Cark

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cark, from 50 m² to 2,830,495 m² (283.05 ha, 699.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cark 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.

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  REPOSITIONING OF A SECTION OF THE EXISTING 38KV LINE KNOWN AS THE CARK-CULLIAGH 38KV LINE CONSISTING OF INSTALLATION OF 8 NEW STRUCTURES. THE AFFECTED LINE SECTION IS 700M

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450222

• 19 Sept 2024Conditional

  ELEMENTS OF WIND FARM INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECTIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED RED LINE BOUNDARY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461480

• 26 Jun 2020Conditional

  REVISIONS TO THE LAYOUT OF LENELEA WIND FARM (PLANNING REF:09/50116), 200M OF NEW SECTION OF TRACK AND MINOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ADJACENT OPERATIONAL CARK (PLANNING REF: 02/8328), MEENTYCAT (01/8038) AND MEENALABAN (02/8008) WIND FARMS TO FACILITATE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS TO LENALEA. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS (1) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED PERMANENT MET MAST AND ACCESS TRACK (2) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED TURBINE T1 AND T4 AND ASSOCIATED TRACK (3) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED TEMPORARY CONTRACTORS COMPOUND (4) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED BORROW PIT (5) PROVISION OF PERMANENT MET MAST AND ACCESS TRACK AT A REVISED LOCATION (6) PROVISION OF A NEW MATERIAL STORAGE AREA (7) PROVISION OF TWO NEW EXCAVATED BORROW PITS (8) PROVISION OF A NEW TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND (9) REVISED SUBSTATION LAYOUT TO MEET EIRGRID SPECIFICATION FOR 110 KV SUBSTATIONS (10) ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGNMENT OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED INTERNAL WIND FARM ROADS (11) ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND CABLING (12) UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACK FROM OPERATIONAL CARK WIND FARM (PLANNING REF: 02/8328) TO THE PERMITTED SOUTHERN SITE ENTRANCE (13) LOCALISED WIDENING OF THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD THROUGH THE OPERATIONAL CARK (PLANNING REF: 02/8328), MEENTYCAT (01/8038) AND MEENALABAN (02/8008) WIND FARMS TO FACILITATE TURBINE COMPONENT DELIVERY TO LENALEA WIND FARM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050835

• 19 Jun 2020Conditional

  1 NO. AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED AND 1 NO. AGRICULTURAL DRY BEDDED SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING EXTENSION OF ACCESS ROADWAY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050798

• 18 Dec 2019Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF SUBSTRUCTURE REMAINS OF FORMER COTTAGE AND (B) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE STOREY COTTAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951995

• 9 Oct 2019Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF WIND FARM, CONSISTING OF 9 WIND TURBINES OF UP TO 85M HUB HEIGHT AND UP TO 100M BLADE DIAMETER WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 135M, A PERMANENT METEROLOGICAL LATTICE MAST 85M HIGH, A SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, A BORROW PIT, INTERNAL SITE TRACKS, DRAINAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1951521

• 1 Feb 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF WIND FARM, CONSISTING OF 9 WIND TURBINES OF UP TO 85M HUB HEIGHT AND UP TO 100M BLADE DIAMETER WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 135M, A PERMANENT METEROLOGICAL LATTICE MAST 85M HIGH, A SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, A BORROW PIT, INTERNAL SITE TRACKS, DRAINAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1950121

• 12 Apr 2017Refused

  A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF (1) A 110KV ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION WHICH INCLUDES 2 NO. CONTROL BUILDINGS, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING, FENCING AND ANCILLARY WORKS IN THE TOWNLAND OF CARK TO REPLACE TWO SUBSTATIONS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED AS PART OF THE DRUMNAHOUGH WIND FARM (PL.REF.08/50687 AND EXTENDED UNDER PL. REF.13/51609) AND THE LENALEA WIND FARM (PL.REF.09/50116); (2) 33KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING AND ANCILLARY WORKS FROM THE PERMITTED LENALEA WIND FARM TO THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CARK; (3) 110KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING AND ANCILLARY WORKS FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT CARK THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF CULLIAGH, MEENBOG (ED CLOGHAN), LETTERSHANBO, CORLACKY, KINNADERRY, WELCHTOWN, AGHAVEAGH, MEENAGRAUV, ALTNAPASTE, BALLYKERGAN, CARRICKMAHON, MAGHERACLOIGH, LOUGHSALLAGH, CASHELNAVEAN, CROAGHONAGH, TAWNAWULLY MOUNTAINS, KEADEW UPPER, FRIARBUSH, ARDINAWARK, KEADEW LOWER, TO THE EXISTING CLOGHER SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CULLIONBOY, CO. DONEGAL; (4) THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SHED AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW SHED, BOTH IN THE TOWNLAND OF CULLIONBOY, RELOCATED TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND CABLING WORKS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750543

• 12 Jan 2017N/a

  A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 110kV ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED TO REPLACE TWO SUBSTATIONS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED AS PART OF THE DRUMAHOUGH WIND FARM (PL. REF. 08/50687 AND EXTENDED UNDER PL. REF. 13/51609) AND THE LENALEA WIND FARM (PL. REF. 09/50116). THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION INCLUDES 2 NO. CONTROL BUILDINGS, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLING, FENCING AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750018

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tullytresna Bog 001870

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cark.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cark.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cark.

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.

No address of the register names Cark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Cark · An Chearc

Area

10,904,430 m² (1,090.44 ha, 2,694.54 acres)

Civil parish

Convoy, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Lettermore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lettermore electoral division: 368 people in 127 households; 89% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygallan, Ballystrang, Carrickalangan, Culliagh, Drumenan, Killymasny, Kirkneedy, Lenalea, Meenadaura or Drumnahough Mountain, Meentycat, Tullytrasna

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Cark 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.