Coolboy Little
Townland in the civil parish of Conwal, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
- Area
- 95.8 ha
- 237 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 6,538 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolboy Little, from 56 m² to 300,650 m² (30.06 ha, 74.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Coolboy Little 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Feb 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560206
14 Feb 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE MAKING USE OF EXISTING BASE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560180
20 Dec 2024N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE MAKING USE OF EXISTING BASE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462156
13 Mar 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460327
6 Sept 2023N/a
FENCE AROUND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE, CONCRETE YARD, ENTRANCE TO THE SITE AND USE OF THE SHED AS A COMMERCIAL SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351339
9 Mar 2023Conditional
EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350297
3 Oct 2022Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION/REMOVAL OF EXISTING SCHOOL TEMPORARY MOBILE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 STOREY EXTENSION AND MULTIPLE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS (3,189 SQ.M NEW GROSS FLOOR AREA) WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SIGNAGE. THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL EXTENSIONS COMPRISE (A) A 2-STOREY EXTENSION COMPRISING 16 GENERAL CLASSROOMS, GP HALL, 7 SET ROOMS, TOILETS, GENERAL OFFICE, STORES AND ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION (B) A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION COMPRISING 4 GENERAL CLASSROOMS AND NEW SEN ENTRANCE (C) A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING STAFFROOM AND (D) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE SEN SAFE PLACES AND REFURBISHMENT OF PART OF EXISTING SCHOOL FOR A 4-CLASS SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SUITE (3) SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING REVISIONS TO VEHICULAR/PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ACCESS ARRANGMENTS TO PROVIDE CAR AND BUS SET-DOWN SPACES INCLUDING 40 NO. STANDARD CAR PARKING SPACES FOR STAFF, 24 NO. DROP OFF CAR PARKING SPACES, 4 NO. UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, 60 NO. CYCLE PARKING SPACES, AND A NEW VEHICULAR EXIT ONTO N56 (4) 2 NO. HARD COURTS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING INCLUDING BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, SEN PLAY SPACE, SENSORY GARDEN, SITE ATTENUATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251644
10 Aug 2022N/a
FENCE AROUND THE BOUNDARIES WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251361
10 Jun 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251009
22 Mar 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250499
22 Mar 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SPETIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250500
7 Mar 2022Conditional
TEACH CÓNAITHE AGUS DABHACH SEARACHAIS A THÓGAIL
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250400
4 Feb 2022N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250164
4 Feb 2022N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250165
1 Dec 2021N/a
AN EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152383
5 Aug 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051065
2 Sept 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951342
29 Aug 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951328
29 Aug 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951329
25 Jul 2019Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE AND CARPORT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951136
16 Jul 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951115
8 Jul 2019N/a
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951049
14 Jun 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950909
14 Jun 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950910
14 Feb 2018Conditional
ERECTION OF A SINGLE DOMESTIC SINGLE STOREY BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850218
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Coolboy Little.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolboy Little.
Architectural heritage
- Ivy Cottage, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, rear elevation having four-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor. Hipped slate roof having blue clay ridge tiles, overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends, replacement rainwater goods, and paired stepped-profile yellow brick chimneystacks to middle of ridge with string courses, cornice copings and clay pots. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, with limewashed rubble stone to rear. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to ground floor and eight-over-two pane to first floor, and rear having taller margined one-over-one pane coloured-glass stairs window. Elliptical-headed doorway with pilasters on bases supporting moulded archivolt and keystone, timber panelled door with fanlight, and stone steps. Approached by laneway, with formal lawn and mature trees. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding to south, having pitched slate roof, limewashed rubble stone walls and square-headed openings, and single-storey outbuilding attached to west with barrel-vaulted corrugated-iron roof, and with painted rubble stone boundary wall set at right angle and forming courtyard with dwelling.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Coolboy Little.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Coolboy Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Coolboy Little
- Area
- 957,924 m² (95.79 ha, 236.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Conwal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Gortnavern, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gortnavern electoral division: 1,303 people in 443 households; 82% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghderg, Bellanascaddan, Coolboy Big, Curraghlea, Ellistrin Little
- Placenames
- Coolboy Little 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.