Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 12 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where permission is hardest to get — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 10 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

30%

household works

20%

for work already done

23%

refused

23%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 24 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Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).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	Rush	54%	46	3,551	20%	54%	55
2	Lusk	43%	51	3,341	19%	43%	54
3	Holmpatrick	38%	34	1,390	13%	38%	61
4	Balbriggan Rural	34%	35	6,127	21%	34%	61
5	Donabate	30%	44	3,900	27%	30%	55
6	Skerries	29%	52	3,096	23%	29%	55
7	Balgriffin	29%	21	1,238	8%	29%	55
8	Kinsaley	24%	46	3,746	22%	24%	55
9	Howth	23%	82	3,126	21%	23%	55
10	Dubber	21%	24	3,003	20%	21%	62
11	The Ward	18%	65	3,674	33%	18%	54
12	Portmarnock North	18%	22	1,423	11%	18%	54
13	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	17%	81	6,937	11%	17%	52
14	Swords-Lissenhall	16%	44	3,928	26%	16%	53
15	Malahide West	16%	25	2,141	6%	16%	53
16	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	15%	33	3,565	15%	15%	53
17	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	14%	101	13,277	17%	14%	52
18	Baldoyle	14%	22	2,984	19%	14%	54
19	Sutton	13%	23	2,222	14%	13%	54
20	Portmarnock South	13%	23	1,757	3%	13%	54
21	Malahide East	12%	67	3,118	22%	12%	55
22	Swords-Forrest	9%	33	5,334	27%	9%	53
23	Balbriggan Urban	9%	22	2,966	8%	9%	62
24	Castleknock-Park	4%	25	2,262	18%	4%	53

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	23%	1,705	20%	23%	54
2	Kildare	19%	1,591	24%	19%	62
3	Galway County	16%	1,970	24%	16%	55
4	Wexford	16%	1,233	26%	16%	54
5	Longford	16%	305	21%	16%	48
6	Meath	15%	1,817	22%	15%	55
7	Roscommon	15%	702	24%	15%	100
8	Westmeath	14%	700	22%	14%	55
9	Galway City	14%	349	27%	14%	55
10	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	1,949	11%	13%	52
11	South Dublin	13%	1,169	16%	13%	50
12	Louth	13%	1,021	29%	13%	51
13	Limerick	11%	1,465	21%	11%	58
14	Wicklow	11%	1,376	20%	11%	54
15	Kerry	11%	1,254	30%	11%	64
16	Dublin City	10%	2,854	15%	10%	55
17	Offaly	10%	857	22%	10%	64
18	Carlow	10%	454	17%	10%	63
19	Waterford	9%	1,122	21%	9%	55
20	Cork City	9%	680	19%	9%	56
21	Cork County	7%	3,389	22%	7%	66
22	Donegal	7%	2,532	24%	7%	50
23	Laois	7%	1,029	26%	7%	55
24	Sligo	7%	562	25%	7%	53
25	Mayo	6%	1,334	20%	6%	59
26	Kilkenny	6%	912	23%	6%	63
27	Monaghan	6%	662	19%	6%	100
28	Tipperary	5%	1,494	30%	5%	56
29	Clare	5%	1,201	21%	5%	55
30	Cavan	5%	786	23%	5%	68
31	Leitrim	5%	247	28%	5%	52

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 10 Oct 2026, 03:39

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 10 Oct 2026.

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