# Castletorrison, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Convoy, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,308,662 m² (130.87 ha, 323.38 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 55,114 m² (5.51 ha, 13.62 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Convoy, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/convoy.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Convoy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Convoy electoral division: 2,559 people in 926 households; 72% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/16304 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50583 - Centre: latitude 54.888775, longitude -7.693169 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletorrison, from 391 m² to 411,213 m² (41.12 ha, 101.61 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1344191: 411,213 m² (41.12 ha, 101.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344191.md - Parcel 1339865: 232,251 m² (23.23 ha, 57.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339865.md - Parcel 1317577: 220,901 m² (22.09 ha, 54.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317577.md - Parcel 1305485: 155,485 m² (15.55 ha, 38.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305485.md - Parcel 1344284: 149,723 m² (14.97 ha, 37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344284.md - Parcel 1344282: 74,139 m² (7.41 ha, 18.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344282.md - Parcel 1317578: 55,114 m² (5.51 ha, 13.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317578.md - Parcel 5271219: 3,085 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271219.md - Parcel 5375496: 2,677 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5375496.md - Parcel 4076305: 1,274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4076305.md - Parcel 5271232: 645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271232.md - Parcel 4737812: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737812.md - Parcel 5271212: 391 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271212.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Castletorrison 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 26 Aug 2021, Donegal County Council 2151695: Unconditional. Extension of duration. (1) THE EXISTING SILAGE PIT WITH ASSOCIATED CONCRETE APRONS (2) AN EXISTING UNDERGROUND RECEPTION TANK (3) AN EXISTING CUBICLE AND FEEDING SHED (4) AN EXISTING FARM WETLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING (1) CONSTRUCTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED UNIT BUILDING AND (2) REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING CUBICLE AND FEEDING AREA (MENTIONED IN THE RETENTION) INTO A MACHINERY STORAGE AREA AND (3) CARRYING OUT ADJUSTMENT WORK TO THE EXISTING FARM WETLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (MENTIONED IN THE RETENTION) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151695/0 - 13 Nov 2017, Donegal County Council 1751728: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751728/0 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 Castletorrison. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG061-019: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG061-019----. An isolated modernised 'holy well' on level ground at the base of a rocky slope. 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 Castletorrison. ## 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 high, 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 Castletorrison. - 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/castletorrison.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/castletorrison.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/castletorrison.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Castletorrison 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) - Cornagillagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cornagillagh.md - Dooballagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dooballagh.md - Glenkeeran: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glenkeeran.md - Mullaghfin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullaghfin.md - Starritstown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/starritstown.md - Tommyscroft or Craigs: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tommyscroft-or-craigs.md - Treanboy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/treanboy.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/castletorrison - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/castletorrison