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

Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 19 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

15,261 planning applications were lodged across 322 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 29.4 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.

29.4

applications per 1,000 households

41%

household works

15%

retention · built first

14%

of decisions refused

21%

went through further information

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 216 ranked

Share of decisions that went through a further-information request first. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Inns Quay B (56%); bottom: Dun Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm (0%).

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Inns Quay B · Dublin City	56%	25	1,797	29%	8%	94
2	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	55%	38	640	27%	13%	92
3	Botanic A · Dublin City	50%	20	1,355	10%	15%	74
4	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	47%	30	1,705	9%	3%	58
5	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	45%	42	1,749	20%	2%	64
6	Merchants Quay B · Dublin City	45%	22	1,713	32%	18%	62
7	Hollywood · Fingal	44%	27	486	23%	37%	62
8	North City · Dublin City	43%	68	2,187	17%	9%	63
9	Clonmethan · Fingal	43%	21	282	28%	48%	55
10	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin	43%	23	758	7%	4%	45
11	Beaumont B · Dublin City	43%	23	1,532	8%	0%	55
12	Terenure B · Dublin City	41%	22	1,502	6%	5%	63
13	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	40%	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
14	Clontarf West E · Dublin City	40%	20	955	21%	0%	55
15	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	38%	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
16	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	38%	56	2,228	5%	9%	61
17	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	38%	37	618	11%	16%	55
18	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	37%	59	1,986	20%	22%	55
19	Clontarf West D · Dublin City	37%	27	1,096	12%	7%	55
20	Holmpatrick · Fingal	36%	84	1,390	17%	42%	61
21	Rathcoole · South Dublin	36%	47	2,172	23%	28%	48
22	Saggart · South Dublin	36%	45	1,791	24%	33%	44
23	Tallaght-Fettercairn · South Dublin	36%	45	3,471	6%	20%	28
24	Palmerston West · South Dublin	36%	36	2,230	10%	8%	49
25	Whitehall D · Dublin City	36%	22	1,145	10%	0%	55
26	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	36%	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
27	Mansion House B · Dublin City	35%	55	330	15%	20%	55
28	North Dock B · Dublin City	35%	57	3,514	7%	7%	55
29	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	35%	54	1,679	27%	26%	60
30	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	35%	43	1,043	9%	5%	57
31	Newcastle · South Dublin	34%	80	1,814	12%	8%	53
32	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	34%	67	1,993	15%	21%	54
33	Mansion House A · Dublin City	34%	38	1,662	14%	11%	55
34	Cabra East A · Dublin City	34%	29	2,584	18%	3%	55
35	Rathmines East D · Dublin City	34%	29	1,134	18%	14%	55
36	Rush · Fingal	33%	113	3,551	17%	38%	55
37	Tallaght-Springfield · South Dublin	33%	52	3,831	9%	13%	48
38	Ballyboghil · Fingal	33%	36	473	33%	44%	55
39	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	33%	33	1,793	17%	21%	55
40	Swords Village · Fingal	33%	33	1,021	24%	18%	55

Every council on the same measure 31

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

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	62%	1,285	19%	7%	97
2	Roscommon	58%	1,344	22%	12%	99
3	Carlow	53%	917	18%	8%	83
4	Offaly	50%	1,624	22%	9%	66
5	Kilkenny	46%	1,882	22%	7%	63
6	Kerry	45%	2,622	30%	12%	63
7	Cavan	45%	1,616	24%	5%	58
8	Westmeath	44%	1,377	20%	12%	60
9	Kildare	43%	3,388	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	43%	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	43%	2,740	17%	7%	61
12	Laois	41%	1,957	23%	7%	55
13	Wicklow	40%	2,796	20%	14%	54
14	Waterford	40%	2,249	21%	11%	57
15	Louth	40%	2,064	29%	15%	52
16	Tipperary	39%	3,070	30%	4%	55
17	Meath	38%	3,483	20%	13%	55
18	Wexford	37%	2,894	27%	16%	54
19	Longford	37%	605	18%	14%	50
20	Leitrim	35%	505	28%	4%	53
21	Galway County	32%	3,891	24%	13%	54
22	Donegal	29%	5,070	24%	7%	50
23	Clare	28%	2,415	20%	7%	55
24	Sligo	28%	1,123	24%	7%	52
25	Dublin City	26%	5,584	14%	10%	55
26	Galway City	26%	688	28%	14%	55
27	Fingal	24%	3,451	21%	22%	54
28	South Dublin	21%	2,356	15%	12%	49
29	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,869	11%	13%	52
30	Cork County	0%	6,768	21%	8%	66
31	Cork City	0%	544	18%	6%	62

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 19 Sept 2026, 03:34

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	19 Sept 2026, 03:34	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 19 Sept 2026.

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