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

Where the diggers are — Dublin neighbourhoods

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

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

30.1

applications per 1,000 homes

41%

household works

15%

for work already done

14%

refused

20%

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 the diggers are 322 ranked

Commencement notices lodged on the Building Control Management System in the window, per 1,000 households — work formally begun.

#	Neighbourhood	notices per 1,000 households	Notices	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Mansion House B · Dublin City	136.4	45	330	16%	20%	55
2	Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	44.8	26	581	14%	14%	50
3	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	42.9	36	839	6%	11%	53
4	Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	42.9	21	489	11%	3%	52
5	Terenure D · Dublin City	41	12	293	—	—	—
6	Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	38.9	30	772	8%	9%	50
7	Dalkey-Avondale · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	37.9	20	528	10%	9%	52
8	Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	37.8	53	1,401	10%	9%	51
9	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	36	36	1,001	6%	20%	52
10	Churchtown-Orwell · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	34.8	24	689	8%	4%	51
11	Terenure C · Dublin City	34.1	22	646	7%	4%	55
12	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	33.6	38	1,130	9%	12%	51
13	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin	33	25	758	9%	4%	59
14	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	32.7	65	1,986	19%	23%	55
15	Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	32.5	20	615	9%	13%	51
16	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	30.7	19	618	11%	17%	55
17	Churchtown-Woodlawn · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.7	17	553	19%	11%	51
18	Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.6	33	1,078	8%	18%	51
19	Stillorgan-Priory · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.4	26	856	6%	5%	52
20	Clontarf East C · Dublin City	30.2	36	1,193	11%	0%	55
21	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	29.7	31	1,043	9%	5%	60
22	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	29.6	43	1,455	8%	22%	55
23	Ballinteer-Meadowbroads · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	29.6	18	609	7%	4%	51
24	Foxrock-Beechpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	29	18	620	11%	3%	51
25	Foxrock-Carrickmines · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	28.8	63	2,184	10%	12%	53
26	Blackrock-Glenomena · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	28.7	20	698	8%	5%	51
27	Clonmethan · Fingal	28.4	8	282	24%	48%	55
28	Howth · Fingal	28.2	88	3,126	18%	21%	55
29	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	27.6	37	1,339	21%	12%	55
30	Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27	37	1,368	10%	20%	51
31	Holmpatrick · Fingal	26.6	37	1,390	18%	42%	61
32	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan · South Dublin	26.5	26	980	15%	0%	55
33	Templeogue Village · South Dublin	26	22	845	7%	3%	54
34	Clonskeagh-Milltown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	25.6	20	781	5%	14%	52
35	Botanic C · Dublin City	25.4	24	945	15%	12%	55
36	Lucan North · Fingal	25.2	12	477	22%	19%	54
37	Stillorgan-Merville · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24.7	29	1,173	8%	16%	51
38	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24.6	49	1,993	16%	22%	55
39	Dun Laoghaire-East Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24.6	25	1,017	4%	5%	50
40	The Ward · Fingal	24.5	90	3,674	33%	17%	54

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,481	6,009	15%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,246	6,773	21%	8%	67
3	Galway County	1,797	3,873	24%	13%	55
4	Donegal	1,742	5,080	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,633	3,921	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,450	3,457	20%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,396	3,476	21%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,148	2,749	18%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,068	2,666	29%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,062	2,833	20%	10%	61
11	South Dublin	1,037	2,266	15%	12%	55
12	Kildare	1,036	3,285	24%	20%	62
13	Clare	986	2,400	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	952	2,838	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	840	2,778	20%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	827	3,078	30%	4%	56
17	Cork City	773	1,190	18%	8%	57
18	Kilkenny	756	1,897	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	724	2,052	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	594	2,255	21%	11%	56
21	Westmeath	545	1,390	21%	13%	57
22	Laois	533	1,963	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	522	1,606	23%	5%	57
24	Monaghan	510	1,327	19%	7%	99
25	Roscommon	476	1,350	23%	13%	98
26	Offaly	456	1,612	21%	9%	77
27	Sligo	445	1,123	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	322	922	17%	9%	84
29	Galway City	311	691	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	222	600	20%	14%	51
31	Leitrim	192	507	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 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 7 Nov 2026, 02:45

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	7 Nov 2026, 02:45	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 7 Nov 2026.

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