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 permission is hardest to get 216 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out). Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Garristown (61%); bottom: Kimmage E (0%).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Garristown · Fingal	61%	41	529	20%	61%	54
2	Clonmethan · Fingal	48%	21	282	28%	48%	55
3	Balscadden · Fingal	46%	24	229	31%	46%	55
4	Ballyboghil · Fingal	44%	36	473	33%	44%	55
5	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	42%	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
6	Holmpatrick · Fingal	42%	84	1,390	17%	42%	61
7	Lusk · Fingal	39%	95	3,341	21%	39%	55
8	Rush · Fingal	38%	113	3,551	17%	38%	55
9	Hollywood · Fingal	37%	27	486	23%	37%	62
10	Turnapin · Fingal	35%	23	569	37%	35%	52
11	Rathmines West A · Dublin City	34%	29	3,049	29%	34%	55
12	Saggart · South Dublin	33%	45	1,791	24%	33%	44
13	Rathcoole · South Dublin	28%	47	2,172	23%	28%	48
14	Foxrock-Torquay · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	28%	32	561	13%	28%	54
15	Skerries · Fingal	27%	119	3,096	15%	27%	55
16	Shankill-Rathmichael · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27%	73	2,030	4%	27%	54
17	Swords-Seatown · Fingal	27%	26	2,480	24%	27%	53
18	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	26%	54	1,679	27%	26%	60
19	Balgriffin · Fingal	26%	43	1,238	9%	26%	55
20	Rathmines West F · Dublin City	25%	20	1,331	17%	25%	55
21	Blackrock-Seapoint · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24%	33	555	9%	24%	51
22	Clonskeagh-Farranboley · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24%	29	728	11%	24%	54
23	Ballybrack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24%	21	989	17%	24%	51
24	Donabate · Fingal	23%	106	3,900	31%	23%	55
25	Howth · Fingal	22%	179	3,126	18%	22%	55
26	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	22%	60	2,227	2%	22%	55
27	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	22%	59	1,986	20%	22%	55
28	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	76	1,001	8%	21%	52
29	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	67	1,993	15%	21%	54
30	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	21%	48	1,455	8%	21%	55
31	Kilmainham C · Dublin City	21%	29	2,085	22%	21%	55
32	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	21%	33	1,793	17%	21%	55
33	Merchants Quay F · Dublin City	21%	24	956	18%	21%	55
34	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown · Fingal	21%	29	2,008	29%	21%	53
35	Ballinteer-Ludford · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	29	786	17%	21%	53
36	Mansion House B · Dublin City	20%	55	330	15%	20%	55
37	Pembroke West B · Dublin City	20%	44	1,400	2%	20%	55
38	Tallaght-Fettercairn · South Dublin	20%	45	3,471	6%	20%	28
39	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh · South Dublin	20%	46	1,552	29%	20%	49
40	Bohernabreena · South Dublin	20%	35	1,740	19%	20%	53

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