# Ballylin, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Aughnish, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Uí Fhloinn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,882,188 m² (188.22 ha, 465.1 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,559 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Aughnish, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/aughnish.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Rathmelton, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,494 people lived in 938 households in the Rathmelton electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15979 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50228 - Centre: latitude 55.047397, longitude -7.574962 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylin, from 115 m² to 217,387 m² (21.74 ha, 53.72 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1427191: 217,387 m² (21.74 ha, 53.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427191.md - Parcel 1402778: 208,426 m² (20.84 ha, 51.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402778.md - Parcel 1352714: 160,183 m² (16.02 ha, 39.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352714.md - Parcel 1523552: 139,134 m² (13.91 ha, 34.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523552.md - Parcel 1426839: 116,844 m² (11.68 ha, 28.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426839.md - Parcel 1331569: 113,871 m² (11.39 ha, 28.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331569.md - Parcel 1330478: 110,644 m² (11.06 ha, 27.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330478.md - Parcel 1357543: 76,313 m² (7.63 ha, 18.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357543.md - Parcel 3662161: 74,900 m² (7.49 ha, 18.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662161.md - Parcel 5431738: 69,426 m² (6.94 ha, 17.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5431738.md - Parcel 1394812: 66,267 m² (6.63 ha, 16.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394812.md - Parcel 5431737: 55,043 m² (5.5 ha, 13.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5431737.md - Parcel 1380634: 54,537 m² (5.45 ha, 13.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380634.md - Parcel 1346766: 52,474 m² (5.25 ha, 12.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346766.md - Parcel 4893974: 49,878 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4893974.md - Parcel 1386999: 42,269 m² (4.23 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386999.md - Parcel 1372121: 40,455 m² (4.05 ha, 10 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372121.md - Parcel 4894018: 37,624 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894018.md - Parcel 1382627: 37,077 m² (3.71 ha, 9.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382627.md - Parcel 1378761: 28,940 m² (2.89 ha, 7.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378761.md - Parcel 1388939: 24,994 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388939.md - Parcel 4894016: 24,727 m² (2.47 ha, 6.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894016.md - Parcel 4894020: 22,118 m² (2.21 ha, 5.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894020.md - Parcel 5518419: 7,131 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518419.md - Parcel 5918611: 4,873 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5918611.md - Parcel 1374054: 4,245 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374054.md - Parcel 1343969: 4,144 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343969.md - Parcel 4893968: 3,922 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4893968.md - Parcel 5518420: 3,661 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518420.md - Parcel 1342440: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342440.md - Parcel 1333658: 2,510 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333658.md - Parcel 1318227: 2,346 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318227.md - Parcel 4859021: 2,307 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859021.md - Parcel 5104565: 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5104565.md - Parcel 1393238: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393238.md - Parcel 2846353: 1,983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2846353.md - Parcel 1345040: 1,939 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345040.md - Parcel 1392240: 1,938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392240.md - Parcel 1375175: 1,893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375175.md - Parcel 1337758: 1,711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337758.md - Parcel 1320388: 1,143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320388.md - Parcel 1398933: 1,086 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398933.md - Parcel 3662162: 1,061 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662162.md - Parcel 1344616: 1,024 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344616.md - Parcel 6136654: 953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6136654.md - Parcel 1342915: 694 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342915.md - Parcel 5918679: 589 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5918679.md - Parcel 5918694: 367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5918694.md - Parcel 5918664: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5918664.md - Parcel 6136640: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6136640.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballylin 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) 18 applications, newest first. - 9 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560533: Conditional. Retention. (1) 6 NO. LOG CABIN STYLE UNITS AS CONSTRUCTED AND WHICH DEVIATE FROM THE AS GRANTED PERMISSION OF PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51627, (2) REED BED SYSTEM WHICH IS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE EFFLUENT GENERATED ON SITE AND (3) ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560533/0 - 2 Aug 2024, Donegal County Council 2461190: Refused. Retention. (1) 6 NO. LOG CABIN STYLE UNITS AS CONSTRUCTED WHICH DEVIATE FROM THE AS GRANTED PERMISSION OF REF. NO. 20/51627, (2) REED BED SYSTEM WHICH IS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE EFFLUENT GENERATED ON SITE AND (3) ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461190/0 - 8 May 2023, Donegal County Council 2350619: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF 260M2 OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS AT GROUND LEVEL AT THE REAR OF THE OAKWELL HOLIDAY VILLAGE SITE AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350619/0 - 20 Jan 2023, Donegal County Council 2350049: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350049/0 - 11 Jan 2023, Donegal County Council 2350016: Refused. Permission. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. 20/51627 CONSISTING OF (1) LOG CABIN STYLE UNITS, 3 OF WHICH HAVE CURVED ROOFS INSTEAD OF PITCHED ROOFING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51627 (2) COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT AS PER REF. NO. 20/51627 INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF (A) A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AS STATED IN CONDITION 16 (B) INSTALLATION OF 120SQM POLISHING FILTER AND ALL WORKS AS PER SUB HEADINGS OF CONDITION NO.17 OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 20/51627 AND ALL ANCILLIARY SERVICES RELATING TO SAME. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350016/0 - 30 Nov 2022, Donegal County Council 2251919: Conditional. Permission. CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FOR DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLAN. REG. REF. NO. 21/52022. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251919/0 - 2 Aug 2022, Donegal County Council 2251305: Conditional. 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/2251305/0 - 11 May 2022, Donegal County Council 2250814: Conditional. Retention. (1) DEMOLITION OF A SMALL FRONT PORCH AND REAR OUT-SHOT, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF FRONT PORCH AND GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (3) CONVERSION FROM SINGLE STOREY BUNGALOW TO STOREY AND HALF DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED INCREASED ROOF HEIGHT WITH DORMER WINDOWS, INCLUDING LIVING ROOM ACCOMMODATION TO FIRST FLOOR AREA ABOVE NEW GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (4) MULTIPLE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL DOORS AND WINDOWS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250814/0 - 12 Oct 2021, Donegal County Council 2152022: Conditional. 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/2152022/0 - 19 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151434: N/a. 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/2151434/0 - 9 Apr 2021, Donegal County Council 2150624: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150624/0 - 2 Nov 2020, Donegal County Council 2051627: Conditional. Permission, 6 homes. CONSTRUCTION OF 6 ADDITIONAL TIMBER LOG CABIN STYLE ACCOMMODATION UNITS TO THE OAKWELL HOLIDAY VILLAGE, CHILDRENS PLAY AND ADULT SEATING AREAS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, EXTENSION TO EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA AND ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051627/0 - 13 Jan 2020, Donegal County Council 2050016: Unconditional. Extension of duration. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING GARAGE TO PROVIDE DOMESTIC STUDIO AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050016/0 - 18 Nov 2019, Donegal County Council 1951782: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951782/0 - 17 Sept 2019, Donegal County Council 1951427: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951427/0 - 13 Feb 2019, Donegal County Council 1950178: Conditional. Retention. (1) RETENTION OF A STRAW STORAGE AGRICULTURAL SHED WITHIN THE EXISTING FARMYARD COMPLEX AND (2) DEMOLITION OF AN OUTHOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL DRY BEDDED/SLATTED CALF SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF AN EXISTING STRAW STORAGE SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE EXISTING FARMYARD COMPLEX. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950178/0 - 13 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751564: Conditional. Permission. (1) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING EXTENDING TO INTERNAL RECONFIGURATION & ELEVATIONAL CHANGES; (2) TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING; (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA AND (4) NEW ENTRANCE ON TO PUBLIC ROAD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751564/0 - 2 Jun 2017, Donegal County Council 1750863: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL TOURIST ACCOMMODATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, PLANNING, COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (LEADER) 2014-2020, THEME 1; COMPRISING COMMUNAL KITCHEN/DINING AREA IN CONVERTED STONE BUILDING, TIMBER FRAME COMMUNAL SHOWER/SERVICES BLOCK, 6 BEDROOM & 2 NO. 2 BEDROOM TIMBER FRAME BLOCKS, 2 BEDROOM BLOCK IN CONVERTED STONE BUILDING, 2 NO. SHEPHERD HUT ACCOMMODATION UNITS, SPA RECEPTION UNIT, STAND-ALONE HOT TUB, SAUNA BLOCK AND 4 NO. DESIGNATED SINGLE TENT CAMPING AREAS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750863/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC, site code 002287, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002287 - Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA, site code 004075, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004075 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake, site code 000166 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballylin. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballylin. ## 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 Ballylin, 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 low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballylin. - 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/ballylin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballylin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballylin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballylin 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) - Aughnish: https://everytownland.com/donegal/aughnish.md - Ballygreen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballygreen.md - Farnagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/farnagh.md - Gortaway: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortaway.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/ballylin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballylin