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

Where permission is hardest to get — South Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 17 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

54%

household works

16%

for work already done

12%

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 40 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Share of decisions in the window that were refusals (grant or refuse only; invalid and withdrawn left out).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	Saggart	34%	44	1,791	28%	34%	56
2	Rathcoole	28%	47	2,172	22%	28%	60
3	Bohernabreena	20%	35	1,740	18%	20%	55
4	Tallaght-Fettercairn	19%	43	3,471	9%	19%	55
5	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	19%	43	1,552	34%	19%	55
6	Tallaght-Jobstown	19%	32	5,711	26%	19%	55
7	Tallaght-Oldbawn	18%	34	1,583	20%	18%	55
8	Clondalkin-Monastery	16%	74	3,933	21%	16%	55
9	Clondalkin Village	16%	51	3,201	16%	16%	55
10	Clondalkin-Moorfield	16%	25	2,283	39%	16%	54
11	Lucan Heights	14%	57	1,921	6%	14%	53
12	Clondalkin-Ballymount	14%	37	629	13%	14%	56
13	Lucan-St. Helens	13%	132	5,363	12%	13%	54
14	Ballyboden	13%	52	1,797	9%	13%	49
15	Tallaght-Kingswood	13%	30	1,499	12%	13%	55
16	Tallaght-Springfield	12%	56	3,831	11%	12%	55
17	Rathfarnham Village	12%	49	1,253	9%	12%	50
18	Clondalkin-Dunawley	12%	43	3,826	14%	12%	56
19	Firhouse Village	11%	76	3,945	12%	11%	54
20	Terenure-Greentrees	11%	47	1,113	13%	11%	54
21	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	11%	35	1,453	11%	11%	47
22	Lucan-Esker	10%	176	9,990	14%	10%	51
23	Palmerston Village	10%	41	1,451	25%	10%	55
24	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	10%	39	1,581	14%	10%	52
25	Newcastle	9%	82	1,814	13%	9%	56
26	Palmerston West	9%	35	2,230	13%	9%	55
27	Tallaght-Tymon	9%	22	1,879	28%	9%	57
28	Firhouse-Ballycullen	8%	64	3,313	10%	8%	54
29	Tallaght-Kiltipper	8%	24	3,193	27%	8%	55
30	Templeogue-Orwell	8%	24	727	17%	8%	54
31	Templeogue-Limekiln	7%	41	1,431	25%	7%	51
32	Templeogue-Cypress	6%	32	983	25%	6%	50
33	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	5%	60	1,758	9%	5%	50
34	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	5%	40	1,226	16%	5%	50
35	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	4%	23	758	8%	4%	63
36	Edmondstown	3%	39	1,916	16%	3%	55
37	Firhouse-Knocklyon	3%	33	1,288	23%	3%	54
38	Templeogue Village	3%	32	845	7%	3%	54
39	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	0%	36	980	15%	0%	55
40	Terenure-Cherryfield	0%	27	885	6%	0%	50

Every council 31

#	Council	refused	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Fingal	22%	3,488	20%	22%	54
2	Kildare	20%	3,324	24%	20%	61
3	Wexford	16%	2,851	27%	16%	54
4	Louth	15%	2,081	29%	15%	52
5	Wicklow	14%	2,788	20%	14%	54
6	Galway City	14%	689	27%	14%	55
7	Longford	14%	607	19%	14%	50
8	Galway County	13%	3,908	24%	13%	54
9	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	13%	3,881	11%	13%	52
10	Meath	13%	3,478	21%	13%	55
11	Westmeath	13%	1,385	20%	13%	59
12	Roscommon	13%	1,372	22%	13%	98
13	Kerry	12%	2,658	30%	12%	63
14	South Dublin	12%	2,291	15%	12%	55
15	Limerick	11%	2,851	20%	11%	61
16	Waterford	11%	2,252	21%	11%	55
17	Dublin City	10%	6,002	15%	10%	55
18	Offaly	9%	1,609	21%	9%	77
19	Carlow	9%	915	18%	9%	81
20	Cork County	8%	6,839	21%	8%	66
21	Donegal	7%	5,077	24%	7%	50
22	Mayo	7%	2,741	18%	7%	60
23	Laois	7%	1,968	23%	7%	55
24	Kilkenny	7%	1,894	22%	7%	63
25	Monaghan	7%	1,323	19%	7%	98
26	Cork City	7%	1,192	19%	7%	56
27	Sligo	7%	1,124	25%	7%	52
28	Clare	6%	2,415	20%	6%	55
29	Cavan	5%	1,593	24%	5%	58
30	Tipperary	4%	3,080	30%	4%	55
31	Leitrim	4%	509	27%	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 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 17 Oct 2026, 03:41

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	17 Oct 2026, 03:41	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 17 Oct 2026.

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