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

Where a decision takes longest — South Dublin neighbourhoods

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

Data updated 10 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

23.5

applications per 1,000 homes

54%

household works

15%

for work already done

12%

refused

21%

asked for more details

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 a decision takes longest 40 ranked

Median days from the council receiving an application to its decision. Eight weeks is the statutory clock; a further-information request stops it.

#	Neighbourhood	median days	Decided	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Clondalkin-Dunawley	55 days	41	3,826	12%	12%	55
2	Palmerston Village	54 days	42	1,451	25%	12%	54
3	Newcastle	53 days	81	1,814	13%	9%	53
4	Firhouse Village	53 days	76	3,945	12%	11%	53
5	Clondalkin Village	53 days	51	3,201	16%	16%	53
6	Clondalkin-Ballymount	53 days	37	629	13%	14%	53
7	Bohernabreena	53 days	35	1,740	19%	20%	53
8	Tallaght-Jobstown	53 days	31	5,711	26%	19%	53
9	Tallaght-Kingswood	53 days	30	1,499	13%	13%	53
10	Firhouse-Knocklyon	52 days	34	1,288	23%	6%	52
11	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	51 days	36	980	15%	0%	51
12	Clondalkin-Monastery	50 days	72	3,933	20%	17%	50
13	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	50 days	40	1,226	15%	5%	50
14	Templeogue-Limekiln	50 days	41	1,431	25%	7%	50
15	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	50 days	39	1,581	14%	10%	50
16	Templeogue Village	50 days	32	845	7%	3%	50
17	Lucan-Esker	49 days	176	9,990	13%	10%	49
18	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	49 days	44	1,552	30%	18%	49
19	Palmerston West	49 days	35	2,230	12%	9%	49
20	Clondalkin-Moorfield	49 days	25	2,283	39%	16%	49
21	Terenure-Cherryfield	49 days	27	885	6%	0%	49
22	Lucan-St. Helens	48 days	132	5,363	13%	13%	48
23	Lucan Heights	48 days	57	1,921	6%	14%	48
24	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	48 days	60	1,758	7%	5%	48
25	Rathcoole	48 days	49	2,172	22%	27%	48
26	Rathfarnham Village	48 days	49	1,253	9%	12%	48
27	Terenure-Greentrees	48 days	47	1,113	13%	11%	48
28	Edmondstown	48 days	40	1,916	15%	2%	48
29	Tallaght-Oldbawn	48 days	34	1,583	20%	18%	48
30	Tallaght-Springfield	47 days	53	3,831	11%	13%	47
31	Ballyboden	47 days	53	1,797	7%	13%	47
32	Firhouse-Ballycullen	46 days	63	3,313	10%	10%	46
33	Saggart	46 days	44	1,791	25%	34%	46
34	Tallaght-Tymon	46 days	22	1,879	24%	9%	46
35	Tallaght-Kiltipper	45 days	25	3,193	26%	8%	45
36	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	45 days	23	758	7%	4%	45
37	Templeogue-Orwell	45 days	24	727	15%	8%	45
38	Templeogue-Cypress	43 days	32	983	25%	6%	43
39	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	42 days	36	1,453	9%	11%	42
40	Tallaght-Fettercairn	27 days	43	3,471	7%	19%	27

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	98 days	1,370	22%	13%	98
2	Monaghan	97 days	1,310	19%	7%	97
3	Carlow	82 days	914	18%	9%	82
4	Offaly	80 days	1,619	21%	9%	80
5	Cork County	66 days	6,848	21%	8%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,653	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,891	22%	7%	63
8	Kildare	61 days	3,340	25%	20%	61
9	Limerick	61 days	2,842	20%	11%	61
10	Mayo	60 days	2,735	18%	7%	60
11	Westmeath	60 days	1,381	21%	12%	60
12	Cavan	58 days	1,607	24%	5%	58
13	Cork City	57 days	1,191	19%	7%	57
14	Waterford	56 days	2,240	21%	11%	56
15	Dublin City	55 days	5,939	14%	10%	55
16	Meath	55 days	3,465	21%	13%	55
17	Tipperary	55 days	3,074	30%	4%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,415	20%	6%	55
19	Laois	55 days	1,957	24%	7%	55
20	Galway City	55 days	687	27%	14%	55
21	Galway County	54 days	3,879	24%	13%	54
22	Fingal	54 days	3,502	21%	22%	54
23	Wexford	54 days	2,848	27%	16%	54
24	Wicklow	54 days	2,788	20%	14%	54
25	Leitrim	53 days	506	27%	4%	53
26	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,883	11%	13%	52
27	Louth	52 days	2,081	29%	15%	52
28	Sligo	52 days	1,138	25%	7%	52
29	Donegal	50 days	5,071	24%	7%	50
30	Longford	50 days	606	19%	14%	50
31	South Dublin	49 days	2,346	15%	12%	49

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 10 Oct 2026, 03:39

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	10 Oct 2026, 03:39	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 10 Oct 2026.

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