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

South Dublin's neighbourhoods in numbers

Data updated 26 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness

2,352 planning applications were lodged across 49 electoral divisions in the last 24 months — 23.4 per 1,000 households. 15% sought retention for something already built; 12% of decisions were refusals. Every table below ranks the neighbourhoods on one of those, and every row is a page.

23.4

applications per 1,000 households

54%

household works

15%

retention · built first

12%

of decisions refused

21%

went through further information

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Where the most is applied for 49 ranked

Applications lodged in the window, per 1,000 households in the 2022 census. Ranked only where the neighbourhood has at least 20 applications in the window. Top: Ballinascorney (107); bottom: Clondalkin-Rowlagh (0.7).

#	Neighbourhood	per 1,000 households	Applications	Households	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Ballinascorney	107	20	187	25%	—	—
2	Clondalkin-Ballymount	70	44	629	11%	14%	53
3	Newcastle	54	98	1,814	12%	9%	53
4	Terenure-Greentrees	50.3	56	1,113	12%	12%	48
5	Rathfarnham Village	44.7	56	1,253	9%	14%	49
6	Rathfarnham-Ballyroan	42.9	42	980	14%	0%	51
7	Templeogue-Cypress	39.7	39	983	26%	0%	43
8	Templeogue-Kimmage Manor	39.2	69	1,758	7%	5%	48
9	Terenure-Cherryfield	37.3	33	885	6%	0%	48
10	Rathfarnham-Butterfield	36.7	45	1,226	16%	5%	50
11	Templeogue Village	36.7	31	845	6%	3%	50
12	Lucan Heights	36.4	70	1,921	4%	14%	48
13	Palmerston Village	35.8	52	1,451	25%	12%	54
14	Templeogue-Orwell	35.8	26	727	15%	8%	45
15	Clondalkin-Cappaghmore	35.6	27	758	7%	4%	45
16	Tallaght-Kilnamanagh	33.5	52	1,552	29%	20%	49
17	Lucan-St. Helens	31.7	170	5,363	14%	13%	48
18	Ballyboden	31.2	56	1,797	7%	15%	47
19	Firhouse-Knocklyon	31.1	40	1,288	25%	6%	52
20	Templeogue-Limekiln	30.7	44	1,431	25%	7%	50
21	Saggart	30.2	54	1,791	24%	33%	44
22	Rathcoole	27.6	60	2,172	23%	28%	48
23	Rathfarnham-Hermitage	26.6	42	1,581	14%	11%	50
24	Tallaght-Oldbawn	25.9	41	1,583	17%	17%	49
25	Edmondstown	25.6	49	1,916	16%	2%	48
26	Bohernabreena	24.1	42	1,740	19%	20%	53
27	Rathfarnham-St. Enda's	24.1	35	1,453	6%	11%	43
28	Tallaght-Kingswood	24	36	1,499	14%	13%	53
29	Templeogue-Osprey	22.6	19	840	—	—	—
30	Clondalkin-Monastery	22.1	87	3,933	18%	17%	50
31	Firhouse Village	21.5	85	3,945	13%	11%	53
32	Clondalkin Village	21.2	68	3,201	16%	17%	52
33	Firhouse-Ballycullen	20.8	69	3,313	9%	9%	46
34	Lucan-Esker	19.5	195	9,990	13%	10%	49
35	Terenure-St. James	19.1	20	1,045	15%	—	—
36	Tallaght-Glenview	18.3	16	876	—	—	—
37	Palmerston West	17.9	40	2,230	10%	8%	49
38	Tallaght-Springfield	17	65	3,831	9%	13%	48
39	Clondalkin-Moorfield	16.6	38	2,283	39%	20%	50
40	Tallaght-Tymon	16.5	31	1,879	23%	9%	46

Every council on the same measure 0

The 31 councils, same window, same rule. No per-household figures outside Dublin: the census spine is loaded for the Dublin region only.

#	Council	Applications	Applications	Retention	Refused	Median days
1	Cork County	6,803	6,803	21%	8%	66
2	Dublin City	5,531	5,531	14%	10%	55
3	Donegal	5,083	5,083	24%	7%	50
4	Galway County	3,895	3,895	24%	13%	54
5	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	3,871	3,871	11%	13%	52
6	Meath	3,475	3,475	20%	13%	55
7	Fingal	3,417	3,417	21%	22%	54
8	Kildare	3,375	3,375	25%	20%	61
9	Tipperary	3,074	3,074	30%	4%	55
10	Wexford	2,874	2,874	27%	16%	54
11	Limerick	2,823	2,823	20%	11%	61
12	Wicklow	2,778	2,778	21%	14%	54
13	Mayo	2,731	2,731	17%	7%	60
14	Kerry	2,635	2,635	30%	12%	63
15	Clare	2,414	2,414	20%	6%	55
16	South Dublin	2,349	2,349	15%	12%	49
17	Waterford	2,241	2,241	21%	11%	57
18	Louth	2,078	2,078	29%	15%	52
19	Laois	1,961	1,961	23%	7%	55
20	Kilkenny	1,889	1,889	22%	7%	63
21	Offaly	1,623	1,623	21%	9%	77
22	Cavan	1,612	1,612	24%	5%	58
23	Westmeath	1,366	1,366	20%	12%	60
24	Roscommon	1,353	1,353	22%	12%	98
25	Monaghan	1,297	1,297	19%	7%	97
26	Sligo	1,142	1,142	24%	7%	52
27	Carlow	923	923	18%	8%	83
28	Galway City	692	692	27%	14%	55
29	Longford	611	611	18%	14%	50
30	Cork City	536	536	18%	6%	62
31	Leitrim	509	509	28%	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 commencement notice is placed in the division its point falls in.
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.
Retention is an application whose type or description says retention — permission for something already built. 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.

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 26 Sept 2026, 03:36

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
National Planning Application Database (NPAD)	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
An Coimisiún Pleanála case list	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open
Building Control Management System commencement notices	CC-BY-4.0	26 Sept 2026, 03:36	open

Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 26 Sept 2026.

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