Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where the diggers are — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

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

32.5

applications per 1,000 homes

29%

household works

20%

for work already done

22%

refused

24%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

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.

#	Neighbourhood	notices per 1,000 households	Notices	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clonmethan	28.4	8	282	24%	48%	55
2	Howth	28.2	88	3,126	18%	21%	55
3	Holmpatrick	26.6	37	1,390	18%	42%	61
4	Lucan North	25.2	12	477	22%	19%	54
5	The Ward	24.5	90	3,674	33%	17%	54
6	Balgriffin	24.2	30	1,238	10%	25%	55
7	Kilsallaghan	21.9	14	640	31%	14%	97
8	Skerries	21	65	3,096	15%	28%	55
9	Donabate	20.5	80	3,900	31%	24%	55
10	Swords Village	19.6	20	1,021	23%	17%	60
11	Castleknock-Park	19	43	2,262	19%	5%	53
12	Ballyboghil	19	9	473	35%	44%	55
13	Malahide East	18.9	59	3,118	19%	17%	55
14	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	18.3	12	656	19%	13%	50
15	Malahide West	17.7	38	2,141	4%	12%	53
16	Swords-Glasmore	17.7	44	2,481	8%	13%	54
17	Portmarnock South	17.6	31	1,757	2%	12%	53
18	Garristown	17	9	529	19%	64%	54
19	Lusk	16.5	55	3,341	22%	41%	55
20	Airport	16.5	32	1,939	11%	9%	54
21	Turnapin	15.8	9	569	33%	32%	52
22	Portmarnock North	15.5	22	1,423	13%	10%	53
23	Kinsaley	14.7	55	3,746	20%	19%	54
24	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	13.7	14	1,025	32%	5%	61
25	Sutton	13.5	30	2,222	14%	19%	54
26	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	13.5	48	3,565	20%	16%	53
27	Rush	13.2	47	3,551	17%	40%	55
28	Dubber	11	33	3,003	20%	12%	54
29	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	10.5	73	6,937	21%	16%	52
30	Hollywood	10.3	5	486	20%	37%	62
31	Swords-Lissenhall	10.2	40	3,928	27%	21%	54
32	Baldoyle	9.7	29	2,984	24%	13%	54
33	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	9.5	19	2,008	20%	16%	52
34	Balscadden	8.7	2	229	30%	48%	55
35	Swords-Seatown	8.1	20	2,480	20%	28%	52
36	Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	7.8	10	1,277	—	—	—
37	Balbriggan Urban	7.1	21	2,966	11%	18%	61
38	Blanchardstown-Corduff	7.1	9	1,276	28%	—	—
39	Balbriggan Rural	6.9	42	6,127	19%	42%	55
40	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	6.6	87	13,277	19%	12%	52

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,481	6,009	15%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,246	6,773	21%	8%	67
3	Galway County	1,797	3,873	24%	13%	55
4	Donegal	1,742	5,080	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,633	3,921	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,450	3,457	20%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,396	3,476	21%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,148	2,749	18%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,068	2,666	29%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,062	2,833	20%	10%	61
11	South Dublin	1,037	2,266	15%	12%	55
12	Kildare	1,036	3,285	24%	20%	62
13	Clare	986	2,400	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	952	2,838	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	840	2,778	20%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	827	3,078	30%	4%	56
17	Cork City	773	1,190	18%	8%	57
18	Kilkenny	756	1,897	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	724	2,052	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	594	2,255	21%	11%	56
21	Westmeath	545	1,390	21%	13%	57
22	Laois	533	1,963	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	522	1,606	23%	5%	57
24	Monaghan	510	1,327	19%	7%	99
25	Roscommon	476	1,350	23%	13%	98
26	Offaly	456	1,612	21%	9%	77
27	Sligo	445	1,123	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	322	922	17%	9%	84
29	Galway City	311	691	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	222	600	20%	14%	51
31	Leitrim	192	507	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 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 7 Nov 2026, 02:45

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 7 Nov 2026.

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