Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where a decision takes longest — Fingal neighbourhoods

Data updated 26 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

3,424 planning applications were lodged across 42 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 31.7 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.

31.7

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 a decision takes longest 40 ranked

Median days from the council receiving an application to its decision. Eight weeks is the statutory clock; a further-information request stops it. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Kilsallaghan (88 days); bottom: Blanchardstown-Roselawn (50 days).

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Kilsallaghan	88 days	37	640	27%	14%	88
2	Balbriggan Urban	62 days	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
3	Hollywood	62 days	27	486	24%	37%	62
4	Holmpatrick	61 days	84	1,390	16%	42%	61
5	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	60 days	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
6	Swords Village	58 days	32	1,021	24%	19%	58
7	Howth	55 days	177	3,126	17%	21%	55
8	Malahide East	55 days	129	3,118	21%	17%	55
9	Skerries	55 days	118	3,096	14%	26%	55
10	Rush	55 days	108	3,551	17%	39%	55
11	Lusk	55 days	95	3,341	21%	39%	55
12	Donabate	55 days	106	3,900	31%	23%	55
13	Balbriggan Rural	55 days	71	6,127	22%	42%	55
14	Balgriffin	55 days	42	1,238	9%	26%	55
15	Ballyboghil	55 days	36	473	34%	44%	55
16	Airport	55 days	33	1,939	12%	9%	55
17	Balscadden	55 days	24	229	31%	46%	55
18	Clonmethan	55 days	21	282	25%	48%	55
19	Kinsaley	54 days	91	3,746	20%	19%	54
20	Swords-Lissenhall	54 days	78	3,928	29%	19%	54
21	Dubber	54 days	53	3,003	21%	13%	54
22	Sutton	54 days	53	2,222	12%	19%	54
23	Baldoyle	54 days	50	2,984	25%	14%	54
24	Garristown	54 days	41	529	20%	61%	54
25	Swords-Glasmore	54 days	33	2,481	9%	12%	54
26	Lucan North	54 days	21	477	23%	19%	54
27	The Ward	53 days	146	3,674	32%	18%	53
28	Castleknock-Park	53 days	66	2,262	22%	6%	53
29	Malahide West	53 days	64	2,141	5%	12%	53
30	Swords-Forrest	53 days	58	5,334	24%	16%	53
31	Portmarnock North	53 days	45	1,423	13%	9%	53
32	Portmarnock South	53 days	45	1,757	4%	11%	53
33	Swords-Seatown	53 days	26	2,480	24%	27%	53
34	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	53 days	29	2,008	29%	21%	53
35	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	52 days	163	6,937	21%	15%	52
36	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	52 days	69	3,565	17%	14%	52
37	Turnapin	52 days	23	569	37%	35%	52
38	Blanchardstown-Delwood	52 days	20	1,892	16%	15%	52
39	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	51 days	204	13,277	19%	13%	51
40	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	50 days	23	656	21%	13%	50

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	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	98 days	1,353	22%	12%	98
2	Monaghan	97 days	1,297	19%	7%	97
3	Carlow	83 days	923	18%	8%	83
4	Offaly	77 days	1,623	21%	9%	77
5	Cork County	66 days	6,803	21%	8%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,635	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,889	22%	7%	63
8	Cork City	62 days	536	18%	6%	62
9	Kildare	61 days	3,375	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	61 days	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	60 days	2,731	17%	7%	60
12	Westmeath	60 days	1,366	20%	12%	60
13	Cavan	58 days	1,612	24%	5%	58
14	Waterford	57 days	2,241	21%	11%	57
15	Dublin City	55 days	5,531	14%	10%	55
16	Meath	55 days	3,475	20%	13%	55
17	Tipperary	55 days	3,074	30%	4%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,414	20%	6%	55
19	Laois	55 days	1,961	23%	7%	55
20	Galway City	55 days	692	27%	14%	55
21	Galway County	54 days	3,895	24%	13%	54
22	Fingal	54 days	3,417	21%	22%	54
23	Wexford	54 days	2,874	27%	16%	54
24	Wicklow	54 days	2,778	21%	14%	54
25	Leitrim	53 days	509	28%	4%	53
26	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,871	11%	13%	52
27	Louth	52 days	2,078	29%	15%	52
28	Sligo	52 days	1,142	24%	7%	52
29	Donegal	50 days	5,083	24%	7%	50
30	Longford	50 days	611	18%	14%	50
31	South Dublin	49 days	2,349	15%	12%	49

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 26 Sept 2026, 03:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 26 Sept 2026.

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