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

South Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

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

Busiest Extending Built first Refusals Slowest Further info Appeals Building 12 months 24 months

All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where the council asks for more 40 ranked

Share of decisions that went through a further-information request first. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Clondalkin-Cappaghmore (43%); bottom: Templeogue-Limekiln (7%).

#	Neighbourhood	went through FI	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	43%	23	758	7%	4%	45
2	Rathcoole	38%	50	2,172	23%	28%	48
3	Saggart	36%	45	1,791	24%	33%	44
4	Palmerston West	35%	37	2,230	10%	8%	49
5	Tallaght-Fettercairn	34%	44	3,471	7%	18%	28
6	Newcastle	33%	81	1,814	12%	9%	53
7	Tallaght-Springfield	33%	52	3,831	9%	13%	48
8	Tallaght-Tymon	32%	22	1,879	23%	9%	46
9	Lucan-St. Helens	27%	134	5,363	14%	13%	48
10	Clondalkin-Monastery	27%	71	3,933	18%	17%	50
11	Clondalkin-Ballymount	27%	37	629	11%	14%	53
12	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	26%	46	1,552	29%	20%	49
13	Tallaght-Oldbawn	26%	35	1,583	17%	17%	49
14	Lucan Heights	25%	56	1,921	4%	14%	48
15	Clondalkin-Dunawley	24%	41	3,826	11%	15%	54
16	Clondalkin-Moorfield	24%	25	2,283	39%	20%	50
17	Tallaght-Kiltipper	24%	25	3,193	26%	8%	45
18	Firhouse-Ballycullen	23%	65	3,313	9%	9%	46
19	Templeogue-Orwell	21%	24	727	15%	8%	45
20	Terenure-Greentrees	20%	49	1,113	12%	12%	48
21	Edmondstown	20%	40	1,916	16%	2%	48
22	Tallaght-Kingswood	20%	30	1,499	14%	13%	53
23	Templeogue-Cypress	19%	31	983	26%	0%	43
24	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	18%	38	1,581	14%	11%	50
25	Bohernabreena	17%	35	1,740	19%	20%	53
26	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	17%	35	1,453	6%	11%	43
27	Terenure-Cherryfield	15%	26	885	6%	0%	48
28	Lucan-Esker	14%	173	9,990	13%	10%	49
29	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	14%	37	980	14%	0%	51
30	Ballyboden	13%	53	1,797	7%	15%	47
31	Tallaght-Jobstown	13%	30	5,711	28%	20%	52
32	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	12%	60	1,758	7%	5%	48
33	Palmerston Village	12%	43	1,451	25%	12%	54
34	Templeogue Village	12%	32	845	6%	3%	50
35	Clondalkin Village	10%	52	3,201	16%	17%	52
36	Rathfarnham Village	10%	49	1,253	9%	14%	49
37	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	10%	41	1,226	16%	5%	50
38	Firhouse-Knocklyon	9%	34	1,288	25%	6%	52
39	Firhouse Village	8%	76	3,945	13%	11%	53
40	Templeogue-Limekiln	7%	42	1,431	25%	7%	50

Every council on the same measure 31

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

#	Council	went through FI	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Monaghan	63%	1,297	19%	7%	97
2	Roscommon	58%	1,353	22%	12%	98
3	Carlow	52%	923	18%	8%	83
4	Offaly	50%	1,623	21%	9%	77
5	Kilkenny	46%	1,889	22%	7%	63
6	Kerry	45%	2,635	30%	12%	63
7	Cavan	45%	1,612	24%	5%	58
8	Westmeath	44%	1,366	20%	12%	60
9	Kildare	43%	3,375	25%	20%	61
10	Mayo	43%	2,731	17%	7%	60
11	Limerick	42%	2,823	20%	11%	61
12	Wicklow	40%	2,778	21%	14%	54
13	Waterford	40%	2,241	21%	11%	57
14	Louth	40%	2,078	29%	15%	52
15	Laois	40%	1,961	23%	7%	55
16	Tipperary	39%	3,074	30%	4%	55
17	Meath	38%	3,475	20%	13%	55
18	Wexford	37%	2,874	27%	16%	54
19	Longford	37%	611	18%	14%	50
20	Leitrim	35%	509	28%	4%	53
21	Galway County	31%	3,895	24%	13%	54
22	Donegal	29%	5,083	24%	7%	50
23	Clare	28%	2,414	20%	6%	55
24	Sligo	28%	1,142	24%	7%	52
25	Dublin City	26%	5,531	14%	10%	55
26	Galway City	26%	692	27%	14%	55
27	Fingal	24%	3,417	21%	22%	54
28	South Dublin	21%	2,349	15%	12%	49
29	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,871	11%	13%	52
30	Cork County	0%	6,803	21%	8%	66
31	Cork City	0%	536	18%	6%	62

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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