Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where the diggers are — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 17 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

32.7

applications per 1,000 homes

28%

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	27.8	87	3,126	17%	22%	55
3	Holmpatrick	26.6	37	1,390	16%	42%	61
4	Lucan North	25.2	12	477	23%	19%	54
5	The Ward	25	92	3,674	33%	17%	54
6	Balgriffin	25	31	1,238	10%	27%	55
7	Kilsallaghan	21.9	14	640	29%	14%	88
8	Swords Village	21.5	22	1,021	22%	20%	58
9	Ballyboghil	21.1	10	473	33%	44%	55
10	Skerries	21	65	3,096	15%	26%	55
11	Donabate	20.3	79	3,900	31%	23%	55
12	Castleknock-Park	19	43	2,262	23%	5%	53
13	Portmarnock South	18.2	32	1,757	2%	11%	54
14	Malahide East	18	56	3,118	20%	17%	55
15	Malahide West	17.7	38	2,141	5%	11%	53
16	Turnapin	17.6	10	569	35%	35%	52
17	Airport	17	33	1,939	11%	9%	55
18	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	16.8	11	656	19%	13%	50
19	Lusk	16.5	55	3,341	22%	41%	55
20	Swords-Glasmore	15.7	39	2,481	9%	12%	54
21	Portmarnock North	15.5	22	1,423	13%	10%	52
22	Garristown	15.1	8	529	19%	64%	54
23	Kinsaley	14.1	53	3,746	20%	18%	54
24	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	13.7	14	1,025	33%	5%	61
25	Rush	13.5	48	3,551	17%	40%	55
26	Sutton	13.5	30	2,222	14%	18%	54
27	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	13.5	48	3,565	18%	16%	53
28	Dubber	11	33	3,003	20%	12%	54
29	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	10.8	75	6,937	21%	15%	52
30	Hollywood	10.3	5	486	22%	37%	62
31	Swords-Lissenhall	10.2	40	3,928	29%	20%	54
32	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	9.5	19	2,008	20%	20%	52
33	Baldoyle	9.4	28	2,984	24%	14%	54
34	Swords-Seatown	8.9	22	2,480	23%	27%	52
35	Balscadden	8.7	2	229	31%	46%	55
36	Blanchardstown-Corduff	7.1	9	1,276	28%	—	—
37	Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	7	9	1,277	—	—	—
38	Balbriggan Rural	6.5	40	6,127	20%	42%	55
39	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	6.4	85	13,277	19%	12%	52
40	Balbriggan Urban	6.4	19	2,966	15%	20%	58

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,502	6,002	15%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,263	6,839	21%	8%	66
3	Galway County	1,774	3,908	24%	13%	54
4	Donegal	1,742	5,077	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,626	3,881	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,442	3,488	20%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,396	3,478	21%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,136	2,741	18%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,075	2,658	30%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,073	2,851	20%	11%	61
11	South Dublin	1,031	2,291	15%	12%	55
12	Kildare	1,020	3,324	24%	20%	61
13	Clare	977	2,415	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	959	2,851	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	835	2,788	20%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	829	3,080	30%	4%	55
17	Cork City	763	1,192	19%	7%	56
18	Kilkenny	743	1,894	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	724	2,081	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	598	2,252	21%	11%	55
21	Westmeath	543	1,385	20%	13%	59
22	Laois	530	1,968	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	524	1,593	24%	5%	58
24	Monaghan	499	1,323	19%	7%	98
25	Roscommon	488	1,372	22%	13%	98
26	Offaly	455	1,609	21%	9%	77
27	Sligo	446	1,124	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	331	915	18%	9%	81
29	Galway City	316	689	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	224	607	19%	14%	50
31	Leitrim	189	509	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 17 Oct 2026, 03:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 17 Oct 2026.

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