Neighbourhoods · Fingal · last 24 months · 42 electoral divisions

Fingal's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

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 households extend most 41 ranked

Share of applications that are extensions, attics, dormers, porches, garden rooms and the like. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Blanchardstown-Delwood (48%); bottom: Ballyboghil (6%).

#	Neighbourhood	household works	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Blanchardstown-Delwood	48%	25	1,892	16%	15%	52
2	Swords-Forrest	46%	79	5,334	24%	16%	53
3	Swords-Glasmore	46%	35	2,481	9%	12%	54
4	Malahide West	45%	82	2,141	5%	12%	53
5	Blanchardstown-Blakestown	44%	252	13,277	19%	13%	51
6	Castleknock-Knockmaroon	41%	192	6,937	21%	15%	52
7	Castleknock-Park	40%	85	2,262	22%	6%	53
8	Portmarnock South	39%	51	1,757	4%	11%	53
9	Skerries	38%	145	3,096	14%	26%	55
10	Balbriggan Urban	38%	61	2,966	18%	18%	62
11	Swords-Seatown	38%	37	2,480	24%	27%	53
12	Blanchardstown-Coolmine	31%	78	3,565	17%	14%	52
13	Howth	29%	217	3,126	17%	21%	55
14	Malahide East	29%	169	3,118	21%	17%	55
15	Blanchardstown-Roselawn	29%	28	656	21%	13%	50
16	Portmarnock North	27%	52	1,423	13%	9%	53
17	Lusk	26%	137	3,341	21%	39%	55
18	Balbriggan Rural	26%	123	6,127	22%	42%	55
19	Swords-Lissenhall	26%	92	3,928	29%	19%	54
20	Sutton	26%	80	2,222	12%	19%	54
21	Baldoyle	25%	64	2,984	25%	14%	54
22	Kinsaley	23%	132	3,746	20%	19%	54
23	Blanchardstown-Corduff	23%	22	1,276	27%	—	—
24	Holmpatrick	22%	104	1,390	16%	42%	61
25	The Ward	20%	185	3,674	32%	18%	53
26	Rush	20%	139	3,551	17%	39%	55
27	Swords Village	20%	45	1,021	24%	19%	58
28	Turnapin	20%	30	569	37%	35%	52
29	Donabate	19%	128	3,900	31%	23%	55
30	Balgriffin	19%	64	1,238	9%	26%	55
31	Dubber	18%	80	3,003	21%	13%	54
32	Garristown	14%	49	529	20%	61%	54
33	Hollywood	13%	38	486	24%	37%	62
34	Lucan North	13%	31	477	23%	19%	54
35	Clonmethan	11%	28	282	25%	48%	55
36	Kilsallaghan	10%	48	640	27%	14%	88
37	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown	10%	30	1,025	37%	5%	60
38	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown	9%	35	2,008	29%	21%	53
39	Airport	8%	49	1,939	12%	9%	55
40	Balscadden	7%	29	229	31%	46%	55

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	household works	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	South Dublin	54%	2,349	15%	12%	49
2	Cork City	53%	536	18%	6%	62
3	Dublin City	48%	5,531	14%	10%	55
4	Leitrim	44%	509	28%	4%	53
5	Galway City	41%	692	27%	14%	55
6	Sligo	38%	1,142	24%	7%	52
7	Kildare	37%	3,375	25%	20%	61
8	Wicklow	36%	2,778	21%	14%	54
9	Waterford	36%	2,241	21%	11%	57
10	Limerick	35%	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Tipperary	34%	3,074	30%	4%	55
12	Cavan	34%	1,612	24%	5%	58
13	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	33%	3,871	11%	13%	52
14	Meath	33%	3,475	20%	13%	55
15	Louth	33%	2,078	29%	15%	52
16	Cork County	31%	6,803	21%	8%	66
17	Clare	31%	2,414	20%	6%	55
18	Kilkenny	31%	1,889	22%	7%	63
19	Westmeath	31%	1,366	20%	12%	60
20	Roscommon	31%	1,353	22%	12%	98
21	Kerry	30%	2,635	30%	12%	63
22	Carlow	29%	923	18%	8%	83
23	Longford	29%	611	18%	14%	50
24	Fingal	28%	3,417	21%	22%	54
25	Mayo	28%	2,731	17%	7%	60
26	Donegal	27%	5,083	24%	7%	50
27	Laois	26%	1,961	23%	7%	55
28	Offaly	25%	1,623	21%	9%	77
29	Monaghan	25%	1,297	19%	7%	97
30	Galway County	21%	3,895	24%	13%	54
31	Wexford	18%	2,874	27%	16%	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 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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