# Beltany Upper, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Bhealtaine Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 820,760 m² (82.08 ha, 202.81 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,580 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tullaghobegly, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullaghobegly.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Dunlewy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Dunlewy electoral division: 689 people in 273 households; 88% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14426
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50327
- Centre: latitude 55.096703, longitude -8.136857 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beltany Upper, from 27 m² to 46,654 m² (4.67 ha, 11.53 acres); 38 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1376314: 46,654 m² (4.67 ha, 11.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376314.md
- Parcel 1376312: 43,653 m² (4.37 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376312.md
- Parcel 1319843: 38,210 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319843.md
- Parcel 1394087: 37,777 m² (3.78 ha, 9.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394087.md
- Parcel 1376267: 37,298 m² (3.73 ha, 9.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376267.md
- Parcel 1376268: 35,370 m² (3.54 ha, 8.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376268.md
- Parcel 1376372: 30,684 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376372.md
- Parcel 1410322: 29,379 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410322.md
- Parcel 1410319: 29,369 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410319.md
- Parcel 1376373: 28,124 m² (2.81 ha, 6.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376373.md
- Parcel 1410320: 28,110 m² (2.81 ha, 6.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410320.md
- Parcel 1410323: 28,046 m² (2.8 ha, 6.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410323.md
- Parcel 1376370: 27,854 m² (2.79 ha, 6.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376370.md
- Parcel 1316951: 26,769 m² (2.68 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316951.md
- Parcel 1376264: 25,546 m² (2.55 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376264.md
- Parcel 1376265: 23,739 m² (2.37 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376265.md
- Parcel 1376266: 23,165 m² (2.32 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376266.md
- Parcel 1410388: 22,309 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410388.md
- Parcel 1410226: 20,919 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410226.md
- Parcel 1376311: 20,616 m² (2.06 ha, 5.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376311.md
- Parcel 1410385: 17,260 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410385.md
- Parcel 1334529: 16,022 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334529.md
- Parcel 1376369: 15,924 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376369.md
- Parcel 1405849: 15,608 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405849.md
- Parcel 1376313: 15,530 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376313.md
- Parcel 1410387: 14,403 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410387.md
- Parcel 1410321: 11,648 m² (1.16 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410321.md
- Parcel 5261995: 8,432 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5261995.md
- Parcel 5280857: 6,279 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5280857.md
- Parcel 1345519: 5,730 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345519.md
- Parcel 1353696: 5,574 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353696.md
- Parcel 4758578: 5,492 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758578.md
- Parcel 5008152: 5,418 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5008152.md
- Parcel 1344030: 4,541 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344030.md
- Parcel 1350608: 4,236 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350608.md
- Parcel 4758587: 4,154 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758587.md
- Parcel 4758689: 3,731 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758689.md
- Parcel 5516044: 3,593 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5516044.md
- Parcel 1321019: 3,567 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321019.md
- Parcel 5502860: 3,348 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5502860.md
- Parcel 4758559: 2,773 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758559.md
- Parcel 1325623: 2,772 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325623.md
- Parcel 1332672: 2,586 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332672.md
- Parcel 1402807: 2,564 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402807.md
- Parcel 1410318: 2,455 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410318.md
- Parcel 1350140: 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350140.md
- Parcel 4758616: 2,026 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758616.md
- Parcel 1308316: 2,024 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308316.md
- Parcel 1406806: 1,932 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406806.md
- Parcel 4758571: 1,813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758571.md
- Parcel 1351373: 1,807 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351373.md
- Parcel 1421998: 1,804 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421998.md
- Parcel 5502846: 1,798 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5502846.md
- Parcel 1336222: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336222.md
- Parcel 1353203: 1,518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353203.md
- Parcel 1357561: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357561.md
- Parcel 1323504: 1,383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323504.md
- Parcel 5280856: 1,364 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5280856.md
- Parcel 4749603: 1,292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4749603.md
- Parcel 1328879: 1,176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328879.md
- Parcel 1307999: 1,157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307999.md
- Parcel 1410384: 1,058 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410384.md
- Parcel 4758555: 1,010 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758555.md
- Parcel 4758592: 1,007 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758592.md
- Parcel 4759364: 886 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4759364.md
- Parcel 1376371: 885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376371.md
- Parcel 5502843: 842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5502843.md
- Parcel 1417261: 739 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417261.md
- Parcel 1318309: 616 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318309.md
- Parcel 2443995: 440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443995.md
- Parcel 1376263: 351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376263.md
- Parcel 1354165: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354165.md
- Parcel 1422866: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422866.md
- Parcel 1312604: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312604.md
- Parcel 3664859: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664859.md
- Parcel 1342906: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342906.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Beltany Upper 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)

8 applications, newest first.

- 5 Jul 2023, Donegal County Council 2350967: Conditional. Permission. PÓIRSE AR TOISEACH AN TÍ A LEAGAINT, MEADÚ DE PÓIRSE ÚR A THÓGAIL, ATHCHOIRIÚ AGUS ATHRAITHE A DHÉANAMH AR AN TEACH CÓNAITHE AGUS CORÁS SEARACHAIS AGUS LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHAILTHE A THÓGÁIL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350967/0
- 22 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250701: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. EXISTING CONCRETE BASE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PERMISSION 11/30216 AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250701/0
- 13 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250649: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250649/0
- 6 Apr 2018, Donegal County Council 1850507: Conditional. Permission. (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING SHEDS/OUTBUILDINGS TO HOME OFFICE (16.4 M2), MEETING AND DEMONSTRATION ROOM (25.1 M2) AND WCs/CLOAKROOM (31.3M2), (B) CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN EXTENSION (9.8M2) TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. DORMERS TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING AREA WITH 7 NO. SPACES AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING INCLUDING NEW VEHICLE ENTRANCE AND CUTTING BACK OF EXISTING HEDGE/FOLIAGE TO ACHIEVE REQUIRED SIGHTLINES, (E) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTERNAL CANOPY LOCATED PRIMARILY TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE/EXISTING SHEDS WITH A SMALL SECTION BETWEEN EXISTING HOUSE/HOME OFFICE FORMING A COVERED PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE PORCH AND (F) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ON SITE WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM INCORPORATING AN AQUATRON SEPARATOR/COMPOSTING CHAMBER AND A REED BED/WETLAND. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850507/0
- 21 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850404: N/a. Permission. (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING SHEDS/OUTBUILDINGS TO HOME OFFICE (16.4 M2), MEETING AND DEMONSTRATION ROOM (25.1 M2) AND WCs/CLOAKROOM (31.3M2), (B) CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN EXTENSION (9.8M2) TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. DORMERS TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING AREA WITH 7 NO. SPACES AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING INCLUDING NEW VEHICLE ENTRANCE AND CUTTING BACK OF EXISTING HEDGE/FOLIAGE TO ACHIEVE REQUIRED SIGHTLINES, (E) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTERNAL CANOPY LOCATION PRIMARILY TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE/EXISTING SHEDS WITH A SMALL SECTION BETWEEN EXISTING HOUSE/HOME OFFICE FORMING A COVERED PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE PORCH AND (F) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ON SITE WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM INCORPORATING AN AQUATRON SEPARATOR/COMPOSTING CHAMBER AND A REED BED/WETLAND. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850404/0
- 11 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751553: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751553/0
- 7 Sept 2017, Donegal County Council 1751357: Refused. Extension of duration, 1 home. SEANTEACH ATÁ ANN A LEAGAN, CEAD PLEANÁLA IOMLÁN LE TEACH CÓNAITHE STÓR GO LEITH ÚR A THÓGÁIL AGUS CÓRAS SÉARACHAIS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751357/0
- 29 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750852: Unconditional. Permission. GARÁISTE TÍ A THÓGAIL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750852/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Beltany Upper.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG033-001: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG033-001----. There is no sign of the single-ringed enclosure called 'Ardbane' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. This name now refers to a small natural platform of rock which is located on sloping pasture land. 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 Beltany Upper.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Beltany Upper.
- 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/beltany-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Beltany Upper 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)

- Beltany Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany-lower.md
- Cashelnagor: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashelnagor.md
- Fawnaboy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fawnaboy.md
- Keeldrum Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-upper.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.

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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.

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