Ballyarrell
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Uí Fhearghail
- Area
- 128.7 ha
- 318 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyarrell, from 937 m² to 232,409 m² (23.24 ha, 57.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyarrell 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Oct 2025Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DETACHED GARAGE/STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561866
15 Sept 2025N/a
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A DETACHED GARAGE/STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561581
25 Feb 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560251
10 May 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450125
11 Sept 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351354
8 Aug 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, ASSOCIATED EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351167
24 Feb 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350215
30 Aug 2021N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151735
16 Dec 2020Conditional
2NO. UNENCLOSED SHED EXTENSIONS, CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING SLATTED SHED WHICH INCLUDES AN EXTERNAL DRY STORE / MACHINERY STORAGE SHED & AN EXTERNAL LIVESTOCK HOLDING PEN AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051932
9 Sept 2020Unconditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2051266
2 Sept 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051221
24 May 2020N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050614
8 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950475
11 Dec 2018Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, 3 NO. CUBICLE SHEDS, 3 NO. SILAGE PITS AND 1 NO. STORAGE SHED, (2) MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING CUBICLE SHED TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF MILKING PARLOUR, STRAW BEDDED AREA, DAIRY & ANCILLARY ROOMS, HANDLING FACILITIES, ROOFED COLLECTING YARD, ROOFED FEED AREA AND UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANKS, (3) ERECTION OF MEAL BIN, (4) CONSTRUCTION OF CUBICLE SHED TO INCLUDE UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY TANKS, (5) CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NO. SILAGE PITS AND (6) CONSTRUCTION OF MEAL STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THE PLANNING APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851868
29 Nov 2018N/a
(A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, 3 NO. CUBICLE SHEDS, 3 NO. SILAGE PITS AND 1 NO. STORAGE SHED. (B)MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING CUBICLE SHED TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF MILKING PARLOUR, STRAW BEDDED AREA, DAIRY AND ANCILLARY ROOMS, HANDLING FACILITIES, ROOFED COLLECTING YARD, ROOFED FEED AREA AND UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANKS. (C) ERECTION OF MEAL BIN. (D) CONSTRUCTION OF CUBICLE SHED TO INCLUDE UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY TANKS. (E) CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NO. SILAGE PITS AND (F) CONSTRUCTION OF MEAL STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THE PLANNING APPLICATION.
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851813
24 Sept 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851483
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301
Recorded monuments
- DG078-030 Burial
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- DG078-031 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
There is no sign of the 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on a small hill in the flood plain of the River Finn in excellent pasture. 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. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyarrell.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyarrell.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyarrell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyarrell · Baile Uí Fhearghail
- Area
- 1,286,807 m² (128.68 ha, 317.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Gleneely, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gleneely electoral division: 1,672 people in 557 households; 89% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnagannagh, Cloonarrell, Drumcannon, Drumfergus, Kiltown, Liscooly, Meenlougher
- Placenames
- Ballyarrell 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.