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

Where people build first and ask later — South Dublin neighbourhoods

Data updated 3 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

23.4

applications per 1,000 homes

54%

household works

15%

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 people build first and ask later 42 ranked

Share of applications that seek retention — permission for something already built.

#	Neighbourhood	retention	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clondalkin-Moorfield	39%	38	2,283	39%	20%	50
2	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	29%	51	1,552	29%	18%	49
3	Tallaght-Jobstown	27%	37	5,711	27%	19%	53
4	Templeogue-Cypress	26%	39	983	26%	6%	43
5	Tallaght-Kiltipper	26%	31	3,193	26%	8%	45
6	Palmerston Village	25%	52	1,451	25%	12%	54
7	Templeogue-Limekiln	25%	44	1,431	25%	7%	50
8	Ballinascorney	25%	20	187	25%	—	—
9	Saggart	24%	54	1,791	24%	34%	46
10	Firhouse-Knocklyon	23%	39	1,288	23%	6%	52
11	Tallaght-Tymon	23%	30	1,879	23%	9%	46
12	Rathcoole	22%	59	2,172	22%	27%	48
13	Tallaght-Oldbawn	20%	41	1,583	20%	18%	48
14	Bohernabreena	20%	41	1,740	20%	20%	53
15	Clondalkin-Monastery	17%	87	3,933	17%	17%	50
16	Clondalkin Village	16%	67	3,201	16%	16%	53
17	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	16%	45	1,226	16%	5%	50
18	Edmondstown	15%	52	1,916	15%	2%	48
19	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	15%	40	980	15%	0%	51
20	Templeogue-Orwell	15%	26	727	15%	8%	45
21	Terenure-St. James	15%	20	1,045	15%	—	—
22	Lucan-St. Helens	14%	170	5,363	14%	13%	48
23	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	14%	42	1,581	14%	11%	50
24	Tallaght-Kingswood	14%	35	1,499	14%	13%	53
25	Lucan-Esker	13%	193	9,990	13%	10%	49
26	Firhouse Village	13%	87	3,945	13%	11%	53
27	Terenure-Greentrees	13%	54	1,113	13%	12%	48
28	Newcastle	12%	102	1,814	12%	10%	52
29	Palmerston West	12%	41	2,230	12%	8%	49
30	Clondalkin-Dunawley	11%	47	3,826	11%	12%	55
31	Clondalkin-Ballymount	11%	44	629	11%	14%	53
32	Firhouse-Ballycullen	10%	69	3,313	10%	10%	46
33	Tallaght-Springfield	9%	64	3,831	9%	13%	48
34	Rathfarnham Village	9%	55	1,253	9%	14%	49
35	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	7%	69	1,758	7%	5%	48
36	Ballyboden	7%	57	1,797	7%	13%	47
37	Tallaght-Fettercairn	7%	55	3,471	7%	18%	27
38	Templeogue Village	7%	30	845	7%	3%	50
39	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	7%	27	758	7%	4%	45
40	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	6%	35	1,453	6%	11%	43

Every council 31

#	Council	retention	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Tipperary	30%	3,082	30%	4%	55
2	Kerry	30%	2,649	30%	12%	63
3	Louth	29%	2,094	29%	15%	52
4	Leitrim	28%	507	28%	4%	53
5	Wexford	27%	2,880	27%	16%	54
6	Galway City	27%	691	27%	14%	55
7	Kildare	25%	3,349	25%	20%	61
8	Donegal	24%	5,102	24%	7%	50
9	Galway County	24%	3,889	24%	13%	54
10	Cavan	24%	1,617	24%	5%	58
11	Sligo	24%	1,145	24%	7%	52
12	Laois	23%	1,973	23%	7%	55
13	Kilkenny	22%	1,902	22%	7%	63
14	Roscommon	22%	1,374	22%	13%	98
15	Cork County	21%	6,856	21%	8%	66
16	Meath	21%	3,487	21%	13%	55
17	Fingal	21%	3,390	21%	22%	54
18	Wicklow	21%	2,793	21%	14%	54
19	Waterford	21%	2,250	21%	11%	56
20	Offaly	21%	1,633	21%	9%	79
21	Westmeath	21%	1,382	21%	12%	60
22	Limerick	20%	2,833	20%	11%	61
23	Clare	20%	2,430	20%	6%	55
24	Monaghan	19%	1,305	19%	7%	97
25	Longford	19%	612	19%	14%	50
26	Cork City	19%	523	19%	5%	62
27	Mayo	18%	2,748	18%	7%	60
28	Carlow	18%	919	18%	8%	82
29	South Dublin	15%	2,346	15%	12%	49
30	Dublin City	14%	5,481	14%	10%	55
31	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11%	3,870	11%	13%	52

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 3 Oct 2026, 03:38

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	3 Oct 2026, 03:38	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 3 Oct 2026.

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