Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 12 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where the diggers are — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 3 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

14.9

applications per 1,000 homes

29%

household works

21%

for work already done

23%

refused

23%

asked for more details

Busiest Extending Built first Refusals Slowest Further info Appeals Building 12 months 24 months

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	Lucan North	18.9	9	477	—	—	—
2	Clonmethan	17.7	5	282	—	—	—
3	Howth	15	47	3,126	24%	23%	55
4	Holmpatrick	14.4	20	1,390	13%	40%	61
5	The Ward	13.3	49	3,674	32%	19%	54
6	Donabate	13.1	51	3,900	28%	30%	55
7	Kilsallaghan	12.5	8	640	—	14%	58
8	Turnapin	12.3	7	569	—	—	—
9	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	10.7	7	656	—	—	—
10	Skerries	10.3	32	3,096	21%	30%	55
11	Castleknock-Park	10.2	23	2,262	13%	4%	53
12	Swords Village	9.8	10	1,021	10%	—	—
13	Balgriffin	9.7	12	1,238	8%	29%	55
14	Airport	9.3	18	1,939	12%	—	—
15	Malahide East	9	28	3,118	22%	12%	55
16	Lusk	8.7	29	3,341	18%	43%	54
17	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	8.7	31	3,565	11%	18%	54
18	Kinsaley	8.3	31	3,746	23%	23%	55
19	Garristown	7.6	4	529	13%	—	—
20	Malahide West	7	15	2,141	6%	16%	53
21	Swords-Lissenhall	6.4	25	3,928	28%	16%	53
22	Dubber	6.3	19	3,003	19%	20%	60
23	Ballyboghil	6.3	3	473	46%	—	—
24	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	5.9	41	6,937	11%	17%	52
25	Sutton	5.9	13	2,222	12%	12%	54
26	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	5.9	6	1,025	—	—	—
27	Rush	5.6	20	3,551	20%	54%	55
28	Portmarnock North	5.6	8	1,423	14%	18%	54
29	Baldoyle	5.4	16	2,984	19%	13%	54
30	Swords-Glasmore	4.8	12	2,481	—	—	—
31	Blanchardstown-Corduff	4.7	6	1,276	—	—	—
32	Portmarnock South	4.6	8	1,757	4%	13%	54
33	Swords-Seatown	4.4	11	2,480	—	—	—
34	Balscadden	4.4	1	229	—	—	—
35	Balbriggan Rural	4.1	25	6,127	22%	32%	61
36	Swords-Forrest	3.9	21	5,334	31%	9%	53
37	Balbriggan Urban	3.7	11	2,966	9%	9%	62
38	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	3.3	44	13,277	19%	13%	52
39	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	3	6	2,008	—	—	—
40	Blanchardstown-Delwood	2.1	4	1,892	—	—	—

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	1,325	2,408	15%	10%	55
2	Cork County	1,112	3,386	22%	7%	66
3	Galway County	942	1,977	24%	16%	54
4	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	876	1,935	11%	13%	52
5	Donegal	874	2,565	24%	7%	50
6	Fingal	750	1,608	21%	23%	54
7	Meath	730	1,840	22%	15%	55
8	Kerry	570	1,236	30%	11%	64
9	Mayo	564	1,342	20%	6%	59
10	Limerick	553	1,454	21%	11%	56
11	South Dublin	521	1,178	16%	13%	50
12	Kildare	520	1,581	23%	20%	62
13	Clare	512	1,212	22%	5%	55
14	Wexford	485	1,262	26%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	460	1,376	20%	11%	54
16	Tipperary	443	1,511	30%	5%	56
17	Cork City	405	6	—	—	—
18	Kilkenny	379	922	23%	6%	63
19	Louth	340	1,022	29%	13%	51
20	Waterford	331	1,144	21%	9%	55
21	Laois	274	1,036	26%	7%	55
22	Monaghan	264	662	18%	6%	100
23	Cavan	263	791	23%	5%	64
24	Westmeath	262	706	22%	15%	55
25	Sligo	229	560	24%	7%	53
26	Offaly	218	870	22%	10%	64
27	Roscommon	218	700	23%	14%	102
28	Carlow	179	455	17%	10%	63
29	Galway City	167	351	27%	13%	55
30	Longford	125	312	21%	15%	48
31	Leitrim	92	246	28%	5%	52

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 3 Oct 2026, 03:38

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 3 Oct 2026.

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