Glasserchoo
Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Glaise Chú
- Area
- 227.1 ha
- 561 acres
- Land parcels
- 328
- registered freehold, median 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
328 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glasserchoo, from 13 m² to 177,664 m² (17.77 ha, 43.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 70 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 Glasserchoo 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
27 Jul 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661395
6 May 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH ACCESS ROAD AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660815
16 Jul 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE WITH DERELICT SHED AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561214
29 May 2025Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560880
29 Aug 2024Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC STORE AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING HOUSE, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE UNDER THE DCBR (MICA SCHEME)
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461311
28 Aug 2024N/a
EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC STORE AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING MICA AFFECTED DWELLING HOUSE, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE UNDER THE DCBR (MICA SCHEME)
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461304
4 Apr 2024Conditional
(1) FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND FRONT PORCH AND PERMISSION FOR (2) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460454
8 Mar 2023Conditional
(1) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM, (2) RELOCATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVICING AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF NO. 01/2038 AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350286
25 Nov 2022Conditional
RENOVATION WORK CARRIED OUT TO EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251907
30 Sept 2022Conditional
MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO WELDING REPAIRS WORKSHOP AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251638
26 Jul 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND AN ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251274
25 Apr 2022Conditional
ALTERATIONS MADE DURING CONSTRUCTION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250721
17 Feb 2022Conditional
EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250271
8 Feb 2022N/a
EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250183
15 Dec 2021N/a
GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO REAR OF DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152514
22 Sept 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151893
16 Sept 2021N/a
DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151834
23 Aug 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151678
28 Apr 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150774
10 Feb 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150203
14 Dec 2020N/a
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051915
11 Nov 2020Conditional
LE GÁRAISTE STÓRAIL DON TÍ A THÓGAIL
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051697
4 Mar 2020Conditional
AG LEANSTAN CEAD PLEANÁLA IMLÍNEACH TAG UIMHIR 16/51510 LE TEACH AGUS DABHACH SEARACHAIS A THÓGAIL
Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050277
21 Feb 2020N/a
CEAD DE DHROIM CEAD IMLÍNEACH A BHEIRT BRONNVA TAG UIMHIR 16/51510 LE TEACH AGUS DABHACH SEARACHAIS A THÓGAIL
Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050204
10 Jan 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950014
The 25 most recent of 31 applications.
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: Gweedore Bay and Islands SAC 001141
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gweedore Bay And Islands 001141
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glasserchoo.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glasserchoo.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, 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 Glasserchoo.
- 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 Glasserchoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Glasserchoo · Glaise Chú
- Area
- 2,271,204 m² (227.12 ha, 561.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghobegly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Gortahork, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gortahork electoral division: 1,693 people in 667 households; 83% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derryconor, Magheraroarty Mountain, Meenaclady, Meenlaragh
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Glasserchoo 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.