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

30
applications per 1,000 homes
41%
household works
15%
for work already done
14%
refused
20%
asked for more details

BusiestExtendingBuilt firstRefusalsSlowestFurther infoAppealsBuilding12 months24 months

All DublinDublin CityDún Laoghaire-RathdownFingalSouth 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.

#Neighbourhoodnotices per 1,000 householdsNoticesHouseholdsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1Mansion House B · Dublin City136.44533017%19%55
2Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown44.82658114%14%50
3Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown42.9368396%12%53
4Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown42.9214899%3%52
5Terenure D · Dublin City4112293———
6Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown40.2317729%9%51
7Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown39.3551,40110%9%51
8Dalkey-Avondale · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown37.92052810%9%52
9Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin36.9287589%4%55
10Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36361,0015%20%52
11Terenure C · Dublin City34.1226467%4%55
12Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown33.6381,13010%12%51
13Churchtown-Orwell · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown33.4236898%4%51
14Saint Kevin's · Dublin City33.2661,98619%22%55
15Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown32.5206159%12%51
16Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown32.5351,0788%18%51
17Clontarf East D · Dublin City30.7321,0439%5%58
18Churchtown-Woodlawn · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown30.71755319%11%51
19Clontarf East C · Dublin City30.2361,19310%0%55
20Pembroke East B · Dublin City29.6431,4559%22%55
21Ballinteer-Meadowbroads · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.6186097%4%50
22Foxrock-Carrickmines · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.3642,18410%12%52
23Stillorgan-Priory · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.2258566%5%52
24Royal Exchange B · Dublin City29.11861811%18%55
25Foxrock-Beechpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown291862011%3%51
26Blackrock-Glenomena · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown28.7206988%5%51
27Howth · Fingal28.5893,12618%21%55
28Rathmines East C · Dublin City28.4381,33921%12%55
29Clonmethan · Fingal28.4828224%48%55
30Templeogue Village · South Dublin27.2238457%3%54
31Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown27371,36810%20%51
32Holmpatrick · Fingal26.6371,39017%42%61
33Dun Laoghaire-East Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown26.5271,0174%5%50
34Rathfarnham-Ballyroan · South Dublin26.52698015%0%55
35Clonskeagh-Milltown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown25.6207815%14%52
36Botanic C · Dublin City25.42494515%12%55
37Lucan North · Fingal25.21247722%20%54
38Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown25.1501,99316%21%55
39Pembroke West B · Dublin City25351,4005%17%55
40Stillorgan-Merville · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown24.7291,1738%16%51

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#CouncilNoticesApplicationsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1Dublin City2,4886,00815%10%55
2Cork County2,2506,83021%8%69
3Galway County1,7943,88324%13%55
4Donegal1,7455,09624%7%50
5Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown1,6503,91511%14%52
6Fingal1,4563,43920%22%54
7Meath1,3993,49321%13%55
8Mayo1,1612,78018%7%59
9Kerry1,0682,68529%12%63
10Limerick1,0682,84820%10%60
11South Dublin1,0502,24615%12%55
12Kildare1,0303,28324%20%62
13Clare9882,40120%6%55
14Wexford9612,81427%16%54
15Wicklow8392,77620%14%54
16Tipperary8283,07730%4%56
17Cork City7771,19319%8%57
18Kilkenny7611,90222%7%63
19Louth7172,07729%15%52
20Waterford5892,25520%11%56
21Westmeath5411,39921%13%58
22Laois5371,96923%7%55
23Cavan5211,61223%5%58
24Monaghan5161,33619%7%99
25Roscommon4811,36522%13%98
26Offaly4581,62122%9%79
27Sligo4481,12225%7%52
28Carlow32492917%10%84
29Galway City31770127%14%55
30Longford22560520%14%51
31Leitrim19050528%4%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 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 14 Nov 2026, 02:46
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)CC BY 4.014 Nov 2026, 02:46open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population StatisticsCC BY 4.014 Nov 2026, 02:46open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case listCC BY 4.014 Nov 2026, 02:46open
Building Control Management System commencement noticesCC BY 4.014 Nov 2026, 02:46open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 14 Nov 2026.

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