Aghaveagh

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaveagh, from 75 m² to 635,185 m² (63.52 ha, 156.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghaveagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Jun 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661191

• 30 May 2022N/a

  (1) RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT TO EXISTING GATE LODGE 1, TOGETHER WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF GATE LODGE 2 AS WELL AS RAISING ROOF LEVEL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST-FLOOR LAYOUT TOGETHER WITH ELEVATIONAL CHANGES WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (B) ENTRANCE PILLARS WITH GATES AND BOUNDARY WALL WITH A PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND STREET LIGHTING LINKING GATE LODGES (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250935

• 30 Aug 2021Conditional

  RETENTION & COMPLETION OF A RETAINING WALL, DETACHED GARAGE AND STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151713

• 6 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151341

• 24 May 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151005

• 18 Mar 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150479

• 7 Dec 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING INCLUDING INTEGRATED GARAGE, SWIMMING POOL AND ASSOCIATED PLANT ROOMS WHILE INCORPORATING BASEMENT WORKS ALREADY COMPLETED UNDER THE PREVIOUS GRANT OF PERMISSION 15/50675 ALL WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051879

• 24 May 2020N/a

  INSTALLATION OF THREE (3 NO.) PREFABRICATED DIGESTIVE PROCESSING / TEST TANKS AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS PIPEWORK WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE EXISTING BIOGAS PLANT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050631

• 21 Jan 2019Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT WORKS AT THE GLENMORE BIOGAS PLANT, WHICH SHALL PROCESS ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS AND PRODUCE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FERTILISER. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSED VIA THE EXISTING INTERNAL CONNECTING ACCESS ROAD WITHIN GLENMORE ESTATE WHICH LINKS THE SITE TO THE R253. THE WORKS INVOLVE: (1) DEVELOPMENT WITHIN CURTILAGE OF THE EXISTING BIOGAS PLANT INVOLVING (A) THE CONSTRUCTION/ PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING FEEDSTOCK (WASTE) RECEPTION BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE FEEDSTOCK RECEPTION ACTIVITIES AND DIGESTATE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, (B) GAS PURIFICATION AND COMPRESSION PLANT, (C) OFFICE EXTENSION (FIRST FLOOR OPEN PLAN) , AND (D) EXTERNALLY LOCATED TEST TANK; (2) EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE BIOGAS PLANT TO ACCOMMODATE (A) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD FROM THE EXISTING BIOGAS SITE, (B) CONCRETE RETENTION BUND, (C) 3 NO. DIGESTERS VESSELS WITH COLLECTION DOMES, (D) 3 NO. HYDROLYSIS TANK WITH COLLECTION COVERS, (E) PUMP HOUSES (2 NO.) AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS PIPEWORK, AND (F) STORMWATER ATTENUATION TANK, PETROL INTERCEPTOR AND ASSOCIATED PIPEWORK; (3) EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE BIOGAS PLANT TO ACCOMMODATE A FERTILISER PLANT, COMPRISING (A) FERTILISER PROCESSING BUILDING CONTAINING DIGESTATE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE AREAS AND ASSOCIATED, EXTERNALLY LOCATED, ODOUR CONTROL EQUIPMENT/EXHAUST STACK (17.5M IN HEIGHT), (B) LIQUID FERTILISER STORAGE TANKS (6 NO.), (C) HGV PARKING, (D) ALL PROCESS PIPEWORK AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS, AND (E) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING FENCING AND LANDSCAPE SCREENING. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) AND RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE FROM THE ENVIRIONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950042

• 3 Oct 2018N/a

  DEVELOPMENT WORKS WHICH SHALL PROCESS ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS AND PRODUCE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FERTILSER. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSED VIA THE EXISTING INTERNAL CONNECTING ACCESS ROAD WITHIN GLENMORE ESTATE WHICH LINKS THE SITE THE R253. THE WORKS INVOLVE: (1) DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE EXISTING BIOGAS PLANT INVOVLING: (A) THE CONSTRUCTION/PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING FEEDSTOCK (WASTE) RECEPTION BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE FEEDSTOCK RECEPTION ACTIVITIES AND DIGESTATE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, (B) GAS PURIFICATION AND COMPRESSION PLANT, (C) OFFICE EXTENSION (FIRST FLOOR OPEN PLAN) AND (D) EXTERNALLY LOCATED TEST TANK, (2) EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE BIOGAS PLANT TO ACCOMMODATE (A) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD FROM THE EXISTING BIOGAS SITE, (B) CONCRETE RETENTION BUND, (C) 3 NO. DIGESTERS VESSELS WITH COLLECTION DOMES, (D) 3 NO. HYDROLYSIS TANKS WITH COLLECTION COVERS, (E) PUMP HOUSES (2 NO.) AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS PIPEWORK, AND (F) STORMWATER ATTENUATION TANK, PETROL INTERCEPTOR AND ASSOCIATED PIPEWORK, (3) EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE BIOGAS PLANT TO ACCOMMODATE A FERTILISER PLANT COMPRISING (A) FERTILISER PROCESSING BUILDING CONTAINING DIGESTATE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE AREAS AND ASSOCIATED, EXTERNALLY LOCATED, ODOUR CONTROL EQUIPMENT/EXHAUST STACK (17.5M IN HEIGHT), (B) LIQUID FERTLISER STORAGE TANKS (6 NO.), (C) HGV PARKING, (D) ALL PROCESS PIPEWORK AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS AND (E) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING FENCING AND LANDSCAPE SCREENING THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) AND RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851521

• 11 Jun 2018Conditional

  THE FLARE, PROCESS SUMP, WASHDOWN AREA,CO2 COMPRESSION BUILDING, 2 NO. CO2 TANKS AND WEIGHBRIDGE WHICH ARE IN LIEU OF THOSE APPROVED UNDER 14/51399. A BOILER HOUSE, CARBOSCAN CONTAINER, 2 NO. FURTHER CO2 TANKS, SECURITY HUT AT THE WEIGHTBRIDGE, A CONTROLS BUILDING, 3 NO. DIGESTATE DISPATCH TANK, 2 NO. TRANSFORMERS, ODUR CONTROL UNIT, OFFICE EXTENSION, EXTENSION TO THE NORTH -EAST CORNER OF THE YARD AND CLOSURE OF THE INTERNAL ROAD LINKING THE BIOGAS FACILITY TO THE WIDER GLENMORE ESTATE AT THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER OF THE SITEAND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON LANDS ACCESSED OFF THE ADJOINING REGIONAL ROAD R-253-1 ASSOCIATED WITH GLENMORE ESTATES BIOGAS FACILITY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850910

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850341

• 12 Apr 2017Refused

  A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF (1) A 110KV ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION WHICH INCLUDES 2 NO. CONTROL BUILDINGS, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING, FENCING AND ANCILLARY WORKS IN THE TOWNLAND OF CARK TO REPLACE TWO SUBSTATIONS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED AS PART OF THE DRUMNAHOUGH WIND FARM (PL.REF.08/50687 AND EXTENDED UNDER PL. REF.13/51609) AND THE LENALEA WIND FARM (PL.REF.09/50116); (2) 33KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING AND ANCILLARY WORKS FROM THE PERMITTED LENALEA WIND FARM TO THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CARK; (3) 110KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING AND ANCILLARY WORKS FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT CARK THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF CULLIAGH, MEENBOG (ED CLOGHAN), LETTERSHANBO, CORLACKY, KINNADERRY, WELCHTOWN, AGHAVEAGH, MEENAGRAUV, ALTNAPASTE, BALLYKERGAN, CARRICKMAHON, MAGHERACLOIGH, LOUGHSALLAGH, CASHELNAVEAN, CROAGHONAGH, TAWNAWULLY MOUNTAINS, KEADEW UPPER, FRIARBUSH, ARDINAWARK, KEADEW LOWER, TO THE EXISTING CLOGHER SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CULLIONBOY, CO. DONEGAL; (4) THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SHED AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW SHED, BOTH IN THE TOWNLAND OF CULLIONBOY, RELOCATED TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND CABLING WORKS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750543

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750224

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

• DG077-005 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone, roughly triangular in shape, and 1.68m high × 1.7m wide at base × 0.26m thick; NE-SW. Situated on low marshy ground on the S bank of the River Finn. Site was revisited in 2003 and described as the standing stone described above has been knocked and is now lying on its side. One large and two smaller pieces have been broken off it. Immediately adjacent at E is a smaller triangular-shaped stone (H 0.94m; Wth. at base 0.95m; T 0.26m) which may have acted as a buttress stone. It is surprising, given its size and location, that this second stone is not noted in the description in the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/ revision: 19 May 2010

Architectural heritage

• Glenmore Lodge, outbuilding, walled garden, dovecote/pigeon house/aviary, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings arranged around a U-shaped courtyard to the rear of the site of Glenmore\Glenmore Lodge (now demolished c. 2000), built c. 1780 and altered c. 1850, comprising two-storey wings to the east and west with single-bay three-storey blocks to the centre with integral carriage-arches, and with single-storey wing to the south having central bellcote. Now out of use and dilapidated. Dovecote to upper stage of central three-storey block to centre of east range. Remains of pitched natural slate roofs (some now collapsed\removed) with projecting cut stone eaves courses, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods; pyramidal\hipped natural slate roofs to three-storey blocks to centre of east and west ranges with rendered chimneystack having terracotta pots over to block to the west. Pitched corrugated-metal roofs to some blocks. Coursed rubble stone walls with remains of roughcast render. Square-headed window openings with flush red brick surrounds, some remaining stone sills, and with remains of multi-pane timber windows; timber louvers to some window openings at first floor level. Square-headed door openings with remains of timber doors, some with rubble stone voussoirs and some with red brick surrounds. Overlights to some door openings. Segmental-headed carriage-arches to three-storey blocks with squared rubble voussoirs; remains of trap door and pulley mechanism to interior of carriage-arch to the west. Modified segmental-headed carriage-arch now altered to form square-headed opening to south of wing to west; square-headed carriage-arch to block to south of west wing. Set back from road in elevated landscaped site to the west of Ballybofey overlooking River Finn and valley to the north. Remains of walled garden (on rectangular-plan) to the west having rubble stone boundary walls. Complex of single-storey outbuildings and probable former stables located uphill to the south having mono-pitched natural slate roofs, rubble stone walls, square-headed doorways, and segmental-headed carriage arches; north wing now altered with insertion of square-headed carriage-arch. Partially rebuilt and altered three-bay single-storey former gate lodge adjacent to the north-east gateway.

• Saint John's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built c. 1877-9, comprising five-bay nave, shallow projecting chancel to the east, gable-fronted entrance porch to the south elevation of chancel, and with offset tower (on square-plan) to the south-west corner of nave rising to broached spire over (on octagonal-plan). Modern single-storey addition to the north elevation of nave. Pitched natural slate roof with ashlar chimneystack over chancel arch, and with cast-iron rainwater goods; ashlar sandstone spire to tower having wrought-iron cross finial over; natural slate roofs to porch and chancel. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth to south and north elevations of nave and to porch with flush tooled ashlar stone quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to west elevation of porch and chancel over smooth rendered plinth, cement rendered walls to east elevation of nave over projecting plinth. Squared and coursed rubble sandstone construction to first two stages of tower with flush sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with projecting stringcourse delineating stages. Cusped\trefoil-headed window openings to side elevations of nave having painted chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, and crown glass in diamond and square quarries. Triple-light pointed-arch window opening to the chancel gable (east) having cut stone Decorated Gothic tracery , painted chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, and with leaded stained glass windows. Three graded cusped\trefoil-headed window openings to the west gable having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, and with leaded stained glass windows. Paired cusped\trefoil-headed window openings to the east side of porch having painted chamfered ashlar surrounds, and crown glass in diamond and square quarries. Narrow cusped\trefoil-headed openings to tower at first stage level having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, and leaded windows; pointed-arch openings to tower at belfry level\second stage having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, and with timber louvers. Pointed-arched door opening to south face of tower having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, stone hoodmoulding over with label stops, and with a pair of timber doors having decorative wrought-iron hinges. Square-headed arched door opening to south face of tower having chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds, moulded cut stone lintel, and with a timber door having decorative wrought-iron hinges. Interior with ruled-and-lined plaster, plaster ceiling with timber frames to panels, carved timber pulpit and panelling to altar. Located adjacent to rural road junction with Donaldson Church of Ireland church hall (see 40907703) immediately to the north, and in the rural countryside to the west of Ballybofey a short distance to the south of Glenmore Bridge over the River Finn. Lawned areas and tarmacadamed yards to site. Bounded on road frontage to the south and west by rubble stone boundary walls with cement coping over. Gateway to the east having a pair of squared mildly rock-faced gate piers (on square-plan) having cement coping over, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates with spear finials over.

• Donaldson Memorial Hall, church hall/parish hall, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey Church of Ireland parish hall, dated 1901, having projecting gable-fronted entrance porch to the north end of the front elevation (east), central gable-fronted bay to the east elevation, and with stepped clasping buttresses to the corners of the main body of building and to projecting porch, and with stepped clasping buttresses to the centre of the east and west elevations. Modern single-storey flat-roofed extension to the west and probably two-storey extension to the south end of the main hall. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) with corbelled eaves course to the east and west elevations. Roughcast rendered walls with flush block-and-start quoins to the corners; painted feathered (concrete?) copings to clasping buttresses. Carved sandstone plaque (on circular-plan) to the gable apex of gable-fronted bay to the east having raised shield motif to centre incised ‘Donaldson Memorial Hall 1901 AD’. Paired square-headed window openings to the east and west elevations having painted (ashlar?) block-and-start surrounds and (ashlar?) mullion, and with leaded coloured glass windows; triple trefoil-headed lancet openings to gable-fronted bay to the east elevation with block-and-start surrounds and (ashlar?) mullions, and with leaded coloured glass windows. Three graded trefoil-headed lancet openings to the north elevation with block-and-start surrounds and (ashlar?) mullions, and with leaded coloured glass windows; three graded square-headed former vent openings over to the gable apex having flush with block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch (east) having flush (ashlar?) block-and-start surround with chamfered edges, moulded lintel over, and with replacement timber panelled doors. Timber boarded coffered ceiling to interior. Located adjacent to rural road junction with St. John’s Church of Ireland church (see 40907702) immediately to the south, and in the rural countryside to the west of Ballybofey a short distance to the south of Glenmore Bridge over the River Finn. Rubble stone boundary walls with cement coping over to the south-east boundaries of site with rendered walls to the north-east and north. Tarmacadam yard and carpark to site.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Aghaveagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aghaveagh.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Aghaveagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Aghaveagh · Achadh Bheithe

Area

4,984,368 m² (498.44 ha, 1,231.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kilteevoge, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Altnapaste, the unit of the census

Census 2022

416 people lived in 143 households in the Altnapaste electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altnapaste, Ballynatone, Corraine, Loughsallagh, Meenagrauv, Welchtown

Placenames

Aghaveagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.