# Fawans, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Na Fánaibh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,575,563 m² (157.56 ha, 389.33 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 19,749 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmacrenan, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilmacrenan.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Termon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 568 people lived in 189 households in the Termon electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16093
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51231
- Centre: latitude 55.061775, longitude -7.820838 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fawans, from 367 m² to 299,152 m² (29.92 ha, 73.92 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1331930: 299,152 m² (29.92 ha, 73.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331930.md
- Parcel 1394099: 150,229 m² (15.02 ha, 37.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394099.md
- Parcel 1301742: 148,691 m² (14.87 ha, 36.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301742.md
- Parcel 1352641: 128,006 m² (12.8 ha, 31.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352641.md
- Parcel 1346616: 110,594 m² (11.06 ha, 27.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346616.md
- Parcel 1342330: 105,425 m² (10.54 ha, 26.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342330.md
- Parcel 1321687: 104,097 m² (10.41 ha, 25.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321687.md
- Parcel 1402819: 87,133 m² (8.71 ha, 21.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402819.md
- Parcel 1357473: 81,741 m² (8.17 ha, 20.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357473.md
- Parcel 1332674: 74,602 m² (7.46 ha, 18.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332674.md
- Parcel 1428574: 54,734 m² (5.47 ha, 13.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428574.md
- Parcel 1333634: 35,031 m² (3.5 ha, 8.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333634.md
- Parcel 1377109: 33,788 m² (3.38 ha, 8.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377109.md
- Parcel 1387409: 33,439 m² (3.34 ha, 8.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387409.md
- Parcel 1382682: 31,126 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382682.md
- Parcel 1336054: 27,564 m² (2.76 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336054.md
- Parcel 4766272: 25,218 m² (2.52 ha, 6.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4766272.md
- Parcel 1393309: 14,281 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393309.md
- Parcel 1422004: 12,864 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422004.md
- Parcel 1426880: 9,307 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426880.md
- Parcel 4766277: 6,241 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4766277.md
- Parcel 4166784: 4,462 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166784.md
- Parcel 1321029: 4,144 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321029.md
- Parcel 4766434: 4,111 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4766434.md
- Parcel 4766323: 3,993 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4766323.md
- Parcel 5376684: 3,185 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5376684.md
- Parcel 1325626: 2,915 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325626.md
- Parcel 3738587: 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3738587.md
- Parcel 1374150: 1,946 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374150.md
- Parcel 1336224: 1,624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336224.md
- Parcel 5893284: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5893284.md
- Parcel 5028195: 1,276 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028195.md
- Parcel 1336955: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336955.md
- Parcel 5893301: 367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5893301.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Fawans 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)

12 applications, newest first.

- 23 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561845: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50825 INCLUDING PROPOSED CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, RELOCATION OF ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561845/0
- 20 Aug 2025, Donegal County Council 2561440: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF PART OF EXISTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE TO SHOP, (2) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING, (3) PROVISION OF A NEW INTERNAL LAYOUT TO SHOP TO INCLUDE AN OFF-LICENCE, (4) PROVISION OF NEW SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT, (5) RELOCATION OF APPROVED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (6) ALL ADDITIONAL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARKING IN LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSION (PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61629 REFERS) AT THE SITE OF EXISTING FILLING STATION/SHOP. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561440/0
- 13 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560754: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 20/50979 REFERS). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560754/0
- 15 Oct 2024, Donegal County Council 2461629: Conditional. Retention. ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF PART OF FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (3) NEW INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE SHOP TO INCLUDE AN OFF-LICENCE, (4) PROVISION OF NEW SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND (5) ALL ADDITIONAL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AT THE SITE OF EXISTING FILLING STATION/SHOP. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461629/0
- 30 Jan 2024, Donegal County Council 2460055: N/a. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF PART OF THE EXISTING FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (3) NEW INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE SHOP TO INCLUDE AN OFF-LICENCE, (4) PROVISION OF NEW SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND (5) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL NEW CAR PARKING AREA INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460055/0
- 22 Dec 2022, Donegal County Council 2252083: N/a. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF PART OF EXISTING FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, (3) NEW INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE SHOP TO INCLUDE AN OFF-LICENCE AND (4) DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL NEW CAR PARKING AREA AND INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AT EXISTING FILLING STATION / SHOP. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2252083/0
- 12 Aug 2022, Donegal County Council 2251372: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251372/0
- 5 May 2021, Donegal County Council 2150825: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150825/0
- 22 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050979: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050979/0
- 23 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950577: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A STORE TO SIDE OF EXISTING FILLING STATION BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950577/0
- 13 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751551: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING FILLING STATION, PROVISION OF AN OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751551/0
- 10 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750731: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750731/0

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## 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 Fawans.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fawans.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Fawans, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fawans.
- 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/fawans.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fawans.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fawans.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Fawans 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)

- Barnes Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/barnes-lower.md
- Currin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/currin.md
- Goldrum: https://everytownland.com/donegal/goldrum.md
- Knocknabollan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knocknabollan.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.

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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/fawans
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/fawans