24%	7%	50
31	Longford	50 days	603	19%	14%	50

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 31 Oct 2026, 02:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 31 Oct 2026.

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