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

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 40 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out). Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Garristown (61%); bottom: Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown (5%).

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

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