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

Where the council asks for more — 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 council asks for more 209 ranked

Share of decisions that went through a further-information request first.

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	57%	35	640	31%	14%	97
2	Inns Quay B · Dublin City	57%	23	1,797	29%	9%	94
3	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	52%	27	1,705	3%	4%	93
4	Terenure B · Dublin City	45%	20	1,502	10%	5%	64
5	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	44%	41	1,749	18%	2%	64
6	Hollywood · Fingal	44%	27	486	20%	37%	62
7	Clonmethan · Fingal	43%	21	282	24%	48%	55
8	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin	42%	24	758	9%	4%	59
9	Palmerston West · South Dublin	41%	34	2,230	13%	9%	58
10	North City · Dublin City	38%	64	2,187	16%	12%	62
11	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	38%	71	6,127	19%	42%	55
12	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	38%	69	1,993	16%	22%	55
13	Rathcoole · South Dublin	38%	47	2,172	22%	28%	60
14	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	38%	21	1,025	32%	5%	61
15	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	37%	35	618	11%	17%	55
16	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	37%	41	1,043	9%	5%	60
17	Rathmines East D · Dublin City	37%	27	1,134	17%	15%	55
18	Holmpatrick · Fingal	36%	80	1,390	18%	42%	61
19	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	36%	56	1,986	19%	23%	55
20	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	36%	39	2,966	11%	18%	61
21	Tallaght-Fettercairn · South Dublin	36%	42	3,471	9%	19%	55
22	North Dock B · Dublin City	35%	51	3,514	6%	8%	56
23	Whitehall D · Dublin City	35%	20	1,145	7%	0%	55
24	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	34%	53	2,228	6%	9%	60
25	Tallaght-Springfield · South Dublin	34%	56	3,831	13%	12%	55
26	Swords Village · Fingal	34%	29	1,021	23%	17%	60
27	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	34%	32	1,793	18%	19%	55
28	Rush · Fingal	33%	103	3,551	17%	40%	55
29	Ballyboghil · Fingal	33%	36	473	35%	44%	55
30	Saggart · South Dublin	33%	43	1,791	27%	35%	56
31	Tallaght-Tymon · South Dublin	33%	21	1,879	26%	10%	62
32	Mansion House B · Dublin City	32%	50	330	16%	20%	55
33	Beaumont C · Dublin City	32%	41	1,327	21%	0%	55
34	Harmonstown B · Dublin City	32%	22	1,022	14%	9%	55
35	Howth · Fingal	31%	168	3,126	18%	21%	55
36	Donabate · Fingal	31%	99	3,900	31%	24%	55
37	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	31%	52	1,679	27%	27%	56
38	Pembroke East D · Dublin City	31%	35	1,939	2%	6%	55
39	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	30%	57	2,227	10%	21%	55
40	Beaumont B · Dublin City	30%	23	1,532	5%	0%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	64%	1,327	19%	7%	99
2	Roscommon	57%	1,350	23%	13%	98
3	Carlow	53%	922	17%	9%	84
4	Offaly	50%	1,612	21%	9%	77
5	Kilkenny	47%	1,897	22%	7%	63
6	Kerry	46%	2,666	29%	12%	63
7	Kildare	44%	3,285	24%	20%	62
8	Cavan	44%	1,606	23%	5%	57
9	Westmeath	43%	1,390	21%	13%	57
10	Limerick	42%	2,833	20%	10%	61
11	Mayo	42%	2,749	18%	7%	60
12	Waterford	40%	2,255	21%	11%	56
13	Louth	40%	2,052	29%	15%	52
14	Laois	40%	1,963	23%	7%	55
15	Meath	39%	3,476	21%	13%	55
16	Tipperary	39%	3,078	30%	4%	56
17	Wicklow	39%	2,778	20%	14%	54
18	Wexford	38%	2,838	27%	16%	54
19	Longford	38%	600	20%	14%	51
20	Leitrim	37%	507	28%	4%	53
21	Galway County	32%	3,873	24%	13%	55
22	Donegal	29%	5,080	24%	7%	50
23	Clare	28%	2,400	20%	6%	55
24	Sligo	28%	1,123	25%	7%	52
25	Galway City	26%	691	27%	14%	55
26	Dublin City	25%	6,009	15%	10%	55
27	Fingal	24%	3,457	20%	22%	54
28	South Dublin	21%	2,266	15%	12%	55
29	Cork City	14%	1,190	18%	8%	57
30	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,921	11%	13%	52
31	Cork County	0%	6,773	21%	8%	67

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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