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

Where the diggers are — South Dublin neighbourhoods

Data updated 26 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

2,352 planning applications were lodged across 49 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 23.4 per 1,000 households. 15% sought retention for something already built; 12% of decisions were refusals. Every table below ranks the neighbourhoods on one of those, and every row is a page.

23.4

applications per 1,000 households

54%

household works

15%

retention · built first

12%

of decisions refused

21%

went through further information

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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. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 notices in the window. Top: Clondalkin-Cappaghmore (27.7); bottom: Tallaght-Killinardan (0).

#	Neighbourhood	notices per 1,000 households	Notices	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	27.7	21	758	7%	4%	45
2	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	27.6	27	980	14%	0%	51
3	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	26.2	46	1,758	7%	5%	48
4	Templeogue Village	26	22	845	6%	3%	50
5	Terenure-Greentrees	25.2	28	1,113	12%	12%	48
6	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	21.2	26	1,226	16%	5%	50
7	Clondalkin-Ballymount	20.7	13	629	11%	14%	53
8	Newcastle	20.4	37	1,814	12%	9%	53
9	Templeogue-Orwell	19.3	14	727	15%	8%	45
10	Rathfarnham Village	18.4	23	1,253	9%	14%	49
11	Palmerston West	17.5	39	2,230	10%	8%	49
12	Lucan-St. Helens	17.2	92	5,363	14%	13%	48
13	Lucan Heights	14.6	28	1,921	4%	14%	48
14	Templeogue-Limekiln	14	20	1,431	25%	7%	50
15	Ballyboden	13.9	25	1,797	7%	15%	47
16	Edmondstown	13.6	26	1,916	16%	2%	48
17	Bohernabreena	13.2	23	1,740	19%	20%	53
18	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	13.1	19	1,453	6%	11%	43
19	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	12.9	20	1,552	29%	20%	49
20	Templeogue-Cypress	12.2	12	983	26%	0%	43
21	Lucan-Esker	11.8	118	9,990	13%	10%	49
22	Firhouse-Knocklyon	11.6	15	1,288	25%	6%	52
23	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	11.4	18	1,581	14%	11%	50
24	Saggart	11.2	20	1,791	24%	33%	44
25	Palmerston Village	11	16	1,451	25%	12%	54
26	Firhouse Village	10.9	43	3,945	13%	11%	53
27	Clondalkin Village	10.3	33	3,201	16%	17%	52
28	Firhouse-Ballycullen	9.1	30	3,313	9%	9%	46
29	Terenure-Cherryfield	9	8	885	6%	0%	48
30	Tallaght-Oldbawn	8.8	14	1,583	17%	17%	49
31	Tallaght-Kingswood	8	12	1,499	14%	13%	53
32	Clondalkin-Dunawley	7.8	30	3,826	11%	15%	54
33	Templeogue-Osprey	7.1	6	840	—	—	—
34	Rathcoole	6.9	15	2,172	23%	28%	48
35	Tallaght-Fettercairn	6.1	21	3,471	7%	18%	28
36	Tallaght-Glenview	5.7	5	876	—	—	—
37	Ballinascorney	5.3	1	187	25%	—	—
38	Clondalkin-Monastery	4.3	17	3,933	18%	17%	50
39	Tallaght-Springfield	3.9	15	3,831	9%	13%	48
40	Clondalkin-Moorfield	3.9	9	2,283	39%	20%	50

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.

#	Council	Notices	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Dublin City	2,526	5,531	14%	10%	55
2	Cork County	2,267	6,803	21%	8%	66
3	Galway County	1,800	3,895	24%	13%	54
4	Donegal	1,722	5,083	24%	7%	50
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	1,673	3,871	11%	13%	52
6	Fingal	1,480	3,417	21%	22%	54
7	Meath	1,426	3,475	20%	13%	55
8	Mayo	1,148	2,731	17%	7%	60
9	Kerry	1,096	2,635	30%	12%	63
10	Limerick	1,070	2,823	20%	11%	61
11	Kildare	1,051	3,375	25%	20%	61
12	South Dublin	1,050	2,349	15%	12%	49
13	Clare	969	2,414	20%	6%	55
14	Wexford	957	2,874	27%	16%	54
15	Wicklow	842	2,778	21%	14%	54
16	Tipperary	838	3,074	30%	4%	55
17	Cork City	794	536	18%	6%	62
18	Kilkenny	753	1,889	22%	7%	63
19	Louth	749	2,078	29%	15%	52
20	Waterford	599	2,241	21%	11%	57
21	Westmeath	562	1,366	20%	12%	60
22	Laois	541	1,961	23%	7%	55
23	Cavan	526	1,612	24%	5%	58
24	Monaghan	499	1,297	19%	7%	97
25	Roscommon	490	1,353	22%	12%	98
26	Offaly	452	1,623	21%	9%	77
27	Sligo	441	1,142	24%	7%	52
28	Carlow	328	923	18%	8%	83
29	Galway City	327	692	27%	14%	55
30	Longford	234	611	18%	14%	50
31	Leitrim	203	509	28%	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 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 26 Sept 2026, 03:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 26 Sept 2026.

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