Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 12 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where the council asks for more — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 24 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

15.8

applications per 1,000 homes

30%

household works

20%

for work already done

22%

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 council asks for more 23 ranked

Share of decisions that went through a further-information request first.

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Balbriggan Rural	50%	30	6,127	22%	30%	74
2	Balbriggan Urban	43%	21	2,966	8%	10%	62
3	Dubber	33%	24	3,003	19%	21%	62
4	Howth	31%	80	3,126	19%	24%	55
5	Holmpatrick	31%	32	1,390	13%	38%	61
6	Rush	29%	42	3,551	17%	55%	55
7	Kinsaley	28%	46	3,746	23%	24%	55
8	Malahide East	24%	67	3,118	22%	12%	55
9	Lusk	22%	49	3,341	17%	43%	54
10	Donabate	22%	41	3,900	27%	24%	55
11	Baldoyle	20%	20	2,984	16%	15%	54
12	The Ward	19%	59	3,674	32%	19%	54
13	Skerries	19%	48	3,096	22%	29%	55
14	Swords-Lissenhall	19%	42	3,928	29%	12%	53
15	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	18%	96	13,277	18%	14%	52
16	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	18%	73	6,937	13%	18%	52
17	Castleknock-Park	17%	24	2,262	18%	4%	52
18	Swords-Forrest	16%	32	5,334	26%	9%	53
19	Portmarnock North	14%	22	1,423	12%	18%	54
20	Portmarnock South	13%	23	1,757	4%	13%	54
21	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	12%	32	3,565	17%	16%	53
22	Malahide West	8%	24	2,141	6%	17%	53
23	Sutton	4%	23	2,222	14%	13%	54

Every council 31

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	65%	671	18%	7%	99
2	Roscommon	57%	699	24%	14%	100
3	Offaly	50%	835	22%	10%	76
4	Cavan	49%	781	24%	4%	63
5	Carlow	47%	449	17%	10%	63
6	Kerry	46%	1,267	30%	11%	64
7	Kilkenny	46%	904	22%	6%	63
8	Kildare	45%	1,575	23%	19%	62
9	Limerick	41%	1,463	21%	11%	57
10	Wicklow	40%	1,373	19%	11%	54
11	Mayo	40%	1,311	20%	6%	59
12	Louth	40%	1,020	29%	13%	51
13	Westmeath	40%	703	22%	15%	55
14	Tipperary	39%	1,488	30%	4%	57
15	Laois	39%	1,027	26%	7%	55
16	Waterford	38%	1,132	20%	9%	55
17	Meath	36%	1,809	22%	16%	55
18	Wexford	36%	1,202	26%	17%	54
19	Leitrim	36%	247	28%	5%	52
20	Longford	35%	305	22%	16%	49
21	Galway County	32%	1,956	25%	16%	55
22	Donegal	29%	2,561	25%	7%	50
23	Sligo	29%	550	25%	7%	53
24	Cork City	28%	696	20%	9%	56
25	Clare	27%	1,203	21%	5%	55
26	Galway City	25%	348	27%	14%	55
27	Dublin City	24%	2,860	15%	10%	55
28	Fingal	23%	1,674	20%	23%	54
29	South Dublin	21%	1,094	16%	13%	55
30	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	14%	1,927	11%	13%	52
31	Cork County	0%	3,352	22%	7%	66

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 24 Oct 2026, 03:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 24 Oct 2026.

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