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

Where permission is hardest to get — 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

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 213 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Garristown · Fingal	61%	41	529	19%	61%	54
2	Clonmethan · Fingal	48%	21	282	26%	48%	55
3	Balscadden · Fingal	46%	24	229	31%	46%	55
4	Ballyboghil · Fingal	44%	36	473	34%	44%	55
5	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	42%	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
6	Holmpatrick · Fingal	42%	84	1,390	16%	42%	61
7	Lusk · Fingal	40%	92	3,341	21%	40%	55
8	Rush · Fingal	39%	108	3,551	17%	39%	55
9	Hollywood · Fingal	37%	27	486	24%	37%	62
10	Rathmines West A · Dublin City	36%	28	3,049	29%	36%	55
11	Turnapin · Fingal	35%	23	569	38%	35%	52
12	Saggart · South Dublin	34%	44	1,791	24%	34%	46
13	Swords-Seatown · Fingal	28%	25	2,480	24%	28%	52
14	Rathcoole · South Dublin	27%	49	2,172	22%	27%	48
15	Clonskeagh-Farranboley · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	27%	30	728	11%	27%	54
16	Skerries · Fingal	26%	118	3,096	14%	26%	55
17	Shankill-Rathmichael · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	26%	69	2,030	4%	26%	53
18	Balgriffin · Fingal	26%	42	1,238	10%	26%	55
19	Foxrock-Torquay · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	26%	31	561	13%	26%	54
20	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	25%	53	1,679	27%	25%	58
21	Rathmines West F · Dublin City	25%	20	1,331	12%	25%	55
22	Blackrock-Seapoint · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24%	33	555	9%	24%	51
23	Ballybrack · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	24%	21	989	17%	24%	51
24	Donabate · Fingal	23%	104	3,900	32%	23%	55
25	Howth · Fingal	22%	174	3,126	17%	22%	55
26	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	22%	58	1,986	21%	22%	56
27	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	77	1,001	7%	21%	52
28	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	67	1,993	16%	21%	54
29	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	21%	47	1,455	8%	21%	55
30	Kilmainham C · Dublin City	21%	29	2,085	22%	21%	55
31	Foxrock-Deansgrange · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	21%	39	848	15%	21%	51
32	Rathmines West B · Dublin City	21%	33	1,793	20%	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	Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	20%	76	1,368	9%	20%	51
37	Bohernabreena · South Dublin	20%	35	1,740	20%	20%	53
38	Clondalkin-Moorfield · South Dublin	20%	25	2,283	39%	20%	50
39	Beaumont A · Dublin City	20%	20	1,012	12%	20%	55
40	Glencullen · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	19%	226	7,893	13%	19%	53

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,390	21%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,349	25%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,880	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,094	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,793	21%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	691	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	612	19%	14%	50
8	Galway County	13%	3,889	24%	13%	54
9	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,870	11%	13%	52
10	Meath	13%	3,487	21%	13%	55
11	Roscommon	13%	1,374	22%	13%	98
12	Kerry	12%	2,649	30%	12%	63
13	South Dublin	12%	2,346	15%	12%	49
14	Westmeath	12%	1,382	21%	12%	60
15	Limerick	11%	2,833	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,250	21%	11%	56
17	Dublin City	10%	5,481	14%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,633	21%	9%	79
19	Cork County	8%	6,856	21%	8%	66
20	Carlow	8%	919	18%	8%	82
21	Donegal	7%	5,102	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,748	18%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,973	23%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,902	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,305	19%	7%	97
26	Sligo	7%	1,145	24%	7%	52
27	Clare	6%	2,430	20%	6%	55
28	Cavan	5%	1,617	24%	5%	58
29	Cork City	5%	523	19%	5%	62
30	Tipperary	4%	3,082	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	507	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 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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