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

Where the council asks for more — 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

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 213 ranked

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

#	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	54%	37	640	28%	14%	88
3	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	50%	28	1,705	7%	4%	78
4	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	45%	42	1,749	20%	2%	64
5	Merchants Quay B · Dublin City	45%	22	1,713	32%	18%	62
6	Hollywood · Fingal	44%	27	486	24%	37%	62
7	North City · Dublin City	43%	68	2,187	16%	9%	63
8	Terenure B · Dublin City	43%	21	1,502	6%	5%	64
9	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore · South Dublin	43%	23	758	7%	4%	45
10	Clonmethan · Fingal	43%	21	282	26%	48%	55
11	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	40%	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
12	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	38%	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
13	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	38%	58	1,986	21%	22%	56
14	Beaumont B · Dublin City	38%	21	1,532	8%	0%	55
15	North Dock B · Dublin City	37%	54	3,514	7%	7%	58
16	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	37%	35	618	12%	14%	55
17	Rathcoole · South Dublin	37%	49	2,172	22%	27%	48
18	Holmpatrick · Fingal	36%	84	1,390	16%	42%	61
19	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	36%	42	1,043	9%	5%	58
20	Tallaght-Fettercairn · South Dublin	36%	45	3,471	7%	18%	27
21	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	36%	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
22	Mansion House B · Dublin City	35%	54	330	16%	19%	55
23	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	35%	54	2,228	5%	9%	60
24	Palmerston West · South Dublin	35%	37	2,230	12%	8%	49
25	Clontarf West D · Dublin City	35%	26	1,096	13%	8%	55
26	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	34%	67	1,993	16%	21%	54
27	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	34%	53	1,679	27%	25%	58
28	Saggart · South Dublin	34%	44	1,791	24%	34%	46
29	Cabra East A · Dublin City	34%	29	2,584	18%	3%	55
30	Rathmines East D · Dublin City	34%	29	1,134	18%	14%	55
31	Donabate · Fingal	33%	104	3,900	32%	23%	55
32	Tallaght-Springfield · South Dublin	33%	52	3,831	9%	13%	48
33	Ballyboghil · Fingal	33%	36	473	34%	44%	55
34	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	33%	33	1,793	20%	21%	55
35	Whitehall D · Dublin City	33%	21	1,145	10%	0%	55
36	Rush · Fingal	32%	108	3,551	17%	39%	55
37	Newcastle · South Dublin	32%	82	1,814	12%	10%	52
38	Mansion House A · Dublin City	32%	37	1,662	14%	11%	55
39	Beaumont C · Dublin City	32%	41	1,327	18%	0%	55
40	Pembroke East D · Dublin City	32%	37	1,939	2%	5%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	63%	1,305	19%	7%	97
2	Roscommon	57%	1,374	22%	13%	98
3	Carlow	52%	919	18%	8%	82
4	Offaly	50%	1,633	21%	9%	79
5	Kilkenny	46%	1,902	22%	7%	63
6	Kerry	45%	2,649	30%	12%	63
7	Cavan	45%	1,617	24%	5%	58
8	Westmeath	44%	1,382	21%	12%	60
9	Kildare	43%	3,349	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	43%	2,833	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	43%	2,748	18%	7%	60
12	Laois	41%	1,973	23%	7%	55
13	Wicklow	40%	2,793	21%	14%	54
14	Waterford	40%	2,250	21%	11%	56
15	Louth	40%	2,094	29%	15%	52
16	Tipperary	39%	3,082	30%	4%	55
17	Meath	38%	3,487	21%	13%	55
18	Wexford	38%	2,880	27%	16%	54
19	Longford	37%	612	19%	14%	50
20	Leitrim	35%	507	28%	4%	53
21	Galway County	31%	3,889	24%	13%	54
22	Donegal	29%	5,102	24%	7%	50
23	Clare	28%	2,430	20%	6%	55
24	Sligo	28%	1,145	24%	7%	52
25	Dublin City	26%	5,481	14%	10%	55
26	Galway City	26%	691	27%	14%	55
27	Fingal	24%	3,390	21%	22%	54
28	South Dublin	21%	2,346	15%	12%	49
29	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,870	11%	13%	52
30	Cork County	0%	6,856	21%	8%	66
31	Cork City	0%	523	19%	5%	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 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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