Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where permission is hardest to get — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

32.4

applications per 1,000 homes

29%

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 permission is hardest to get 39 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Garristown	64%	39	529	20%	64%	54
2	Balscadden	48%	23	229	30%	48%	55
3	Clonmethan	48%	21	282	24%	48%	55
4	Ballyboghil	44%	36	473	34%	44%	55
5	Balbriggan Rural	42%	69	6,127	18%	42%	55
6	Holmpatrick	42%	80	1,390	17%	42%	61
7	Lusk	41%	90	3,341	22%	41%	55
8	Rush	40%	103	3,551	16%	40%	55
9	Hollywood	37%	27	486	20%	37%	62
10	Turnapin	32%	22	569	33%	32%	52
11	Skerries	28%	108	3,096	15%	28%	55
12	Swords-Seatown	28%	25	2,480	22%	28%	52
13	Balgriffin	26%	39	1,238	10%	26%	55
14	Donabate	24%	99	3,900	31%	24%	55
15	Howth	21%	166	3,126	18%	21%	55
16	Swords-Lissenhall	21%	72	3,928	27%	21%	54
17	Kinsaley	20%	81	3,746	21%	20%	54
18	Lucan North	20%	20	477	22%	20%	54
19	Sutton	19%	47	2,222	14%	19%	54
20	Balbriggan Urban	18%	38	2,966	12%	18%	62
21	The Ward	17%	133	3,674	34%	17%	54
22	Malahide East	17%	126	3,118	19%	17%	55
23	Swords Village	17%	29	1,021	23%	17%	60
24	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	16%	156	6,937	21%	16%	52
25	Swords-Forrest	16%	57	5,334	24%	16%	53
26	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	16%	32	2,008	19%	16%	52
27	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	15%	61	3,565	21%	15%	53
28	Kilsallaghan	14%	35	640	31%	14%	97
29	Baldoyle	13%	45	2,984	24%	13%	54
30	Swords-Glasmore	13%	31	2,481	8%	13%	54
31	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	13%	23	656	19%	13%	50
32	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	12%	186	13,277	19%	12%	52
33	Malahide West	12%	59	2,141	4%	12%	53
34	Dubber	12%	50	3,003	19%	12%	54
35	Portmarnock South	12%	43	1,757	2%	12%	53
36	Portmarnock North	10%	40	1,423	13%	10%	53
37	Airport	9%	32	1,939	11%	9%	54
38	Castleknock-Park	5%	64	2,262	19%	5%	53
39	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	5%	21	1,025	32%	5%	61

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,439	20%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,283	24%	20%	62
3	Wexford	16%	2,814	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,077	29%	15%	52
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	14%	3,915	11%	14%	52
6	Wicklow	14%	2,776	20%	14%	54
7	Galway City	14%	701	27%	14%	55
8	Longford	14%	605	20%	14%	51
9	Galway County	13%	3,883	24%	13%	55
10	Meath	13%	3,493	21%	13%	55
11	Westmeath	13%	1,399	21%	13%	58
12	Roscommon	13%	1,365	22%	13%	98
13	Kerry	12%	2,685	29%	12%	63
14	South Dublin	12%	2,246	15%	12%	55
15	Waterford	11%	2,255	20%	11%	56
16	Dublin City	10%	6,008	15%	10%	55
17	Limerick	10%	2,848	20%	10%	60
18	Carlow	10%	929	17%	10%	84
19	Offaly	9%	1,621	22%	9%	79
20	Cork County	8%	6,830	21%	8%	69
21	Cork City	8%	1,193	19%	8%	57
22	Donegal	7%	5,096	24%	7%	50
23	Mayo	7%	2,780	18%	7%	59
24	Laois	7%	1,969	23%	7%	55
25	Kilkenny	7%	1,902	22%	7%	63
26	Monaghan	7%	1,336	19%	7%	99
27	Sligo	7%	1,122	25%	7%	52
28	Clare	6%	2,401	20%	6%	55
29	Cavan	5%	1,612	23%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,077	30%	4%	56
31	Leitrim	4%	505	28%	4%	54

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 14 Nov 2026, 02:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 14 Nov 2026.

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