Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Fingal's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

32.4

applications per 1,000 homes

29%

household works

20%

for work already done

22%

refused

24%

asked for more details

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Where the most is applied for 42 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census.

#	Neighbourhood	per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Balscadden	131	30	229	30%	48%	55
2	Ballyboghil	129	61	473	34%	44%	55
3	Clonmethan	102.8	29	282	24%	48%	55
4	Garristown	92.6	49	529	20%	64%	54
5	Hollywood	84.4	41	486	20%	37%	62
6	Kilsallaghan	81.2	52	640	31%	14%	97
7	Holmpatrick	68.3	95	1,390	17%	42%	61
8	Howth	67.8	212	3,126	18%	21%	55
9	Lucan North	67.1	32	477	22%	20%	54
10	Malahide East	54.2	169	3,118	19%	17%	55
11	Turnapin	52.7	30	569	33%	32%	52
12	The Ward	50.9	187	3,674	34%	17%	54
13	Swords Village	50.9	52	1,021	23%	17%	60
14	Balgriffin	49.3	61	1,238	10%	26%	55
15	Skerries	49.1	152	3,096	15%	28%	55
16	Lusk	41.6	139	3,341	22%	41%	55
17	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	41.2	27	656	19%	13%	50
18	Castleknock-Park	39.8	90	2,262	19%	5%	53
19	Rush	38.9	138	3,551	16%	40%	55
20	Portmarnock North	38.7	55	1,423	13%	10%	53
21	Malahide West	37.8	81	2,141	4%	12%	53
22	Kinsaley	37.4	140	3,746	21%	20%	54
23	Sutton	37.4	83	2,222	14%	19%	54
24	Donabate	32.8	128	3,900	31%	24%	55
25	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	30.2	31	1,025	32%	5%	61
26	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	29.3	203	6,937	21%	16%	52
27	Airport	28.4	55	1,939	11%	9%	54
28	Portmarnock South	27.3	48	1,757	2%	12%	53
29	Dubber	26	78	3,003	19%	12%	54
30	Swords-Lissenhall	23.9	94	3,928	27%	21%	54
31	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	23.9	48	2,008	19%	16%	52
32	Baldoyle	22.1	66	2,984	24%	13%	54
33	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	21.9	78	3,565	21%	15%	53
34	Balbriggan Urban	20.2	60	2,966	12%	18%	62
35	Swords-Seatown	20.2	50	2,480	22%	28%	52
36	Balbriggan Rural	19.3	118	6,127	18%	42%	55
37	Blanchardstown-Corduff	18.8	24	1,276	29%	—	—
38	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	18.5	246	13,277	19%	12%	52
39	Swords-Forrest	15.7	84	5,334	24%	16%	53
40	Swords-Glasmore	14.5	36	2,481	8%	13%	54

Every council 0

#	Council	Applications	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	6,830	6,830	21%	8%	69
2	Dublin City	6,008	6,008	15%	10%	55
3	Donegal	5,096	5,096	24%	7%	50
4	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	3,915	3,915	11%	14%	52
5	Galway County	3,883	3,883	24%	13%	55
6	Meath	3,493	3,493	21%	13%	55
7	Fingal	3,439	3,439	20%	22%	54
8	Kildare	3,283	3,283	24%	20%	62
9	Tipperary	3,077	3,077	30%	4%	56
10	Limerick	2,848	2,848	20%	10%	60
11	Wexford	2,814	2,814	27%	16%	54
12	Mayo	2,780	2,780	18%	7%	59
13	Wicklow	2,776	2,776	20%	14%	54
14	Kerry	2,685	2,685	29%	12%	63
15	Clare	2,401	2,401	20%	6%	55
16	Waterford	2,255	2,255	20%	11%	56
17	South Dublin	2,246	2,246	15%	12%	55
18	Louth	2,077	2,077	29%	15%	52
19	Laois	1,969	1,969	23%	7%	55
20	Kilkenny	1,902	1,902	22%	7%	63
21	Offaly	1,621	1,621	22%	9%	79
22	Cavan	1,612	1,612	23%	5%	58
23	Westmeath	1,399	1,399	21%	13%	58
24	Roscommon	1,365	1,365	22%	13%	98
25	Monaghan	1,336	1,336	19%	7%	99
26	Cork City	1,193	1,193	19%	8%	57
27	Sligo	1,122	1,122	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	929	929	17%	10%	84
29	Galway City	701	701	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	605	605	20%	14%	51
31	Leitrim	505	505	28%	4%	54

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 14 Nov 2026, 02:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 14 Nov 2026.

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