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 a decision takes longest 216 ranked

Median days from the council receiving an application to its decision. Eight weeks is the statutory clock; a further-information request stops it. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Inns Quay B (94 days); bottom: Tallaght-Fettercairn (28 days).

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Inns Quay B · Dublin City	94 days	25	1,797	29%	8%	94
2	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	92 days	38	640	27%	13%	92
3	Botanic A · Dublin City	74 days	20	1,355	10%	15%	74
4	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	64 days	42	1,749	20%	2%	64
5	North City · Dublin City	63 days	68	2,187	17%	9%	63
6	Terenure B · Dublin City	63 days	22	1,502	6%	5%	63
7	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	62 days	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
8	Wood Quay B · Dublin City	62 days	24	1,847	14%	17%	62
9	Hollywood · Fingal	62 days	27	486	23%	37%	62
10	Rathmines West C · Dublin City	62 days	21	1,119	22%	19%	62
11	Merchants Quay B · Dublin City	62 days	22	1,713	32%	18%	62
12	Holmpatrick · Fingal	61 days	84	1,390	17%	42%	61
13	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	61 days	56	2,228	5%	9%	61
14	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	60 days	54	1,679	27%	26%	60
15	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	60 days	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
16	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	58 days	30	1,705	9%	3%	58
17	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	57 days	43	1,043	9%	5%	57
18	Arran Quay E · Dublin City	57 days	22	1,647	17%	9%	57
19	Howth · Fingal	55 days	179	3,126	18%	22%	55
20	Skerries · Fingal	55 days	119	3,096	15%	27%	55
21	Rush · Fingal	55 days	113	3,551	17%	38%	55
22	Lusk · Fingal	55 days	95	3,341	21%	39%	55
23	Clontarf East B · Dublin City	55 days	91	2,732	10%	3%	55
24	Donabate · Fingal	55 days	106	3,900	31%	23%	55
25	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	55 days	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
26	South Dock · Dublin City	55 days	66	3,551	11%	12%	55
27	Pembroke West C · Dublin City	55 days	65	1,945	11%	8%	55
28	Mansion House B · Dublin City	55 days	55	330	15%	20%	55
29	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	55 days	51	1,339	20%	12%	55
30	Pembroke East C · Dublin City	55 days	59	1,681	14%	3%	55
31	North Dock B · Dublin City	55 days	57	3,514	7%	7%	55
32	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	55 days	60	2,227	2%	22%	55
33	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	55 days	59	1,986	20%	22%	55
34	Ashtown A · Dublin City	55 days	57	4,552	13%	2%	55
35	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	55 days	48	1,455	8%	21%	55
36	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	55 days	37	618	11%	16%	55
37	Mansion House A · Dublin City	55 days	38	1,662	14%	11%	55
38	Whitehall B · Dublin City	55 days	35	1,669	21%	9%	55
39	Rathmines East B · Dublin City	55 days	45	2,413	6%	11%	55
40	Balgriffin · Fingal	55 days	43	1,238	9%	26%	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	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	99 days	1,344	22%	12%	99
2	Monaghan	97 days	1,285	19%	7%	97
3	Carlow	83 days	917	18%	8%	83
4	Cork County	66 days	6,768	21%	8%	66
5	Offaly	66 days	1,624	22%	9%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,622	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,882	22%	7%	63
8	Cork City	62 days	544	18%	6%	62
9	Kildare	61 days	3,388	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	61 days	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	61 days	2,740	17%	7%	61
12	Westmeath	60 days	1,377	20%	12%	60
13	Cavan	58 days	1,616	24%	5%	58
14	Waterford	57 days	2,249	21%	11%	57
15	Dublin City	55 days	5,584	14%	10%	55
16	Meath	55 days	3,483	20%	13%	55
17	Tipperary	55 days	3,070	30%	4%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,415	20%	7%	55
19	Laois	55 days	1,957	23%	7%	55
20	Galway City	55 days	688	28%	14%	55
21	Galway County	54 days	3,891	24%	13%	54
22	Fingal	54 days	3,451	21%	22%	54
23	Wexford	54 days	2,894	27%	16%	54
24	Wicklow	54 days	2,796	20%	14%	54
25	Leitrim	53 days	505	28%	4%	53
26	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,869	11%	13%	52
27	Louth	52 days	2,064	29%	15%	52
28	Sligo	52 days	1,123	24%	7%	52
29	Donegal	50 days	5,070	24%	7%	50
30	Longford	50 days	605	18%	14%	50
31	South Dublin	49 days	2,356	15%	12%	49

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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