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

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 40 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out). Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 decisions in the window. Top: Saggart (33%); bottom: Terenure-Cherryfield (0%).

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

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