Neighbourhoods · South Dublin · last 12 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

11.8

applications per 1,000 homes

51%

household works

16%

for work already done

13%

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 23 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	Firhouse Village	54 days	30	3,945	15%	7%	54
2	Clondalkin Village	54 days	25	3,201	19%	20%	54
3	Palmerston Village	54 days	21	1,451	21%	10%	54
4	Newcastle	53 days	43	1,814	15%	12%	53
5	Edmondstown	52 days	21	1,916	8%	5%	52
6	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	52 days	20	980	25%	0%	52
7	Saggart	51 days	24	1,791	27%	25%	51
8	Lucan Heights	50 days	29	1,921	10%	14%	50
9	Terenure-Greentrees	50 days	26	1,113	19%	15%	50
10	Firhouse-Ballycullen	50 days	27	3,313	13%	7%	50
11	Lucan-St. Helens	49 days	70	5,363	8%	17%	49
12	Ballyboden	49 days	23	1,797	4%	9%	49
13	Terenure-Cherryfield	49 days	20	885	4%	0%	49
14	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	49 days	21	1,226	22%	5%	49
15	Rathfarnham Village	49 days	21	1,253	4%	5%	49
16	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	49 days	24	1,552	18%	17%	49
17	Lucan-Esker	48 days	86	9,990	16%	13%	48
18	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	48 days	22	1,758	4%	5%	48
19	Clondalkin-Monastery	47 days	41	3,933	21%	27%	47
20	Tallaght-Springfield	47 days	29	3,831	8%	7%	47
21	Tallaght-Fettercairn	45 days	22	3,471	3%	14%	45
22	Rathcoole	42 days	28	2,172	20%	32%	42
23	Templeogue-Cypress	41 days	21	983	28%	10%	41

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	100 days	702	24%	15%	100
2	Monaghan	100 days	662	19%	6%	100
3	Cavan	68 days	786	23%	5%	68
4	Cork County	66 days	3,389	22%	7%	66
5	Kerry	64 days	1,254	30%	11%	64
6	Offaly	64 days	857	22%	10%	64
7	Kilkenny	63 days	912	23%	6%	63
8	Carlow	63 days	454	17%	10%	63
9	Kildare	62 days	1,591	24%	19%	62
10	Mayo	59 days	1,334	20%	6%	59
11	Limerick	58 days	1,465	21%	11%	58
12	Tipperary	56 days	1,494	30%	5%	56
13	Cork City	56 days	680	19%	9%	56
14	Dublin City	55 days	2,854	15%	10%	55
15	Galway County	55 days	1,970	24%	16%	55
16	Meath	55 days	1,817	22%	15%	55
17	Clare	55 days	1,201	21%	5%	55
18	Waterford	55 days	1,122	21%	9%	55
19	Laois	55 days	1,029	26%	7%	55
20	Westmeath	55 days	700	22%	14%	55
21	Galway City	55 days	349	27%	14%	55
22	Fingal	54 days	1,705	20%	23%	54
23	Wicklow	54 days	1,376	20%	11%	54
24	Wexford	54 days	1,233	26%	16%	54
25	Sligo	53 days	562	25%	7%	53
26	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	1,949	11%	13%	52
27	Leitrim	52 days	247	28%	5%	52
28	Louth	51 days	1,021	29%	13%	51
29	Donegal	50 days	2,532	24%	7%	50
30	South Dublin	50 days	1,169	16%	13%	50
31	Longford	48 days	305	21%	16%	48

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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