Neighbourhoods · the four Dublin councils · last 24 months · 322 electoral divisions

Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

15,169 planning applications were lodged across 322 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 29.2 per 1,000 households. 15% sought retention for something already built; 14% of decisions were refusals. Every table below ranks the neighbourhoods on one of those, and every row is a page.

29.2

applications per 1,000 households

41%

household works

15%

retention · built first

14%

of decisions refused

21%

went through further information

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where decisions are appealed most 322 ranked

Appeals lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála in the window, per 1,000 households. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Mansion House B (42.4); bottom: Clondalkin-Rowlagh (0).

#	Neighbourhood	appeals per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Mansion House B · Dublin City	42.4	98	330	15%	19%	55
2	Foxrock-Torquay · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21.4	31	561	13%	28%	54
3	Ballinascorney · South Dublin	21.4	20	187	25%	—	—
4	Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21.1	73	615	10%	14%	51
5	Ballyboghil · Fingal	21.1	62	473	34%	44%	55
6	Tibradden · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	16.9	18	295	—	—	—
7	Dun Laoghaire-Salthill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	15.7	46	763	11%	13%	53
8	Killiney North · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	15.5	94	1,228	13%	16%	52
9	Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13.8	68	581	15%	15%	50
10	Holmpatrick · Fingal	13.7	104	1,390	16%	42%	61
11	Lucan North · Fingal	12.6	31	477	23%	19%	54
12	Howth · Fingal	12.5	217	3,126	17%	21%	55
13	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11.9	84	839	6%	10%	52
14	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11	91	1,001	8%	21%	52
15	Blackrock-Seapoint · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	10.8	45	555	9%	24%	51
16	Blanchardstown-Roselawn · Fingal	10.7	28	656	21%	13%	50
17	Clonmethan · Fingal	10.6	28	282	25%	48%	55
18	Terenure D · Dublin City	10.2	16	293	—	—	—
19	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	10.1	78	1,986	21%	22%	56
20	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	10	86	1,993	16%	21%	54
21	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	9.7	90	1,130	11%	9%	51
22	Garristown · Fingal	9.5	49	529	20%	61%	54
23	Blackrock-Williamstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	9.4	50	1,060	12%	17%	52
24	Pembroke West B · Dublin City	8.6	59	1,400	2%	19%	55
25	Stillorgan-Merville · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	8.5	46	1,173	9%	15%	51
26	Kilmore A · Dublin City	8.3	14	1,201	—	—	—
27	Hollywood · Fingal	8.2	38	486	24%	37%	62
28	Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	8.2	35	489	11%	6%	52
29	Pembroke East E · Dublin City	7.9	54	1,511	17%	15%	57
30	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	7.8	48	640	27%	14%	88
31	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	7.8	43	1,793	19%	21%	55
32	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	7.6	82	2,227	2%	20%	55
33	Botanic C · Dublin City	7.4	42	945	14%	11%	55
34	Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	7.3	88	1,368	8%	20%	51
35	Balgriffin · Fingal	7.3	64	1,238	9%	26%	55
36	Dalkey-Bullock · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	7.3	45	686	16%	10%	49
37	Mansion House A · Dublin City	7.2	69	1,662	14%	11%	55
38	Churchtown-Woodlawn · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	7.2	33	553	18%	7%	51
39	Drumcondra South B · Dublin City	7.2	16	838	—	—	—
40	Rathmines East D · Dublin City	7.1	45	1,134	18%	14%	55

Every council on the same measure 0

The 31 councils, same window, same rule. No per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

#	Council	Appeals	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	260	6,803	21%	8%	66
2	Dublin City	608	5,531	14%	10%	55
3	Donegal	166	5,083	24%	7%	50
4	Galway County	234	3,895	24%	13%	54
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	412	3,871	11%	13%	52
6	Meath	180	3,475	20%	13%	55
7	Fingal	437	3,417	21%	22%	54
8	Kildare	208	3,375	25%	20%	61
9	Tipperary	138	3,074	30%	4%	55
10	Wexford	131	2,874	27%	16%	54
11	Limerick	166	2,823	20%	11%	61
12	Wicklow	180	2,778	21%	14%	54
13	Mayo	110	2,731	17%	7%	60
14	Kerry	199	2,635	30%	12%	63
15	Clare	134	2,414	20%	6%	55
16	South Dublin	174	2,349	15%	12%	49
17	Waterford	105	2,241	21%	11%	57
18	Louth	127	2,078	29%	15%	52
19	Laois	94	1,961	23%	7%	55
20	Kilkenny	94	1,889	22%	7%	63
21	Offaly	53	1,623	21%	9%	77
22	Cavan	44	1,612	24%	5%	58
23	Westmeath	57	1,366	20%	12%	60
24	Roscommon	73	1,353	22%	12%	98
25	Monaghan	28	1,297	19%	7%	97
26	Sligo	57	1,142	24%	7%	52
27	Carlow	55	923	18%	8%	83
28	Galway City	97	692	27%	14%	55
29	Longford	42	611	18%	14%	50
30	Cork City	127	536	18%	6%	62
31	Leitrim	14	509	28%	4%	53

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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