Drumbern
Townland in the civil parish of Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
- Area
- 68 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 160
- registered freehold, median 948 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
160 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumbern, from 3 m² to 80,989 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Drumbern 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
28 Nov 2024Refused
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A WRAP AROUND SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOFED EXTENSION TO THE FRONT (SOUTH-EAST), SIDE (SOUTH-WEST) AND REAR (NORTH-WEST) OF EXISTING BUILDING OF FAIRYTALES DAYCARE CRECHE FACILITY, WITH CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SERVICES INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING STAFF ROOM PREFAB OUTBUILDING TO ALLOW FOR NEW EXTENSION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461945
27 Nov 2024Conditional
RELOCATION OF EXISTING GARAGE FROM THAT GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 01/7041 REFERS) AND PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE TO GRANNY FLAT INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS WITH CONNECTION TO ANCILLARY SERVICES
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450253
23 Jan 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450018
8 Jan 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN UPPER FLOOR BALCONY TO REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING, TO INCLUDE EXTERNAL STAIRCASE ACCESS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450006
4 Oct 2022Refused
ERECTION DWELLING HOUSE, INTEGRAL GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251654
26 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSERVATORY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251611
8 Jul 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE & CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251176
14 Mar 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250430
25 Feb 2022N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250352
15 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 17/51887 & 20/50222 (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151827
13 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) DOMESTIC GARAGE & STORAGE OUTBUILDING TO SERVE EXISTING DWELLING (2) CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR SHELTER (3) STAFF ROOM OUTBUILDING (4) CHILDREN'S TOILET BLOCK OUTBUILDING (5) CHILDREN'S CLASSROOM OUTBUILDING (6) ANCILLARY CAR PARKING FACILITIES TO SERVE EXISTING FAIRYTALES DAYCARE LTD CRÉCHE FACILITIES
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151819
12 Jul 2021N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE & CONNECTION INTO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151384
15 Jun 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050759
26 Feb 2020Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF:17/51887 WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050222
12 Jul 2019Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1951066
13 Dec 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751887
6 Jan 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO SOUTH WEST FACING GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING CONSISTING OF WET ROOM (INCLUDING WC, WHB AND SHOWER) AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750011
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Mulroy Bay SAC 002159
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumbern.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drumbern.
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 5 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 Drumbern.
- 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 Drumbern with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Drumbern
- Area
- 680,481 m² (68.05 ha, 168.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullyfern, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Millford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Millford electoral division: 1,633 people in 608 households; 72% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghanursan, Forquar, Millford, Rossgarrow, Urbalshinny
- Placenames
- Drumbern 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.