Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Fingal's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 19 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

3,459 planning applications were lodged across 42 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 32.1 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.

32.1

applications per 1,000 households

28%

household works

21%

retention · built first

22%

of decisions refused

24%

went through further information

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 council asks for more 40 ranked

Share of decisions that went through a further-information request first. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Kilsallaghan (55%); bottom: Portmarnock North (7%).

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Kilsallaghan	55%	38	640	27%	13%	92
2	Hollywood	44%	27	486	23%	37%	62
3	Clonmethan	43%	21	282	28%	48%	55
4	Balbriggan Urban	40%	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
5	Balbriggan Rural	38%	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
6	Holmpatrick	36%	84	1,390	17%	42%	61
7	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	36%	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
8	Rush	33%	113	3,551	17%	38%	55
9	Ballyboghil	33%	36	473	33%	44%	55
10	Swords Village	33%	33	1,021	24%	18%	55
11	Donabate	32%	106	3,900	31%	23%	55
12	Howth	30%	179	3,126	18%	22%	55
13	Lusk	27%	95	3,341	21%	39%	55
14	Swords-Glasmore	27%	33	2,481	9%	12%	54
15	Swords-Lissenhall	26%	78	3,928	29%	19%	54
16	Balgriffin	26%	43	1,238	9%	26%	55
17	Dubber	25%	53	3,003	21%	13%	54
18	The Ward	24%	147	3,674	32%	18%	53
19	Skerries	24%	119	3,096	15%	27%	55
20	Kinsaley	24%	91	3,746	20%	19%	54
21	Airport	24%	33	1,939	12%	9%	55
22	Lucan North	24%	21	477	22%	19%	54
23	Swords-Forrest	21%	57	5,334	24%	16%	53
24	Balscadden	21%	24	229	31%	46%	55
25	Blanchardstown-Delwood	20%	20	1,892	19%	15%	52
26	Baldoyle	19%	52	2,984	26%	13%	54
27	Swords-Seatown	19%	26	2,480	24%	27%	53
28	Malahide East	18%	130	3,118	21%	17%	54
29	Castleknock-Park	18%	66	2,262	22%	6%	53
30	Portmarnock South	18%	45	1,757	4%	11%	53
31	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	17%	163	6,937	21%	15%	52
32	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	17%	29	2,008	29%	21%	53
33	Sutton	15%	55	2,222	12%	18%	54
34	Garristown	15%	41	529	20%	61%	54
35	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	14%	204	13,277	19%	13%	51
36	Turnapin	13%	23	569	37%	35%	52
37	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	13%	23	656	21%	13%	50
38	Malahide West	12%	64	2,141	5%	14%	53
39	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	11%	72	3,565	16%	14%	52
40	Portmarnock North	7%	45	1,423	13%	9%	53

Every council on the same measure 31

The 31 councils, same window, same rule. No per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	62%	1,285	19%	7%	97
2	Roscommon	58%	1,344	22%	12%	99
3	Carlow	53%	917	18%	8%	83
4	Offaly	50%	1,624	22%	9%	66
5	Kilkenny	46%	1,882	22%	7%	63
6	Kerry	45%	2,622	30%	12%	63
7	Cavan	45%	1,616	24%	5%	58
8	Westmeath	44%	1,377	20%	12%	60
9	Kildare	43%	3,388	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	43%	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	43%	2,740	17%	7%	61
12	Laois	41%	1,957	23%	7%	55
13	Wicklow	40%	2,796	20%	14%	54
14	Waterford	40%	2,249	21%	11%	57
15	Louth	40%	2,064	29%	15%	52
16	Tipperary	39%	3,070	30%	4%	55
17	Meath	38%	3,483	20%	13%	55
18	Wexford	37%	2,894	27%	16%	54
19	Longford	37%	605	18%	14%	50
20	Leitrim	35%	505	28%	4%	53
21	Galway County	32%	3,891	24%	13%	54
22	Donegal	29%	5,070	24%	7%	50
23	Clare	28%	2,415	20%	7%	55
24	Sligo	28%	1,123	24%	7%	52
25	Dublin City	26%	5,584	14%	10%	55
26	Galway City	26%	688	28%	14%	55
27	Fingal	24%	3,451	21%	22%	54
28	South Dublin	21%	2,356	15%	12%	49
29	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,869	11%	13%	52
30	Cork County	0%	6,768	21%	8%	66
31	Cork City	0%	544	18%	6%	62

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 19 Sept 2026, 03:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 19 Sept 2026.

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