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

Where a decision takes longest — 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 a decision takes longest 213 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	Inns Quay B · Dublin City	94 days	25	1,797	29%	8%	94
2	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	88 days	37	640	28%	14%	88
3	Arran Quay B · Dublin City	78 days	28	1,705	7%	4%	78
4	Clontarf West C · Dublin City	64 days	42	1,749	20%	2%	64
5	Terenure B · Dublin City	64 days	21	1,502	6%	5%	64
6	North City · Dublin City	63 days	68	2,187	16%	9%	63
7	Balbriggan Urban · Fingal	62 days	45	2,966	18%	18%	62
8	Wood Quay B · Dublin City	62 days	22	1,847	15%	18%	62
9	Hollywood · Fingal	62 days	27	486	24%	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	16%	42%	61
13	Pembroke West A · Dublin City	60 days	54	2,228	5%	9%	60
14	Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown · Fingal	60 days	22	1,025	37%	5%	60
15	North Dock B · Dublin City	58 days	54	3,514	7%	7%	58
16	Royal Exchange A · Dublin City	58 days	53	1,679	27%	25%	58
17	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	58 days	42	1,043	9%	5%	58
18	Pembroke East E · Dublin City	57 days	34	1,511	17%	15%	57
19	Arran Quay E · Dublin City	57 days	22	1,647	17%	9%	57
20	Saint Kevin's · Dublin City	56 days	58	1,986	21%	22%	56
21	Howth · Fingal	55 days	174	3,126	17%	22%	55
22	Malahide East · Fingal	55 days	129	3,118	21%	17%	55
23	Skerries · Fingal	55 days	118	3,096	14%	26%	55
24	Rush · Fingal	55 days	108	3,551	17%	39%	55
25	Lusk · Fingal	55 days	92	3,341	21%	40%	55
26	Clontarf East B · Dublin City	55 days	89	2,732	10%	3%	55
27	Donabate · Fingal	55 days	104	3,900	32%	23%	55
28	Balbriggan Rural · Fingal	55 days	71	6,127	21%	42%	55
29	South Dock · Dublin City	55 days	63	3,551	11%	13%	55
30	Pembroke West C · Dublin City	55 days	64	1,945	11%	8%	55
31	Mansion House B · Dublin City	55 days	54	330	16%	19%	55
32	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	55 days	51	1,339	20%	12%	55
33	Pembroke East C · Dublin City	55 days	58	1,681	14%	3%	55
34	Rathmines East A · Dublin City	55 days	57	2,227	2%	19%	55
35	Ashtown A · Dublin City	55 days	56	4,552	13%	2%	55
36	Pembroke East B · Dublin City	55 days	47	1,455	8%	21%	55
37	Mansion House A · Dublin City	55 days	37	1,662	14%	11%	55
38	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	55 days	35	618	12%	14%	55
39	Whitehall B · Dublin City	55 days	35	1,669	21%	9%	55
40	Rathmines East B · Dublin City	55 days	45	2,413	6%	11%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	98 days	1,374	22%	13%	98
2	Monaghan	97 days	1,305	19%	7%	97
3	Carlow	82 days	919	18%	8%	82
4	Offaly	79 days	1,633	21%	9%	79
5	Cork County	66 days	6,856	21%	8%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,649	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,902	22%	7%	63
8	Cork City	62 days	523	19%	5%	62
9	Kildare	61 days	3,349	25%	20%	61
10	Limerick	61 days	2,833	20%	11%	61
11	Mayo	60 days	2,748	18%	7%	60
12	Westmeath	60 days	1,382	21%	12%	60
13	Cavan	58 days	1,617	24%	5%	58
14	Waterford	56 days	2,250	21%	11%	56
15	Dublin City	55 days	5,481	14%	10%	55
16	Meath	55 days	3,487	21%	13%	55
17	Tipperary	55 days	3,082	30%	4%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,430	20%	6%	55
19	Laois	55 days	1,973	23%	7%	55
20	Galway City	55 days	691	27%	14%	55
21	Galway County	54 days	3,889	24%	13%	54
22	Fingal	54 days	3,390	21%	22%	54
23	Wexford	54 days	2,880	27%	16%	54
24	Wicklow	54 days	2,793	21%	14%	54
25	Leitrim	53 days	507	28%	4%	53
26	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,870	11%	13%	52
27	Louth	52 days	2,094	29%	15%	52
28	Sligo	52 days	1,145	24%	7%	52
29	Donegal	50 days	5,102	24%	7%	50
30	Longford	50 days	612	19%	14%	50
31	South Dublin	49 days	2,346	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 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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