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

Dublin City's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

2,456 planning applications were lodged across 162 electoral divisions in the last 12 months — 10.9 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.

10.9

applications per 1,000 households

47%

household works

14%

retention · built first

10%

of decisions refused

26%

went through further information

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Where the most is applied for 162 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Mansion House B (127.3); bottom: Finglas South D (0).

#	Neighbourhood	per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Mansion House B	127.3	42	330	14%	15%	59
2	Royal Exchange B	63.1	39	618	3%	—	—
3	Clontarf East D	32.6	34	1,043	6%	—	—
4	Terenure D	30.7	9	293	—	—	—
5	Rathmines East C	28.4	38	1,339	26%	13%	55
6	Ballymun E	28.4	17	599	—	—	—
7	Rathmines East D	26.5	30	1,134	27%	—	—
8	Terenure C	26.3	17	646	—	—	—
9	Mansion House A	25.3	42	1,662	12%	—	—
10	Clontarf East A	25	34	1,358	18%	—	—
11	Priorswood A	24.8	13	524	—	—	—
12	North City	24.2	53	2,187	8%	10%	63
13	Royal Exchange A	23.8	40	1,679	25%	17%	55
14	Ashtown B	23.7	25	1,057	8%	—	—
15	Botanic C	22.2	21	945	10%	—	—
16	Clontarf East C	21.8	26	1,193	4%	—	—
17	Raheny-St. Assam	20.7	32	1,543	3%	10%	54
18	Pembroke West C	20.6	40	1,945	15%	0%	55
19	Pembroke East E	20.5	31	1,511	19%	—	—
20	Walkinstown B	20.5	16	781	—	—	—
21	Pembroke East C	20.2	34	1,681	12%	4%	55
22	Saint Kevin's	20.1	40	1,986	30%	26%	55
23	Botanic B	20	29	1,447	28%	—	—
24	Drumcondra South C	19.5	25	1,285	12%	—	—
25	Clontarf East B	19.4	53	2,732	21%	3%	55
26	Pembroke East B	19.2	28	1,455	14%	—	—
27	Crumlin D	18.7	31	1,661	32%	17%	55
28	Whitehall B	18.6	31	1,669	29%	—	—
29	Ushers B	18.5	13	704	—	—	—
30	Harmonstown A	18.3	20	1,095	20%	—	—
31	Clontarf West D	18.2	20	1,096	15%	—	—
32	Beaumont C	18.1	24	1,327	12%	—	—
33	Pembroke West A	18	40	2,228	2%	4%	55
34	Terenure A	17.9	29	1,617	34%	—	—
35	Raheny-Greendale	17.6	15	851	—	—	—
36	Merchants Quay D	17.4	16	920	—	—	—
37	Arran Quay A	17.2	12	697	—	—	—
38	Clontarf West C	16.6	29	1,749	17%	0%	95
39	Merchants Quay F	15.7	15	956	—	—	—
40	Ballygall B	15.6	11	705	—	—	—

Every council on the same measure 0

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

#	Council	Applications	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	3,338	3,338	22%	7%	66
2	Donegal	2,568	2,568	23%	7%	50
3	Dublin City	2,463	2,463	14%	10%	55
4	Galway County	1,987	1,987	24%	16%	55
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,946	1,946	11%	13%	52
6	Meath	1,829	1,829	22%	15%	55
7	Fingal	1,645	1,645	21%	23%	54
8	Kildare	1,588	1,588	23%	20%	62
9	Tipperary	1,503	1,503	31%	4%	56
10	Limerick	1,448	1,448	21%	11%	58
11	Wicklow	1,376	1,376	20%	11%	54
12	Mayo	1,318	1,318	20%	6%	59
13	Wexford	1,240	1,240	26%	16%	54
14	Kerry	1,226	1,226	31%	11%	63
15	Clare	1,198	1,198	22%	6%	55
16	South Dublin	1,179	1,179	16%	13%	50
17	Waterford	1,131	1,131	21%	8%	55
18	Laois	1,022	1,022	26%	7%	55
19	Louth	1,006	1,006	29%	13%	51
20	Kilkenny	916	916	23%	6%	63
21	Offaly	863	863	22%	10%	78
22	Cavan	786	786	23%	5%	63
23	Westmeath	686	686	22%	14%	61
24	Roscommon	685	685	24%	14%	102
25	Monaghan	656	656	18%	6%	99
26	Sligo	560	560	24%	7%	53
27	Carlow	454	454	17%	10%	63
28	Galway City	347	347	27%	13%	55
29	Longford	311	311	21%	16%	48
30	Leitrim	248	248	29%	5%	52
31	Cork City	6	6	—	10%	55

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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