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

Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

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 the most is applied for 322 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census.

#	Neighbourhood	per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Mansion House B · Dublin City	269.7	89	330	17%	19%	55
2	Balscadden · Fingal	131	30	229	30%	48%	55
3	Ballyboghil · Fingal	129	61	473	34%	44%	55
4	Dalkey-Coliemore · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	125.6	73	581	14%	14%	50
5	Dalkey Hill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	125.2	77	615	9%	12%	51
6	Royal Exchange B · Dublin City	123	76	618	11%	18%	55
7	Clonmethan · Fingal	102.8	29	282	24%	48%	55
8	Stillorgan-Deerpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	94.9	95	1,001	5%	20%	52
9	Stillorgan-Mount Merrion · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	94.2	79	839	6%	12%	53
10	Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	92.8	130	1,401	10%	9%	51
11	Garristown · Fingal	92.6	49	529	20%	64%	54
12	Dalkey Upper · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	90.7	70	772	9%	9%	51
13	Ballinascorney · South Dublin	85.6	16	187	—	—	—
14	Blackrock-Seapoint · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	84.7	47	555	13%	29%	50
15	Hollywood · Fingal	84.4	41	486	20%	37%	62
16	Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	83.2	94	1,130	10%	12%	51
17	Kilsallaghan · Fingal	81.2	52	640	31%	14%	97
18	Dalkey-Avondale · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	77.7	41	528	10%	9%	52
19	Killiney North · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	76.5	94	1,228	15%	17%	51
20	Dun Laoghaire-East Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	75.7	77	1,017	4%	5%	50
21	Foxrock-Beechpark · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	72.6	45	620	11%	3%	51
22	Clondalkin-Ballymount · South Dublin	71.5	45	629	13%	14%	56
23	Tibradden · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	71.2	21	295	24%	—	—
24	Dun Laoghaire-Salthill · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	70.8	54	763	13%	19%	52
25	Churchtown-Orwell · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	69.7	48	689	8%	4%	51
26	Churchtown-Landscape · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	69.5	34	489	9%	3%	52
27	Blackrock-Glenomena · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	68.8	48	698	8%	5%	51
28	Holmpatrick · Fingal	68.3	95	1,390	17%	42%	61
29	Howth · Fingal	67.8	212	3,126	18%	21%	55
30	Dalkey-Bullock · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	67.1	46	686	15%	13%	49
31	Lucan North · Fingal	67.1	32	477	22%	20%	54
32	Terenure C · Dublin City	66.6	43	646	7%	4%	55
33	Dun Laoghaire-West Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	65.1	73	1,121	7%	13%	50
34	Clontarf East C · Dublin City	64.5	77	1,193	10%	0%	55
35	Blackrock-Central · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	64.3	88	1,368	10%	20%	51
36	Clontarf East D · Dublin City	64.2	67	1,043	9%	5%	58
37	Rathmines East C · Dublin City	63.5	85	1,339	21%	12%	55
38	Stillorgan-Priory · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	61.9	53	856	6%	5%	52
39	Foxrock-Carrickmines · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	61.4	134	2,184	10%	12%	52
40	Foxrock-Deansgrange · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	61.3	52	848	13%	20%	51

Every council 0

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