Neighbourhoods · the four Dublin councils · last 12 months · 322 electoral divisions

Where the council asks for more — Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 10 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

14.7

applications per 1,000 homes

40%

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 97 ranked

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

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	48%	21	1,749	10%	0%	64
2	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	46%	35	6,127	21%	34%	61
3	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	45%	22	2,966	8%	9%	62
4	Rathcoole · South Dublin	43%	28	2,172	20%	32%	42
5	Templeogue-Cypress · South Dublin	38%	21	983	28%	10%	41
6	North Dock B · Dublin City	36%	28	3,514	9%	7%	55
7	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	35%	26	2,227	14%	27%	55
8	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	35%	26	1,986	21%	27%	54
9	Newcastle · South Dublin	33%	43	1,814	15%	12%	53
10	North City · Dublin City	33%	30	2,187	5%	10%	63
11	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	33%	27	1,993	16%	19%	53
12	Dubber · Fingal	33%	24	3,003	20%	21%	62
13	Firhouse-Ballycullen · South Dublin	33%	27	3,313	13%	7%	50
14	Howth · Fingal	32%	82	3,126	21%	23%	55
15	Clontarf East B · Dublin City	32%	37	2,732	26%	3%	55
16	Holmpatrick · Fingal	32%	34	1,390	13%	38%	61
17	Tallaght-Springfield · South Dublin	31%	29	3,831	8%	7%	47
18	Rush · Fingal	30%	46	3,551	20%	54%	55
19	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	30%	23	1,679	26%	17%	55
20	Mansion House B · Dublin City	30%	20	330	14%	15%	59
21	Shankill-Rathmichael · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	30%	27	2,030	2%	30%	54
22	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	29%	21	2,228	2%	5%	55
23	Pembroke West C · Dublin City	29%	28	1,945	18%	0%	55
24	Kinsaley · Fingal	28%	46	3,746	22%	24%	55
25	Terenure-Greentrees · South Dublin	27%	26	1,113	19%	15%	50
26	Shankill-Shanganagh · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27%	22	1,931	6%	14%	54
27	Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	25%	20	772	14%	10%	52
28	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh · South Dublin	25%	24	1,552	18%	17%	49
29	Lucan-St. Helens · South Dublin	24%	70	5,363	8%	17%	49
30	Malahide East · Fingal	24%	67	3,118	22%	12%	55
31	Lusk · Fingal	24%	51	3,341	19%	43%	54
32	Clondalkin-Monastery · South Dublin	24%	41	3,933	21%	27%	47
33	Lucan Heights · South Dublin	24%	29	1,921	10%	14%	50
34	The Ward · Fingal	23%	65	3,674	33%	18%	54
35	Dundrum-Sandyford · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	23%	31	3,004	20%	16%	53
36	Pembroke East C · Dublin City	23%	26	1,681	15%	4%	55
37	Tallaght-Fettercairn · South Dublin	23%	22	3,471	3%	14%	45
38	Baldoyle · Fingal	23%	22	2,984	19%	14%	54
39	Saggart · South Dublin	21%	24	1,791	27%	25%	51
40	Donabate · Fingal	20%	44	3,900	27%	30%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	65%	662	19%	6%	100
2	Roscommon	58%	702	24%	15%	100
3	Cavan	50%	786	23%	5%	68
4	Offaly	49%	857	22%	10%	64
5	Carlow	48%	454	17%	10%	63
6	Kildare	45%	1,591	24%	19%	62
7	Kerry	45%	1,254	30%	11%	64
8	Kilkenny	45%	912	23%	6%	63
9	Westmeath	42%	700	22%	14%	55
10	Limerick	41%	1,465	21%	11%	58
11	Wicklow	40%	1,376	20%	11%	54
12	Mayo	40%	1,334	20%	6%	59
13	Laois	40%	1,029	26%	7%	55
14	Louth	40%	1,021	29%	13%	51
15	Tipperary	39%	1,494	30%	5%	56
16	Waterford	38%	1,122	21%	9%	55
17	Meath	36%	1,817	22%	15%	55
18	Wexford	36%	1,233	26%	16%	54
19	Leitrim	35%	247	28%	5%	52
20	Longford	33%	305	21%	16%	48
21	Galway County	31%	1,970	24%	16%	55
22	Donegal	29%	2,532	24%	7%	50
23	Sligo	29%	562	25%	7%	53
24	Clare	27%	1,201	21%	5%	55
25	Cork City	27%	680	19%	9%	56
26	Galway City	26%	349	27%	14%	55
27	Dublin City	25%	2,854	15%	10%	55
28	Fingal	23%	1,705	20%	23%	54
29	South Dublin	21%	1,169	16%	13%	50
30	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	1,949	11%	13%	52
31	Cork County	0%	3,389	22%	7%	66

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 10 Oct 2026, 03:39

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 10 Oct 2026.

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