# Ballyarrell, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Uí Fhearghail. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,286,807 m² (128.68 ha, 317.98 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donaghmore.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Gleneely, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,672 people lived in 557 households in the Gleneely electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16388 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50157 - Centre: latitude 54.787461, longitude -7.660099 (WGS 84) ## 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); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 6179531: 232,409 m² (23.24 ha, 57.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6179531.md - Parcel 1418882: 184,525 m² (18.45 ha, 45.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418882.md - Parcel 1393761: 161,750 m² (16.17 ha, 39.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393761.md - Parcel 1418883: 160,779 m² (16.08 ha, 39.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418883.md - Parcel 6140508: 112,178 m² (11.22 ha, 27.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6140508.md - Parcel 1329656: 101,976 m² (10.2 ha, 25.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329656.md - Parcel 6140506: 66,516 m² (6.65 ha, 16.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6140506.md - Parcel 5004964: 43,811 m² (4.38 ha, 10.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5004964.md - Parcel 4851957: 24,999 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4851957.md - Parcel 5191255: 24,634 m² (2.46 ha, 6.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5191255.md - Parcel 4905477: 17,865 m² (1.79 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905477.md - Parcel 1392017: 17,202 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392017.md - Parcel 4905476: 16,898 m² (1.69 ha, 4.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905476.md - Parcel 1358302: 16,185 m² (1.62 ha, 4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358302.md - Parcel 1384162: 15,570 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384162.md - Parcel 1418881: 8,087 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418881.md - Parcel 1339953: 7,443 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339953.md - Parcel 5461100: 3,848 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5461100.md - Parcel 3990024: 2,866 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990024.md - Parcel 1365614: 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365614.md - Parcel 1352891: 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352891.md - Parcel 4839047: 2,704 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4839047.md - Parcel 1373900: 2,677 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373900.md - Parcel 1402514: 2,641 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402514.md - Parcel 1421667: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421667.md - Parcel 1305375: 2,426 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305375.md - Parcel 4851927: 2,348 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4851927.md - Parcel 4452713: 2,334 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4452713.md - Parcel 3990019: 2,267 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990019.md - Parcel 1408929: 2,245 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408929.md - Parcel 1365616: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365616.md - Parcel 1398709: 2,228 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398709.md - Parcel 3990555: 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990555.md - Parcel 3990515: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3990515.md - Parcel 1332913: 2,170 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332913.md - Parcel 1372977: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372977.md - Parcel 4905485: 1,995 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4905485.md - Parcel 1412809: 1,822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412809.md - Parcel 1427959: 1,673 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427959.md - Parcel 1417011: 1,351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417011.md - Parcel 1347055: 937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347055.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 16 applications, newest first. - 28 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561866: Conditional. Permission. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DETACHED GARAGE/STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561866/0 - 15 Sept 2025, Donegal County Council 2561581: N/a. Permission. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A DETACHED GARAGE/STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561581/0 - 25 Feb 2025, Donegal County Council 2560251: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560251/0 - 10 May 2024, Donegal County Council 2450125: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450125/0 - 11 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351354: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351354/0 - 8 Aug 2023, Donegal County Council 2351167: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, ASSOCIATED EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351167/0 - 24 Feb 2023, Donegal County Council 2350215: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350215/0 - 30 Aug 2021, Donegal County Council 2151735: N/a. Permission consequent, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151735/0 - 16 Dec 2020, Donegal County Council 2051932: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051932/0 - 9 Sept 2020, Donegal County Council 2051266: Unconditional. Extension of duration. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051266/0 - 2 Sept 2020, Donegal County Council 2051221: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051221/0 - 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050614: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED, EFFLUENT TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050614/0 - 8 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950475: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/ SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950475/0 - 11 Dec 2018, Donegal County Council 1851868: Conditional. Permission. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851868/0 - 29 Nov 2018, Donegal County Council 1851813: N/a. Permission. (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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851813/0 - 24 Sept 2018, Donegal County Council 1851483: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851483/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC, site code 002301, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002301 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG078-030: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-030----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-031----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyarrell. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyarrell, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - 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, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarrell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarrell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarrell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardnagannagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardnagannagh.md - Cloonarrell: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cloonarrell.md - Drumcannon: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumcannon.md - Drumfergus: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumfergus.md - Kiltown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kiltown.md - Liscooly: https://everytownland.com/donegal/liscooly.md - Meenlougher: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenlougher.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarrell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballyarrell