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Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 19 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

7,317 planning applications were lodged across 322 electoral divisions in the last 12 months — 14.1 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.

14.1
applications per 1,000 households
40%
household works
15%
retention · built first
14%
of decisions refused
21%
went through further information

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All DublinDublin CityDún Laoghaire-RathdownFingalSouth Dublin

Where the most is applied for 322 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Mansion House B (130.3); bottom: Finglas South D (0).

#Neighbourhoodper 1,000 householdsApplicationsHouseholdsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1Mansion House B · Dublin City130.34333014%15%59
2Ballyboghil · Fingal78.23747343%——
3Balscadden · Fingal69.916229———
4Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown63.73758122%7%50
5Royal Exchange B · Dublin City63.1396183%——
6Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown58.53661511%12%52
7Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown56.4791,40111%7%51
8Ballinascorney · South Dublin53.510187———
9Garristown · Fingal512752911%——
10Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown46.9531,13011%9%51
11Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown44.1378395%7%52
12Dalkey-Avondale · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown37.9205280%——
13Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36.818489———
14Dun Laoghaire-West Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36.6411,12112%11%49
15Clondalkin-Ballymount · South Dublin36.62362913%15%55
16Dun Laoghaire-East Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36.4371,0173%9%51
17Churchtown-Orwell · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36.32568912%4%50
18Stillorgan-Priory · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown36.23185610%0%51
19Killiney North · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown35431,22814%19%52
20Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown35351,0019%16%52
21Tibradden · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown33.910295———
22Holmpatrick · Fingal33.8471,39013%40%61
23Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown33.72677212%——
24Howth · Fingal33.31043,12623%24%55
25Clontarf East D · Dublin City32.6341,0436%——
26Foxrock-Beechpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown32.32062020%——
27Clonmethan · Fingal31.99282———
28Dun Laoghaire-Salthill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown31.5247634%——
29Blackrock-Glenomena · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown31.5226985%——
30Lucan North · Fingal31.415477———
31Foxrock-Carrickmines · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown31.1682,1849%10%52
32Blackrock-Newpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown312477421%——
33Newcastle · South Dublin30.9561,81412%8%54
34Terenure D · Dublin City30.79293———
35Ballymun E · Dublin City30.118599———
36Ballinteer-Meadowbroads · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.618609———
37Templeogue-Cypress · South Dublin29.52998328%——
38Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.2401,36812%19%54
39Dalkey-Bullock · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.22068615%——
40Stillorgan-Kilmacud · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown29.1451,54411%15%50

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Every council on the same measure 0

The 31 councils, same window, same rule. No per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

#CouncilApplicationsApplicationsRetentionRefusedMedian days
1Cork County3,3103,31022%7%66
2Donegal2,5662,56624%7%50
3Dublin City2,5162,51614%10%55
4Galway County1,9981,99824%16%55
5Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown1,9341,93411%13%52
6Meath1,8381,83822%15%55
7Fingal1,6831,68321%23%54
8Kildare1,5911,59123%20%62
9Tipperary1,5001,50031%5%56
10Limerick1,4461,44621%11%57
11Wicklow1,3891,38920%11%54
12Mayo1,3311,33120%6%59
13Wexford1,2441,24426%16%54
14Kerry1,2271,22730%11%63
15Clare1,2051,20522%6%55
16South Dublin1,1851,18516%12%50
17Waterford1,1261,12621%8%56
18Laois1,0181,01825%7%55
19Louth98998928%13%51
20Kilkenny91891823%6%63
21Offaly86486422%10%68
22Cavan79679623%5%63
23Westmeath70070022%15%60
24Roscommon66966923%14%102
25Monaghan64064019%6%100
26Sligo53953924%7%52
27Carlow44844817%9%64
28Galway City34434427%13%55
29Longford31231222%16%48
30Leitrim24624628%5%52
31Cork City66—9%55

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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
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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