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

Where a decision takes longest — Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

41%

household works

15%

for work already done

14%

refused

20%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where a decision takes longest 208 ranked

Median days from the council receiving an application to its decision. Eight weeks is the statutory clock; a further-information request stops it.

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	97 days	35	640	31%	14%	97
2	Inns Quay B · Dublin City	94 days	23	1,797	28%	9%	94
3	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	93 days	27	1,705	3%	4%	93
4	Botanic A · Dublin City	74 days	20	1,355	12%	15%	74
5	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	64 days	40	1,749	18%	2%	64
6	Terenure B · Dublin City	64 days	20	1,502	10%	5%	64
7	North City · Dublin City	62 days	64	2,187	16%	12%	62
8	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	62 days	38	2,966	12%	18%	62
9	Wood Quay B · Dublin City	62 days	23	1,847	16%	17%	62
10	Hollywood · Fingal	62 days	27	486	20%	37%	62
11	Tallaght-Tymon · South Dublin	62 days	21	1,879	26%	10%	62
12	Holmpatrick · Fingal	61 days	80	1,390	17%	42%	61
13	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	61 days	21	1,025	32%	5%	61
14	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	60 days	53	2,228	6%	9%	60
15	Swords Village · Fingal	60 days	29	1,021	23%	17%	60
16	Rathmines West C · Dublin City	60 days	25	1,119	22%	16%	60
17	Arran Quay E · Dublin City	59 days	21	1,647	17%	10%	59
18	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	58 days	51	1,679	27%	25%	58
19	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	58 days	40	1,043	9%	5%	58
20	Rathcoole · South Dublin	58 days	46	2,172	22%	28%	58
21	Newcastle · South Dublin	56 days	82	1,814	13%	9%	56
22	Clondalkin-Dunawley · South Dublin	56 days	41	3,826	14%	10%	56
23	Clondalkin-Ballymount · South Dublin	56 days	37	629	13%	14%	56
24	Saggart · South Dublin	56 days	43	1,791	27%	35%	56
25	Howth · Fingal	55 days	166	3,126	18%	21%	55
26	Malahide East · Fingal	55 days	126	3,118	19%	17%	55
27	Lucan-St. Helens · South Dublin	55 days	134	5,363	12%	12%	55
28	Skerries · Fingal	55 days	108	3,096	15%	28%	55
29	Clontarf East B · Dublin City	55 days	82	2,732	12%	1%	55
30	Lusk · Fingal	55 days	90	3,341	22%	41%	55
31	Rush · Fingal	55 days	103	3,551	16%	40%	55
32	Donabate · Fingal	55 days	99	3,900	31%	24%	55
33	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	55 days	69	6,127	18%	42%	55
34	South Dock · Dublin City	55 days	62	3,551	9%	15%	55
35	Pembroke East C · Dublin City	55 days	61	1,681	14%	5%	55
36	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	55 days	56	2,227	10%	21%	55
37	Pembroke West C · Dublin City	55 days	64	1,945	12%	8%	55
38	North Dock B · Dublin City	55 days	56	3,514	6%	5%	55
39	Mansion House B · Dublin City	55 days	47	330	17%	19%	55
40	Cabinteely-Loughlinstown · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	55 days	70	1,993	16%	21%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	99 days	1,336	19%	7%	99
2	Roscommon	98 days	1,365	22%	13%	98
3	Carlow	84 days	929	17%	10%	84
4	Offaly	79 days	1,621	22%	9%	79
5	Cork County	69 days	6,830	21%	8%	69
6	Kerry	63 days	2,685	29%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,902	22%	7%	63
8	Kildare	62 days	3,283	24%	20%	62
9	Limerick	60 days	2,848	20%	10%	60
10	Mayo	59 days	2,780	18%	7%	59
11	Cavan	58 days	1,612	23%	5%	58
12	Westmeath	58 days	1,399	21%	13%	58
13	Cork City	57 days	1,193	19%	8%	57
14	Tipperary	56 days	3,077	30%	4%	56
15	Waterford	56 days	2,255	20%	11%	56
16	Dublin City	55 days	6,008	15%	10%	55
17	Galway County	55 days	3,883	24%	13%	55
18	Meath	55 days	3,493	21%	13%	55
19	Clare	55 days	2,401	20%	6%	55
20	South Dublin	55 days	2,246	15%	12%	55
21	Laois	55 days	1,969	23%	7%	55
22	Galway City	55 days	701	27%	14%	55
23	Fingal	54 days	3,439	20%	22%	54
24	Wexford	54 days	2,814	27%	16%	54
25	Wicklow	54 days	2,776	20%	14%	54
26	Leitrim	54 days	505	28%	4%	54
27	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,915	11%	14%	52
28	Louth	52 days	2,077	29%	15%	52
29	Sligo	52 days	1,122	25%	7%	52
30	Longford	51 days	605	20%	14%	51
31	Donegal	50 days	5,096	24%	7%	50

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 14 Nov 2026, 02:46

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	14 Nov 2026, 02:46	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 14 Nov 2026.

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