Neighbourhoods · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown · last 24 months · 69 electoral divisions

Where permission is hardest to get — Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown neighbourhoods

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

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

45.8

applications per 1,000 homes

33%

household works

11%

for work already done

13%

refused

13%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 61 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Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).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	Shankill-Rathmichael	28%	69	2,030	5%	28%	53
2	Blackrock-Seapoint	27%	33	555	11%	27%	50
3	Foxrock-Torquay	26%	31	561	13%	26%	54
4	Clonskeagh-Farranboley	24%	29	728	11%	24%	52
5	Ballybrack	24%	21	989	17%	24%	51
6	Stillorgan-Deerpark	21%	77	1,001	6%	21%	52
7	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown	21%	70	1,993	16%	21%	54
8	Foxrock-Deansgrange	21%	39	848	14%	21%	51
9	Ballinteer-Ludford	21%	29	786	17%	21%	53
10	Blackrock-Central	20%	75	1,368	9%	20%	51
11	Glencullen	19%	226	7,893	12%	19%	53
12	Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour	18%	50	1,078	8%	18%	52
13	Blackrock-Williamstown	18%	45	1,060	12%	18%	52
14	Killiney North	17%	84	1,228	13%	17%	51
15	Blackrock-Monkstown	17%	64	1,379	20%	17%	50
16	Killiney South	17%	30	2,257	10%	17%	52
17	Dundrum-Sweetmount	17%	29	1,046	9%	17%	51
18	Dalkey-Coliemore	16%	56	581	14%	16%	50
19	Stillorgan-Merville	16%	45	1,173	9%	16%	51
20	Blackrock-Carysfort	15%	67	2,185	12%	15%	52
21	Dundrum-Kilmacud	15%	47	1,338	9%	15%	51
22	Blackrock-Templehill	15%	39	1,071	15%	15%	52
23	Clonskeagh-Milltown	14%	37	781	5%	14%	53
24	Dalkey Hill	13%	55	615	9%	13%	51
25	Dun Laoghaire-West Central	13%	62	1,121	7%	13%	50
26	Dun Laoghaire-Salthill	13%	31	763	14%	13%	53
27	Dalkey-Bullock	13%	39	686	16%	13%	49
28	Churchtown-Castle	13%	30	746	13%	13%	52
29	Foxrock-Carrickmines	12%	119	2,184	10%	12%	53
30	Stillorgan-Kilmacud	12%	68	1,544	10%	12%	52
31	Dundrum-Sandyford	12%	60	3,004	18%	12%	52
32	Stillorgan-Leopardstown	12%	25	1,141	4%	12%	51
33	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule	11%	82	1,130	10%	11%	51
34	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion	11%	72	839	5%	11%	52
35	Blackrock-Stradbrook	11%	44	977	12%	11%	50
36	Churchtown-Nutgrove	11%	35	1,186	8%	11%	53
37	Dundrum-Balally	10%	105	3,306	13%	10%	52
38	Cabinteely-Pottery	10%	58	1,830	8%	10%	52
39	Clonskeagh-Roebuck	10%	40	1,304	2%	10%	52
40	Dundrum-Taney	10%	42	1,009	10%	10%	53

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,471	20%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,304	24%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,827	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,073	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,789	20%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	685	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	604	19%	14%	50
8	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,887	11%	13%	52
9	Galway County	13%	3,872	24%	13%	54
10	Meath	13%	3,463	21%	13%	55
11	Westmeath	13%	1,381	20%	13%	58
12	Roscommon	13%	1,368	22%	13%	98
13	Kerry	12%	2,657	30%	12%	63
14	South Dublin	12%	2,283	15%	12%	55
15	Limerick	11%	2,844	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,256	21%	11%	56
17	Dublin City	10%	5,937	15%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,615	22%	9%	78
19	Carlow	9%	913	18%	9%	83
20	Cork County	8%	6,804	21%	8%	66
21	Donegal	7%	5,074	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,733	18%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,965	23%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,894	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,323	19%	7%	98
26	Cork City	7%	1,194	19%	7%	56
27	Sligo	7%	1,121	25%	7%	52
28	Clare	6%	2,398	20%	6%	55
29	Cavan	5%	1,597	24%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,068	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	505	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 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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