Neighbourhoods · the four Dublin councils · last 12 months · 322 electoral divisions

Where a decision takes longest — Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 17 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

14.6

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 96 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	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	64 days	21	1,749	10%	0%	64
2	Rathcoole · South Dublin	64 days	28	2,172	19%	32%	64
3	North City · Dublin City	63 days	31	2,187	7%	16%	63
4	Dubber · Fingal	62 days	24	3,003	20%	21%	62
5	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	62 days	21	2,966	8%	10%	62
6	Holmpatrick · Fingal	61 days	33	1,390	13%	39%	61
7	Mansion House B · Dublin City	59 days	20	330	14%	15%	59
8	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	58 days	34	6,127	22%	35%	58
9	Terenure-Greentrees · South Dublin	57 days	26	1,113	21%	15%	57
10	Newcastle · South Dublin	56 days	45	1,814	14%	11%	56
11	Howth · Fingal	55 days	80	3,126	21%	24%	55
12	Malahide East · Fingal	55 days	67	3,118	23%	12%	55
13	Kinsaley · Fingal	55 days	46	3,746	23%	24%	55
14	Skerries · Fingal	55 days	49	3,096	23%	29%	55
15	Donabate · Fingal	55 days	41	3,900	27%	24%	55
16	Rush · Fingal	55 days	43	3,551	19%	53%	55
17	Clontarf East B · Dublin City	55 days	36	2,732	25%	3%	55
18	North Dock B · Dublin City	55 days	28	3,514	9%	7%	55
19	Clondalkin-Monastery · South Dublin	55 days	42	3,933	22%	26%	55
20	South Dock · Dublin City	55 days	21	3,551	14%	14%	55
21	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	55 days	27	2,227	19%	26%	55
22	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	55 days	24	1,679	27%	17%	55
23	Ashtown A · Dublin City	55 days	25	4,552	17%	4%	55
24	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	55 days	21	2,228	5%	5%	55
25	Lucan Heights · South Dublin	55 days	29	1,921	10%	14%	55
26	Pembroke West C · Dublin City	55 days	27	1,945	18%	0%	55
27	Pembroke East C · Dublin City	55 days	26	1,681	16%	4%	55
28	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	55 days	21	1,339	27%	14%	55
29	Crumlin D · Dublin City	55 days	24	1,661	31%	17%	55
30	Tallaght-Springfield · South Dublin	55 days	31	3,831	6%	6%	55
31	Clondalkin Village · South Dublin	55 days	24	3,201	22%	21%	55
32	Firhouse Village · South Dublin	55 days	30	3,945	16%	3%	55
33	Palmerston Village · South Dublin	55 days	20	1,451	24%	10%	55
34	Saggart · South Dublin	55 days	24	1,791	29%	25%	55
35	Firhouse-Ballycullen · South Dublin	55 days	28	3,313	11%	7%	55
36	Balgriffin · Fingal	55 days	21	1,238	8%	29%	55
37	Tallaght-Jobstown · South Dublin	55 days	20	5,711	12%	20%	55
38	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh · South Dublin	55 days	23	1,552	24%	17%	55
39	Edmondstown · South Dublin	55 days	21	1,916	5%	5%	55
40	The Ward · Fingal	54 days	62	3,674	33%	19%	54

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	100 days	706	24%	14%	100
2	Monaghan	100 days	674	18%	7%	100
3	Offaly	70 days	850	22%	10%	70
4	Cork County	66 days	3,378	22%	7%	66
5	Kerry	64 days	1,266	30%	11%	64
6	Kilkenny	63 days	905	23%	6%	63
7	Cavan	63 days	766	23%	5%	63
8	Carlow	63 days	456	17%	10%	63
9	Kildare	62 days	1,580	24%	20%	62
10	Mayo	59 days	1,340	20%	6%	59
11	Tipperary	56 days	1,510	30%	4%	56
12	Cork City	56 days	689	19%	9%	56
13	Dublin City	55 days	2,920	15%	10%	55
14	Galway County	55 days	1,986	25%	16%	55
15	Meath	55 days	1,826	22%	16%	55
16	Limerick	55 days	1,475	21%	11%	55
17	Clare	55 days	1,210	22%	5%	55
18	Waterford	55 days	1,131	21%	8%	55
19	South Dublin	55 days	1,096	16%	13%	55
20	Laois	55 days	1,039	26%	7%	55
21	Westmeath	55 days	710	22%	15%	55
22	Galway City	55 days	352	27%	14%	55
23	Fingal	54 days	1,691	20%	23%	54
24	Wicklow	54 days	1,378	19%	11%	54
25	Wexford	54 days	1,242	27%	16%	54
26	Sligo	53 days	552	25%	7%	53
27	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	1,935	11%	13%	52
28	Leitrim	52 days	250	28%	5%	52
29	Louth	51 days	1,027	29%	13%	51
30	Donegal	50 days	2,542	24%	7%	50
31	Longford	49 days	307	22%	16%	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 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 17 Oct 2026, 03:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 17 Oct 2026.

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