Neighbourhoods · South Dublin · last 12 months · 49 electoral divisions

Where permission is hardest to get — South Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 31 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

11.2

applications per 1,000 homes

53%

household works

16%

for work already done

13%

refused

21%

asked for more details

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All Dublin Dublin City Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin

Where permission is hardest to get 23 ranked

Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).

#	Neighbourhood	refused	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Rathcoole	33%	27	2,172	14%	33%	64
2	Clondalkin-Monastery	26%	42	3,933	22%	26%	55
3	Saggart	25%	24	1,791	29%	25%	55
4	Clondalkin Village	20%	25	3,201	23%	20%	55
5	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	20%	20	1,552	—	20%	55
6	Tallaght-Jobstown	18%	22	5,711	8%	18%	55
7	Lucan-St. Helens	17%	71	5,363	8%	17%	54
8	Terenure-Greentrees	16%	25	1,113	18%	16%	55
9	Tallaght-Fettercairn	15%	20	3,471	7%	15%	54
10	Lucan-Esker	14%	78	9,990	17%	14%	52
11	Lucan Heights	13%	31	1,921	11%	13%	54
12	Palmerston Village	10%	21	1,451	20%	10%	55
13	Firhouse-Ballycullen	10%	29	3,313	10%	10%	55
14	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	10%	21	1,758	7%	10%	52
15	Templeogue-Cypress	10%	20	983	24%	10%	50
16	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	10%	21	1,226	25%	10%	50
17	Ballyboden	8%	24	1,797	8%	8%	50
18	Newcastle	7%	45	1,814	14%	7%	56
19	Tallaght-Springfield	7%	28	3,831	9%	7%	55
20	Rathfarnham Village	5%	22	1,253	4%	5%	52
21	Terenure-Cherryfield	5%	22	885	5%	5%	50
22	Edmondstown	5%	20	1,916	5%	5%	54
23	Firhouse Village	3%	29	3,945	14%	3%	55

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	1,668	20%	22%	54
2	Kildare	19%	1,579	24%	19%	62
3	Galway County	16%	1,957	25%	16%	55
4	Meath	16%	1,795	22%	16%	55
5	Wexford	16%	1,229	27%	16%	54
6	Longford	16%	308	22%	16%	49
7	Westmeath	15%	706	22%	15%	55
8	Roscommon	15%	694	24%	15%	99
9	Galway City	14%	347	27%	14%	55
10	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	1,954	11%	13%	52
11	South Dublin	13%	1,101	15%	13%	55
12	Louth	13%	1,015	29%	13%	51
13	Limerick	11%	1,446	22%	11%	55
14	Wicklow	11%	1,369	19%	11%	54
15	Kerry	11%	1,247	30%	11%	64
16	Dublin City	10%	2,931	15%	10%	55
17	Carlow	10%	452	17%	10%	63
18	Offaly	9%	831	23%	9%	64
19	Cork City	9%	700	20%	9%	56
20	Waterford	8%	1,136	20%	8%	55
21	Cork County	7%	3,350	22%	7%	66
22	Donegal	7%	2,556	25%	7%	50
23	Laois	7%	1,021	26%	7%	55
24	Monaghan	7%	676	18%	7%	100
25	Sligo	7%	545	26%	7%	53
26	Mayo	6%	1,321	20%	6%	60
27	Kilkenny	6%	905	22%	6%	63
28	Tipperary	5%	1,482	30%	5%	56
29	Clare	5%	1,205	22%	5%	54
30	Leitrim	5%	250	28%	5%	53
31	Cavan	4%	786	23%	4%	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 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 31 Oct 2026, 02:43

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	31 Oct 2026, 02:43	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 31 Oct 2026.

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