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

Where the diggers are — Dublin neighbourhoods

Data updated 3 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

29.1

applications per 1,000 homes

41%

household works

15%

for work already done

14%

refused

21%

asked for more details

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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%	19%	55
2	Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	46.5	27	581	15%	15%	50
3	Terenure D · Dublin City	44.4	13	293	—	—	—
4	Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	40.9	20	489	11%	6%	52
5	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	38.1	32	839	6%	10%	52
6	Dalkey-Avondale · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	37.9	20	528	9%	9%	52
7	Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	37.8	53	1,401	11%	9%	51
8	Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	37.6	29	772	8%	9%	51
9	Terenure C · Dublin City	35.6	23	646	7%	4%	55
10	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	35	35	1,001	7%	21%	52
11	Churchtown-Orwell · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	34.8	24	689	7%	4%	51
12	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	34.7	69	1,986	21%	22%	56
13	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	34.5	39	1,130	10%	9%	51
14	Clontarf East C · Dublin City	32.7	39	1,193	12%	0%	55
15	Clonmethan · Fingal	31.9	9	282	26%	48%	55
16	Stillorgan-Priory · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	31.5	27	856	6%	5%	52
17	Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.9	19	615	9%	14%	51
18	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	30.7	32	1,043	9%	5%	58
19	Churchtown-Woodlawn · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.7	17	553	18%	11%	51
20	Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30.6	33	1,078	8%	18%	52
21	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	29.9	40	1,339	20%	12%	55
22	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	29.6	43	1,455	8%	21%	55
23	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	29.1	18	618	12%	14%	55
24	Blackrock-Glenomena · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	28.7	20	698	9%	5%	50
25	Foxrock-Carrickmines · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	28.4	62	2,184	9%	12%	53
26	Ballinteer-Meadowbroads · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27.9	17	609	3%	4%	51
27	Howth · Fingal	27.8	87	3,126	17%	22%	55
28	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin	27.7	21	758	7%	4%	45
29	Foxrock-Beechpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27.4	17	620	9%	3%	51
30	Merchants Quay D · Dublin City	27.2	25	920	21%	—	—
31	Clonskeagh-Milltown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	26.9	21	781	5%	14%	52
32	Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	26.3	36	1,368	9%	20%	51
33	Templeogue Village · South Dublin	26	22	845	7%	3%	50
34	Dun Laoghaire-East Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	25.6	26	1,017	5%	5%	50
35	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan · South Dublin	25.5	25	980	15%	0%	51
36	Botanic C · Dublin City	25.4	24	945	15%	12%	55
37	Holmpatrick · Fingal	25.2	35	1,390	16%	42%	61
38	Terenure-Greentrees · South Dublin	25.2	28	1,113	13%	12%	48
39	Lucan North · Fingal	25.2	12	477	24%	19%	54
40	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor · South Dublin	25	44	1,758	7%	5%	48

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,517	5,481	14%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,262	6,856	21%	8%	66
3	Galway County	1,783	3,889	24%	13%	54
4	Donegal	1,730	5,102	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,639	3,870	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,456	3,390	21%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,403	3,487	21%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,148	2,748	18%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,092	2,649	30%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,063	2,833	20%	11%	61
11	Kildare	1,032	3,349	25%	20%	61
12	South Dublin	1,032	2,346	15%	12%	49
13	Clare	974	2,430	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	952	2,880	27%	16%	54
15	Tipperary	835	3,082	30%	4%	55
16	Wicklow	828	2,793	21%	14%	54
17	Cork City	771	523	19%	5%	62
18	Kilkenny	747	1,902	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	725	2,094	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	598	2,250	21%	11%	56
21	Westmeath	552	1,382	21%	12%	60
22	Laois	537	1,973	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	518	1,617	24%	5%	58
24	Monaghan	493	1,305	19%	7%	97
25	Roscommon	491	1,374	22%	13%	98
26	Offaly	447	1,633	21%	9%	79
27	Sligo	444	1,145	24%	7%	52
28	Carlow	327	919	18%	8%	82
29	Galway City	320	691	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	227	612	19%	14%	50
31	Leitrim	194	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 3 Oct 2026, 03:38

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 3 Oct 2026.

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