Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Where a decision takes longest — Fingal neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 17 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

32.7

applications per 1,000 homes

28%

household works

20%

for work already done

22%

refused

24%

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 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.

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Kilsallaghan	88 days	37	640	29%	14%	88
2	Hollywood	62 days	27	486	22%	37%	62
3	Holmpatrick	61 days	83	1,390	16%	42%	61
4	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	61 days	21	1,025	33%	5%	61
5	Balbriggan Urban	58 days	41	2,966	15%	20%	58
6	Swords Village	58 days	30	1,021	22%	20%	58
7	Howth	55 days	171	3,126	17%	22%	55
8	Malahide East	55 days	129	3,118	20%	17%	55
9	Skerries	55 days	117	3,096	15%	26%	55
10	Rush	55 days	105	3,551	17%	40%	55
11	Lusk	55 days	91	3,341	22%	41%	55
12	Donabate	55 days	104	3,900	31%	23%	55
13	Balbriggan Rural	55 days	71	6,127	20%	42%	55
14	Ballyboghil	55 days	36	473	33%	44%	55
15	Balgriffin	55 days	41	1,238	10%	27%	55
16	Airport	55 days	33	1,939	11%	9%	55
17	Clonmethan	55 days	21	282	24%	48%	55
18	Balscadden	55 days	24	229	31%	46%	55
19	The Ward	54 days	143	3,674	33%	17%	54
20	Kinsaley	54 days	88	3,746	20%	18%	54
21	Swords-Lissenhall	54 days	75	3,928	29%	20%	54
22	Sutton	54 days	50	2,222	14%	18%	54
23	Dubber	54 days	51	3,003	20%	12%	54
24	Baldoyle	54 days	49	2,984	24%	14%	54
25	Portmarnock South	54 days	44	1,757	2%	11%	54
26	Garristown	54 days	39	529	19%	64%	54
27	Swords-Glasmore	54 days	32	2,481	9%	12%	54
28	Lucan North	54 days	21	477	23%	19%	54
29	Castleknock-Park	53 days	62	2,262	23%	5%	53
30	Malahide West	53 days	62	2,141	5%	11%	53
31	Swords-Forrest	53 days	58	5,334	23%	16%	53
32	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	53 days	64	3,565	18%	16%	53
33	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	52 days	195	13,277	19%	12%	52
34	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	52 days	162	6,937	21%	15%	52
35	Portmarnock North	52 days	42	1,423	13%	10%	52
36	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	52 days	30	2,008	20%	20%	52
37	Swords-Seatown	52 days	26	2,480	23%	27%	52
38	Turnapin	52 days	23	569	35%	35%	52
39	Blanchardstown-Delwood	52 days	20	1,892	16%	15%	52
40	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	50 days	23	656	19%	13%	50

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	98 days	1,372	22%	13%	98
2	Monaghan	98 days	1,323	19%	7%	98
3	Carlow	81 days	915	18%	9%	81
4	Offaly	77 days	1,609	21%	9%	77
5	Cork County	66 days	6,839	21%	8%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,658	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,894	22%	7%	63
8	Kildare	61 days	3,324	24%	20%	61
9	Limerick	61 days	2,851	20%	11%	61
10	Mayo	60 days	2,741	18%	7%	60
11	Westmeath	59 days	1,385	20%	13%	59
12	Cavan	58 days	1,593	24%	5%	58
13	Cork City	56 days	1,192	19%	7%	56
14	Dublin City	55 days	6,002	15%	10%	55
15	Meath	55 days	3,478	21%	13%	55
16	Tipperary	55 days	3,080	30%	4%	55
17	Clare	55 days	2,415	20%	6%	55
18	South Dublin	55 days	2,291	15%	12%	55
19	Waterford	55 days	2,252	21%	11%	55
20	Laois	55 days	1,968	23%	7%	55
21	Galway City	55 days	689	27%	14%	55
22	Galway County	54 days	3,908	24%	13%	54
23	Fingal	54 days	3,488	20%	22%	54
24	Wexford	54 days	2,851	27%	16%	54
25	Wicklow	54 days	2,788	20%	14%	54
26	Leitrim	53 days	509	27%	4%	53
27	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,881	11%	13%	52
28	Louth	52 days	2,081	29%	15%	52
29	Sligo	52 days	1,124	25%	7%	52
30	Donegal	50 days	5,077	24%	7%	50
31	Longford	50 days	607	19%	14%	50

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 17 Oct 2026, 03:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 17 Oct 2026.

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