Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Fingal's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

3,424 planning applications were lodged across 42 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 31.7 per 1,000 households. 21% sought retention for something already built; 22% of decisions were refusals. Every table below ranks the neighbourhoods on one of those, and every row is a page.

31.7

applications per 1,000 households

28%

household works

21%

retention · built first

22%

of decisions refused

24%

went through further information

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Where the diggers are 42 ranked

Commencement notices lodged on the Building Control Management System in the window, per 1,000 households — work formally begun. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 notices in the window. Top: Clonmethan (31.9); bottom: Blanchardstown-Corduff (4.7).

#	Neighbourhood	notices per 1,000 households	Notices	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clonmethan	31.9	9	282	25%	48%	55
2	Lucan North	29.4	14	477	23%	19%	54
3	Howth	27.5	86	3,126	17%	21%	55
4	Balgriffin	25	31	1,238	9%	26%	55
5	The Ward	24.5	90	3,674	32%	18%	53
6	Holmpatrick	24.5	34	1,390	16%	42%	61
7	Kilsallaghan	23.4	15	640	27%	14%	88
8	Swords Village	22.5	23	1,021	24%	19%	58
9	Skerries	22.3	69	3,096	14%	26%	55
10	Donabate	20.5	80	3,900	31%	23%	55
11	Castleknock-Park	19.9	45	2,262	22%	6%	53
12	Malahide East	19.6	61	3,118	21%	17%	55
13	Ballyboghil	19	9	473	34%	44%	55
14	Malahide West	18.2	39	2,141	5%	12%	53
15	Swords-Glasmore	17.7	44	2,481	9%	12%	54
16	Turnapin	17.6	10	569	37%	35%	52
17	Airport	17.5	34	1,939	12%	9%	55
18	Portmarnock South	17.1	30	1,757	4%	11%	53
19	Garristown	17	9	529	20%	61%	54
20	Lusk	16.8	56	3,341	21%	39%	55
21	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	16.8	11	656	21%	13%	50
22	Kinsaley	16.3	61	3,746	20%	19%	54
23	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	15.6	16	1,025	37%	5%	60
24	Portmarnock North	15.5	22	1,423	13%	9%	53
25	Sutton	14	31	2,222	12%	19%	54
26	Rush	13.8	49	3,551	17%	39%	55
27	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	13.5	48	3,565	17%	14%	52
28	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	11.8	82	6,937	21%	15%	52
29	Dubber	11	33	3,003	21%	13%	54
30	Swords-Lissenhall	10.9	43	3,928	29%	19%	54
31	Hollywood	10.3	5	486	24%	37%	62
32	Baldoyle	9.7	29	2,984	25%	14%	54
33	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	9.5	19	2,008	29%	21%	53
34	Swords-Seatown	9.3	23	2,480	24%	27%	53
35	Balscadden	8.7	2	229	31%	46%	55
36	Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	7	9	1,277	—	—	—
37	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	6.9	91	13,277	19%	13%	51
38	Balbriggan Urban	6.7	20	2,966	18%	18%	62
39	Balbriggan Rural	6.2	38	6,127	22%	42%	55
40	Swords-Forrest	6.2	33	5,334	24%	16%	53

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	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,526	5,531	14%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,267	6,803	21%	8%	66
3	Galway County	1,800	3,895	24%	13%	54
4	Donegal	1,722	5,083	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,673	3,871	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,480	3,417	21%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,426	3,475	20%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,148	2,731	17%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,096	2,635	30%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,070	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Kildare	1,051	3,375	25%	20%	61
12	South Dublin	1,050	2,349	15%	12%	49
13	Clare	969	2,414	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	957	2,874	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	842	2,778	21%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	838	3,074	30%	4%	55
17	Cork City	794	536	18%	6%	62
18	Kilkenny	753	1,889	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	749	2,078	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	599	2,241	21%	11%	57
21	Westmeath	562	1,366	20%	12%	60
22	Laois	541	1,961	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	526	1,612	24%	5%	58
24	Monaghan	499	1,297	19%	7%	97
25	Roscommon	490	1,353	22%	12%	98
26	Offaly	452	1,623	21%	9%	77
27	Sligo	441	1,142	24%	7%	52
28	Carlow	328	923	18%	8%	83
29	Galway City	327	692	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	234	611	18%	14%	50
31	Leitrim	203	509	28%	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 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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