Neighbourhoods · South Dublin · last 24 months · 49 electoral divisions

Where the diggers are — South Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 24 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

55%

household works

15%

for work already done

12%

refused

21%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where the diggers are 49 ranked

Commencement notices lodged on the Building Control Management System in the window, per 1,000 households — work formally begun.

#	Neighbourhood	notices per 1,000 households	Notices	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	29	22	758	8%	4%	63
2	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	26.5	26	980	15%	0%	55
3	Templeogue Village	26	22	845	7%	3%	54
4	Terenure-Greentrees	25.2	28	1,113	13%	11%	54
5	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	25	44	1,758	9%	5%	50
6	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	22	27	1,226	16%	7%	50
7	Newcastle	21.5	39	1,814	13%	9%	56
8	Templeogue-Orwell	19.3	14	727	17%	8%	54
9	Clondalkin-Ballymount	19.1	12	629	13%	14%	56
10	Palmerston West	18.8	42	2,230	14%	9%	55
11	Rathfarnham Village	17.6	22	1,253	9%	12%	50
12	Lucan-St. Helens	16.2	87	5,363	12%	13%	54
13	Lucan Heights	15.1	29	1,921	6%	13%	53
14	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	13.5	21	1,552	34%	19%	55
15	Ballyboden	13.4	24	1,797	9%	11%	49
16	Templeogue-Limekiln	13.3	19	1,431	25%	8%	51
17	Saggart	12.8	23	1,791	27%	35%	56
18	Bohernabreena	12.6	22	1,740	20%	20%	55
19	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	12.4	18	1,453	11%	12%	47
20	Templeogue-Cypress	12.2	12	983	25%	6%	50
21	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	12	19	1,581	13%	10%	52
22	Palmerston Village	11.7	17	1,451	24%	10%	54
23	Firhouse-Knocklyon	11.6	15	1,288	22%	3%	54
24	Lucan-Esker	11.2	112	9,990	13%	10%	51
25	Firhouse Village	11.2	44	3,945	12%	11%	54
26	Edmondstown	10.4	20	1,916	16%	2%	55
27	Clondalkin Village	10	32	3,201	17%	16%	55
28	Terenure-Cherryfield	9	8	885	6%	0%	50
29	Firhouse-Ballycullen	8.8	29	3,313	10%	8%	54
30	Tallaght-Oldbawn	8.2	13	1,583	20%	18%	55
31	Clondalkin-Dunawley	8.1	31	3,826	13%	10%	56
32	Tallaght-Kingswood	8	12	1,499	12%	13%	55
33	Rathcoole	7.4	16	2,172	23%	28%	60
34	Templeogue-Osprey	7.1	6	840	—	—	—
35	Tallaght-Glenview	5.7	5	876	—	—	—
36	Tallaght-Fettercairn	5.5	19	3,471	9%	19%	55
37	Ballinascorney	5.3	1	187	—	—	—
38	Clondalkin-Monastery	4.3	17	3,933	21%	16%	55
39	Tallaght-Springfield	4.2	16	3,831	13%	12%	55
40	Tallaght-Millbrook	3.9	5	1,290	—	—	—
41	Tallaght-Kiltipper	3.8	12	3,193	24%	8%	55
42	Clondalkin-Moorfield	3.5	8	2,283	38%	16%	54
43	Tallaght-Tymon	3.2	6	1,879	25%	10%	62
44	Terenure-St. James	2.9	3	1,045	14%	—	—
45	Tallaght-Jobstown	2.1	12	5,711	26%	19%	55
46	Tallaght-Belgard	1.7	1	580	—	—	—
47	Tallaght-Avonbeg	1.7	1	585	—	—	—
48	Clondalkin-Rowlagh	1.5	2	1,368	—	—	—
49	Tallaght-Killinardan	0.8	1	1,278	—	—	—

Every council 0

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,499	5,937	15%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,257	6,804	21%	8%	66
3	Galway County	1,775	3,872	24%	13%	54
4	Donegal	1,750	5,074	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,633	3,887	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,435	3,471	20%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,397	3,463	21%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,140	2,733	18%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,074	2,657	30%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,070	2,844	20%	11%	61
11	South Dublin	1,039	2,283	15%	12%	55
12	Kildare	1,023	3,304	24%	20%	61
13	Clare	971	2,398	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	960	2,827	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	841	2,789	20%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	835	3,068	30%	4%	55
17	Cork City	763	1,194	19%	7%	56
18	Kilkenny	748	1,894	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	720	2,073	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	600	2,256	21%	11%	56
21	Westmeath	545	1,381	20%	13%	58
22	Laois	532	1,965	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	526	1,597	24%	5%	58
24	Monaghan	504	1,323	19%	7%	98
25	Roscommon	478	1,368	22%	13%	98
26	Offaly	455	1,615	22%	9%	78
27	Sligo	449	1,121	25%	7%	52
28	Carlow	331	913	18%	9%	83
29	Galway City	314	685	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	225	604	19%	14%	50
31	Leitrim	192	505	27%	4%	53

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 24 Oct 2026, 03:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 24 Oct 2026.

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