# Cavangarden, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Cabhán an Gharraí. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,252,467 m² (125.25 ha, 309.49 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbarron, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilbarron.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Cavangarden, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 464 people lived in 153 households in the Cavangarden electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/13874 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50595 - Centre: latitude 54.530875, longitude -8.148655 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cavangarden, from 213 m² to 88,327 m² (8.83 ha, 21.83 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1391700: 88,327 m² (8.83 ha, 21.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391700.md - Parcel 1301217: 80,841 m² (8.08 ha, 19.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301217.md - Parcel 1358065: 68,089 m² (6.81 ha, 16.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358065.md - Parcel 1405371: 39,131 m² (3.91 ha, 9.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405371.md - Parcel 1340233: 23,346 m² (2.33 ha, 5.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340233.md - Parcel 1353044: 18,850 m² (1.88 ha, 4.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353044.md - Parcel 1327745: 17,730 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327745.md - Parcel 1324633: 13,976 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324633.md - Parcel 1314947: 13,094 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314947.md - Parcel 3661401: 11,387 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661401.md - Parcel 1323376: 10,595 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323376.md - Parcel 1333907: 8,527 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333907.md - Parcel 4734656: 3,217 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4734656.md - Parcel 1384449: 3,033 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384449.md - Parcel 1376471: 2,992 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376471.md - Parcel 4063571: 2,907 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4063571.md - Parcel 5262669: 2,492 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262669.md - Parcel 4734708: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4734708.md - Parcel 5493388: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5493388.md - Parcel 1328614: 2,231 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328614.md - Parcel 4906162: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906162.md - Parcel 4652597: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4652597.md - Parcel 1366538: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366538.md - Parcel 5103713: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5103713.md - Parcel 1322804: 1,966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322804.md - Parcel 4276719: 1,926 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4276719.md - Parcel 1323982: 1,922 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323982.md - Parcel 1329556: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329556.md - Parcel 1378400: 1,672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378400.md - Parcel 1326162: 1,669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326162.md - Parcel 3661400: 1,437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661400.md - Parcel 4940526: 1,231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4940526.md - Parcel 5131135: 774 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5131135.md - Parcel 4276799: 689 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4276799.md - Parcel 1393502: 630 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393502.md - Parcel 1414746: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414746.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cavangarden 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. - 11 Mar 2026, Donegal County Council 2660394: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660394/0 - 29 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560103: Conditional. Permission. CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC STORE TO USE AS AN ORGANIC FARM PRODUCE PACKAGING AREA AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL DOMESTIC STORAGE AT 1ST FLOOR LEVEL OF THE SAME BUILDING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560103/0 - 18 Dec 2024, Donegal County Council 2462108: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF GARAGE DOOR WITH PATIO DOOR, ADDITIONAL SIDE WINDOW AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2462108/0 - 28 Aug 2024, Donegal County Council 2461305: Refused. Retention. (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF GARAGE DOOR WITH PATIO DOOR, ADDITIONAL SIDE WINDOW AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461305/0 - 24 Apr 2024, Donegal County Council 2460571: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING DISPOSAL PAD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460571/0 - 9 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251509: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLURRY STORAGE TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251509/0 - 12 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051487: Unconditional. Extension of duration. CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED SHED IN LIEU OF A STRAW AND MACHINERY STORAGE SHED PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 12/20024. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051487/0 - 9 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050907: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF SLATTED HOUSE TO ACCOMMODATE CATTLE ALONG WITH A CONCRETE APRON. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050907/0 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 Cavangarden. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG107-011: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG107-011----. A rock-cut souterrain which seems to have exploited a natural fissure in a rock outcrop. It is' 8.18m long SSW-NNE and widens from .73m at the S end to .84m at the N. It is 1.35m high at its N, increasing to 1.8m near the middle, then sloping to 1m towards the S entrance. It is unroofed for c. 5m, but the remainder is roofed with flagstones. There are some packing stones at the N end adjoining the roof. The only internal feature is a niche .8m wide, .75m high, 1m deep on the floor near the N end. It is situated in an area of rock outcrop surrounded by pasture. 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) - Cashelard Post Office, post office, house, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40910758, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40910758. Detached three-bay two-storey former post office, built c. 1920, having central projecting single-bay single-storey gable-fronted enclosed entrance porch to the main elevation (south) and with rendered extension to the rear (north). Now out of use and derelict. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with central metal chimney vent and with metal rainwater goods; pitched corrugated-metal roof to porch with decorative timber bargeboards to front face (south). Corrugated-metal clad walls; rendered walls to rear extension. Metal letter slot to the west end of the main elevation. Square-headed window openings with timber surrounds and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level, paired timber casement windows to the east end of the front elevation at ground floor level, and paired one-over-one pane timber sash windows to the west end of the front elevation at ground floor level; metal security bars to ground floor openings. Square-headed door opening to west face of porch having battened timber door. Set slightly back from road in the rural countryside to the north-east of Ballyshannon. Single-storey outbuildings to the rear (north) including single-bay outside toilet with corrugated-metal walls and roof. ## 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 Cavangarden, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cavangarden. - 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/cavangarden.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavangarden.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavangarden.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Cavangarden, Ballyshannon: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavangarden-ballyshannon.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Alla: https://everytownland.com/donegal/alla.md - Ardgillew: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardgillew.md - Ardpattan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardpattan.md - Behy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/behy.md - Cashel: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashel-50541.md - Cashelard: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashelard.md - Laheen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/laheen.md - Lurgan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lurgan.md - Tullyhorky: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullyhorky.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/cavangarden - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/cavangarden