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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

BusiestExtendingBuilt firstRefusalsSlowestFurther infoAppealsBuilding12 months24 months

All DublinDublin CityDún Laoghaire-RathdownFingalSouth Dublin

Where households extend most 256 ranked

Share of applications that are extensions, attics, dormers, porches, garden rooms and the like. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Merchants Quay D (90%); bottom: Ushers B (0%).

#Neighbourhoodhousehold worksApplicationsHouseholdsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1Merchants Quay D · Dublin City90%2992021%——
2Templeogue-Orwell · South Dublin88%2572712%9%44
3Clontarf East E · Dublin City87%235969%——
4Rathfarnham-Ballyroan · South Dublin86%4398014%0%51
5Templeogue-Kimmage Manor · South Dublin85%711,7587%5%48
6Templeogue Village · South Dublin84%318456%3%50
7Ballymun E · Dublin City82%285994%——
8Ballyboden · South Dublin81%571,7977%13%47
9Whitehall B · Dublin City79%681,66921%9%55
10Rathfarnham-Hermitage · South Dublin79%431,58114%11%50
11Firhouse Village · South Dublin78%853,94513%11%53
12Ballygall D · Dublin City78%239739%——
13Harmonstown B · Dublin City77%311,02213%9%55
14Whitehall A · Dublin City76%371,07211%8%55
15Arran Quay A · Dublin City76%2169729%——
16Rathfarnham Village · South Dublin75%551,2539%14%49
17Rathfarnham-Butterfield · South Dublin74%471,22615%5%50
18Terenure-Greentrees · South Dublin73%551,11313%12%48
19Harmonstown A · Dublin City73%371,09522%4%53
20Beaumont B · Dublin City73%261,5328%0%55
21Clontarf West E · Dublin City72%2995521%0%55
22Lucan-Esker · South Dublin71%1979,99013%10%49
23Grace Park · Dublin City71%632,3316%5%55
24Pembroke East C · Dublin City70%911,68114%3%55
25Ashtown B · Dublin City70%541,05713%6%53
26Palmerston Village · South Dublin69%521,45125%12%54
27Botanic B · Dublin City69%491,44718%7%55
28Pembroke East D · Dublin City69%491,9392%5%55
29Templeogue-Limekiln · South Dublin69%451,43124%7%50
30Terenure C · Dublin City69%426467%4%55
31Ballygall C · Dublin City69%361,3238%4%54
32Clontarf East C · Dublin City68%601,19312%0%55
33Ballinteer-Woodpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown68%532,03715%10%52
34Botanic C · Dublin City67%4294514%11%55
35Ballymun F · Dublin City67%248954%——
36Raheny-St. Assam · Dublin City66%651,5436%10%54
37Drumcondra South C · Dublin City66%621,28513%10%55
38Rathfarnham-St. Enda's · South Dublin66%351,4536%11%42
39Kimmage B · Dublin City65%261,44615%——
40Clontarf East D · Dublin City64%701,0439%5%57

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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.

#Councilhousehold worksApplicationsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1South Dublin54%2,35615%12%49
2Cork City53%54418%6%62
3Dublin City48%5,58414%10%55
4Leitrim44%50528%4%53
5Galway City41%68828%14%55
6Sligo38%1,12324%7%52
7Kildare37%3,38825%20%61
8Wicklow36%2,79620%14%54
9Waterford36%2,24921%11%57
10Limerick35%2,82320%11%61
11Tipperary34%3,07030%4%55
12Cavan34%1,61624%5%58
13Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown33%3,86911%13%52
14Meath33%3,48320%13%55
15Louth33%2,06429%15%52
16Cork County31%6,76821%8%66
17Kerry31%2,62230%12%63
18Clare31%2,41520%7%55
19Kilkenny31%1,88222%7%63
20Westmeath31%1,37720%12%60
21Roscommon31%1,34422%12%99
22Longford30%60518%14%50
23Carlow29%91718%8%83
24Fingal28%3,45121%22%54
25Mayo28%2,74017%7%61
26Donegal27%5,07024%7%50
27Laois26%1,95723%7%55
28Offaly25%1,62422%9%66
29Monaghan25%1,28519%7%97
30Galway County21%3,89124%13%54
31Wexford18%2,89427%16%54

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
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National Planning Application Database (NPAD)CC-BY-4.019 Sept 2026, 03:34open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population StatisticsCC-BY-4.019 Sept 2026, 03:34open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case listCC-BY-4.019 Sept 2026, 03:34open
Building Control Management System commencement noticesCC-BY-4.019 Sept 2026, 03:34open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 19 Sept 2026.

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