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 24 Oct 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

applications per 1,000 homes

55%

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 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-Cappaghmore	63 days	23	758	8%	4%	63
2	Tallaght-Tymon	62 days	21	1,879	25%	10%	62
3	Rathcoole	60 days	47	2,172	23%	28%	60
4	Newcastle	56 days	81	1,814	13%	9%	56
5	Clondalkin-Dunawley	56 days	42	3,826	13%	10%	56
6	Clondalkin-Ballymount	56 days	37	629	13%	14%	56
7	Saggart	56 days	43	1,791	27%	35%	56
8	Clondalkin-Monastery	55 days	74	3,933	21%	16%	55
9	Clondalkin Village	55 days	51	3,201	17%	16%	55
10	Tallaght-Springfield	55 days	56	3,831	13%	12%	55
11	Tallaght-Fettercairn	55 days	43	3,471	9%	19%	55
12	Edmondstown	55 days	40	1,916	16%	2%	55
13	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	55 days	43	1,552	34%	19%	55
14	Bohernabreena	55 days	35	1,740	20%	20%	55
15	Tallaght-Kingswood	55 days	30	1,499	12%	13%	55
16	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	55 days	37	980	15%	0%	55
17	Tallaght-Oldbawn	55 days	34	1,583	20%	18%	55
18	Tallaght-Jobstown	55 days	31	5,711	26%	19%	55
19	Palmerston West	55 days	35	2,230	14%	9%	55
20	Tallaght-Kiltipper	55 days	24	3,193	24%	8%	55
21	Lucan-St. Helens	54 days	132	5,363	12%	13%	54
22	Firhouse Village	54 days	74	3,945	12%	11%	54
23	Firhouse-Ballycullen	54 days	63	3,313	10%	8%	54
24	Palmerston Village	54 days	42	1,451	24%	10%	54
25	Terenure-Greentrees	54 days	45	1,113	13%	11%	54
26	Firhouse-Knocklyon	54 days	32	1,288	22%	3%	54
27	Clondalkin-Moorfield	54 days	25	2,283	38%	16%	54
28	Templeogue Village	54 days	31	845	7%	3%	54
29	Templeogue-Orwell	54 days	24	727	17%	8%	54
30	Lucan Heights	53 days	60	1,921	6%	13%	53
31	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	52 days	39	1,581	13%	10%	52
32	Lucan-Esker	51 days	176	9,990	13%	10%	51
33	Templeogue-Limekiln	51 days	39	1,431	25%	8%	51
34	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	50 days	60	1,758	9%	5%	50
35	Rathfarnham Village	50 days	48	1,253	9%	12%	50
36	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	50 days	41	1,226	16%	7%	50
37	Templeogue-Cypress	50 days	31	983	25%	6%	50
38	Terenure-Cherryfield	50 days	27	885	6%	0%	50
39	Ballyboden	49 days	53	1,797	9%	11%	49
40	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	47 days	33	1,453	11%	12%	47

Every council 31

#	Council	median days	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Roscommon	98 days	1,368	22%	13%	98
2	Monaghan	98 days	1,323	19%	7%	98
3	Carlow	83 days	913	18%	9%	83
4	Offaly	78 days	1,615	22%	9%	78
5	Cork County	66 days	6,804	21%	8%	66
6	Kerry	63 days	2,657	30%	12%	63
7	Kilkenny	63 days	1,894	22%	7%	63
8	Kildare	61 days	3,304	24%	20%	61
9	Limerick	61 days	2,844	20%	11%	61
10	Mayo	60 days	2,733	18%	7%	60
11	Cavan	58 days	1,597	24%	5%	58
12	Westmeath	58 days	1,381	20%	13%	58
13	Waterford	56 days	2,256	21%	11%	56
14	Cork City	56 days	1,194	19%	7%	56
15	Dublin City	55 days	5,937	15%	10%	55
16	Meath	55 days	3,463	21%	13%	55
17	Tipperary	55 days	3,068	30%	4%	55
18	Clare	55 days	2,398	20%	6%	55
19	South Dublin	55 days	2,283	15%	12%	55
20	Laois	55 days	1,965	23%	7%	55
21	Galway City	55 days	685	27%	14%	55
22	Galway County	54 days	3,872	24%	13%	54
23	Fingal	54 days	3,471	20%	22%	54
24	Wexford	54 days	2,827	27%	16%	54
25	Wicklow	54 days	2,789	20%	14%	54
26	Leitrim	53 days	505	27%	4%	53
27	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	52 days	3,887	11%	13%	52
28	Louth	52 days	2,073	29%	15%	52
29	Sligo	52 days	1,121	25%	7%	52
30	Donegal	50 days	5,074	24%	7%	50
31	Longford	50 days	604	19%	14%	50

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 24 Oct 2026, 03:42

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC BY 4.0	24 Oct 2026, 03:42	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 24 Oct 2026.

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