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

South 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

22.6

applications per 1,000 homes

55%

household works

15%

for work already done

12%

refused

21%

asked for more details

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Where the most is applied for 49 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	Ballinascorney	85.6	16	187	—	—	—
2	Clondalkin-Ballymount	71.5	45	629	13%	14%	56
3	Newcastle	58.4	106	1,814	13%	9%	56
4	Terenure-Greentrees	47.6	53	1,113	13%	13%	54
5	Rathfarnham Village	43.1	54	1,253	7%	12%	50
6	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	41.8	41	980	15%	0%	55
7	Templeogue-Cypress	40.7	40	983	22%	6%	50
8	Terenure-Cherryfield	37.3	33	885	6%	4%	50
9	Palmerston Village	36.5	53	1,451	25%	9%	55
10	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	35.9	44	1,226	16%	8%	50
11	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	35.8	63	1,758	8%	7%	50
12	Templeogue Village	35.5	30	845	7%	3%	54
13	Lucan Heights	32.8	63	1,921	6%	13%	53
14	Firhouse-Knocklyon	31.8	41	1,288	22%	3%	54
15	Templeogue-Orwell	31.6	23	727	17%	8%	54
16	Ballyboden	30.6	55	1,797	9%	12%	49
17	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	30.3	47	1,552	34%	20%	55
18	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	30.3	23	758	9%	4%	55
19	Lucan-St. Helens	30.2	162	5,363	12%	12%	55
20	Templeogue-Limekiln	29.4	42	1,431	24%	8%	51
21	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	27.8	44	1,581	14%	8%	52
22	Tallaght-Kingswood	26.7	40	1,499	12%	13%	55
23	Edmondstown	25.6	49	1,916	14%	2%	55
24	Rathcoole	24.9	54	2,172	22%	28%	58
25	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	24.8	36	1,453	11%	12%	47
26	Saggart	24.6	44	1,791	27%	35%	56
27	Tallaght-Oldbawn	24.6	39	1,583	21%	18%	55
28	Bohernabreena	24.1	42	1,740	19%	21%	55
29	Clondalkin-Monastery	21.9	86	3,933	21%	17%	55
30	Clondalkin Village	20.6	66	3,201	17%	16%	55
31	Firhouse-Ballycullen	20.2	67	3,313	10%	8%	54
32	Firhouse Village	20	79	3,945	13%	11%	54
33	Tallaght-Glenview	19.4	17	876	—	—	—
34	Terenure-St. James	19.1	20	1,045	15%	—	—
35	Lucan-Esker	18.4	184	9,990	14%	11%	51
36	Templeogue-Osprey	17.9	15	840	—	—	—
37	Palmerston West	17	38	2,230	13%	6%	55
38	Tallaght-Springfield	16.2	62	3,831	13%	12%	55
39	Clondalkin-Moorfield	16.2	37	2,283	38%	17%	54
40	Tallaght-Fettercairn	15.6	54	3,471	9%	19%	55

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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