# Birchhill, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donegal, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Carn Beitheach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 841,233 m² (84.12 ha, 207.87 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,396 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donegal.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Clogher, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Clogher electoral division: 928 people in 314 households; 92% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% 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/13957 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50338 - Centre: latitude 54.675922, longitude -8.037634 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Birchhill, from 135 m² to 68,321 m² (6.83 ha, 16.88 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1354739: 68,321 m² (6.83 ha, 16.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354739.md - Parcel 1376342: 54,326 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376342.md - Parcel 1307852: 54,313 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307852.md - Parcel 1307904: 50,374 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307904.md - Parcel 1364433: 48,146 m² (4.81 ha, 11.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364433.md - Parcel 1308108: 40,417 m² (4.04 ha, 9.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308108.md - Parcel 1354754: 34,839 m² (3.48 ha, 8.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354754.md - Parcel 1308106: 30,966 m² (3.1 ha, 7.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308106.md - Parcel 1308110: 29,937 m² (2.99 ha, 7.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308110.md - Parcel 1354944: 28,575 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354944.md - Parcel 1354755: 28,532 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354755.md - Parcel 1308109: 26,864 m² (2.69 ha, 6.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308109.md - Parcel 1307822: 23,587 m² (2.36 ha, 5.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307822.md - Parcel 1354741: 23,553 m² (2.36 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354741.md - Parcel 1321247: 21,041 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321247.md - Parcel 1394735: 20,681 m² (2.07 ha, 5.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394735.md - Parcel 1308107: 20,300 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308107.md - Parcel 1354740: 19,916 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354740.md - Parcel 5120824: 16,770 m² (1.68 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120824.md - Parcel 1354744: 16,656 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354744.md - Parcel 1355075: 15,418 m² (1.54 ha, 3.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355075.md - Parcel 1340581: 9,934 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340581.md - Parcel 1353076: 7,964 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353076.md - Parcel 1334698: 7,564 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334698.md - Parcel 1362122: 6,308 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362122.md - Parcel 1354743: 5,738 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354743.md - Parcel 1333886: 5,395 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333886.md - Parcel 1395887: 5,388 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395887.md - Parcel 1354745: 5,169 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354745.md - Parcel 1355076: 5,046 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355076.md - Parcel 1313337: 4,838 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313337.md - Parcel 1405419: 4,758 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405419.md - Parcel 1314665: 4,462 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314665.md - Parcel 1327812: 4,171 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327812.md - Parcel 1345208: 4,091 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345208.md - Parcel 5594163: 3,420 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5594163.md - Parcel 1354746: 3,372 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354746.md - Parcel 1410347: 3,372 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410347.md - Parcel 1369126: 3,209 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369126.md - Parcel 1341924: 3,131 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341924.md - Parcel 4750293: 3,101 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750293.md - Parcel 1324596: 3,059 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324596.md - Parcel 1341267: 2,961 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341267.md - Parcel 5947619: 2,898 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947619.md - Parcel 4750177: 2,834 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750177.md - Parcel 1423858: 2,738 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423858.md - Parcel 1406574: 2,721 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406574.md - Parcel 4750244: 2,658 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750244.md - Parcel 4698767: 2,610 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4698767.md - Parcel 3661845: 2,546 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661845.md - Parcel 1366744: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366744.md - Parcel 1421651: 2,223 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421651.md - Parcel 1347957: 2,219 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347957.md - Parcel 1316370: 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316370.md - Parcel 1343672: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343672.md - Parcel 1325401: 1,971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325401.md - Parcel 4666671: 1,944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4666671.md - Parcel 1380418: 1,894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380418.md - Parcel 1412642: 1,723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412642.md - Parcel 1348468: 1,437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348468.md - Parcel 1399100: 995 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399100.md - Parcel 1314984: 874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314984.md - Parcel 5120826: 729 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120826.md - Parcel 5947652: 552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947652.md - Parcel 1312506: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312506.md - Parcel 1331052: 431 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331052.md - Parcel 5947613: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947613.md - Parcel 1344700: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344700.md - Parcel 1312972: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312972.md - Parcel 1319136: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319136.md - Parcel 1343100: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343100.md - Parcel 5120825: 135 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120825.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Birchhill 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 6 Dec 2024, Donegal County Council 2462015: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2462015/0 - 6 Dec 2024, Donegal County Council 2462013: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2462013/0 - 12 Oct 2022, Donegal County Council 2251718: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF NO. 21/51342 TO INCLUDE REVISED DESIGN, RELOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN EXISTING SITE BOUNDARIES, PROVISION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251718/0 - 19 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251554: N/a. Permission, 1 home. AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF 21/51342 TO INCLUDE REVISED DESIGN, RELOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN EXISTING SITE BOUNDARY, PROVISION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251554/0 - 6 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151342: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A SPLIT LEVEL DWELLING HOUSE-PART TWO STOREY AND PART SINGLE STOREY, PROVISION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151342/0 - 31 Mar 2021, Donegal County Council 2150559: Conditional. Permission. RAISING OF GROUND LEVELS WITH EXCAVATED SOIL AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PL.REF.08/20134. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150559/0 - 9 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050912: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050912/0 - 6 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951199: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FOUL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951199/0 - 1 Jul 2019, Donegal County Council 1951004: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FOUL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951004/0 - 16 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751558: Refused. Retention. DEVELOPMENT BEING A STONED AND LEVELLED HARD STANDING AREA TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBER 07/20456 AND FOR TWO 5 METER HIGH STEEL LAMP STANDARDS WITH SECURITY LIGHTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751558/0 - 23 Aug 2017, Donegal County Council 1751296: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO MECHANICAL TREATMENT AND POLISHING FILTER, RAISING OF GROUND LEVELS OF OVERALL SITE AND FOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751296/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood SAC, site code 000163, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000163 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Birchhill. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Birchhill. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1473, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1473.zip (ZIP). - 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/birchhill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/birchhill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/birchhill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Birchhill 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) - Clarlougheask: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clarlougheask.md - Clogher: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clogher.md - Corveen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corveen-50745.md - Druminnin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/druminnin.md - Drumnagahan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumnagahan.md - Finnabanes: https://everytownland.com/donegal/finnabanes.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/birchhill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/birchhill