Glencar Scotch
Townland in the civil parish of Conwal, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Gleann Chartha Albanach
- Area
- 144.2 ha
- 356 acres
- Land parcels
- 675
- registered freehold, median 435 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 56
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
675 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencar Scotch, from 6 m² to 152,952 m² (15.3 ha, 37.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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 Glencar Scotch 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
7 Sept 2026N/a
CHANGE OF DWELLING HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/50178 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661656
30 Jul 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661428
29 Jul 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF A MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2661414
16 Jul 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661315
4 Jun 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661034
29 May 2026Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660997
29 May 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661001
26 May 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GRANNY FLAT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660959
20 May 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660906
14 May 2026N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660869
30 Apr 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF 2 STOREY DWELLING DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEWLY DESIGNED REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES INCLUDING ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660769
29 Apr 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660758
24 Apr 2026N/a
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660723
24 Apr 2026N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN WITH ATTACHED APARTMENT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660718
6 Mar 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660354
19 Feb 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660247
2 Jan 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTED SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE AND RELOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DETACHED DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660001
16 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING, DETACHED DORMER BUNGALOW HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DETACHED, TWO STOREY HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562238
12 Dec 2025Conditional
DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550178
12 Dec 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) BLOCK A CONTAINING 8 NO. 2 STOREY TERRACED HOUSES WITH 6 NO. APARTMENTS AT LOWER LEVEL OF SITE, BLOCK B CONTAINING 2 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES AT LOWER LEVEL OF SITE (TOTAL NO. OF UNITS = 16), (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS INCLUDING UPGRADING OF EXISTING ENTRANCE ONTO THE GLENCAR ROAD (L-1174-42) AND PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN ACCESSES TO THE 8 NO. HOUSES, PROVISION OF CARPARKING, BIN/BICYCLE STORAGE, AMENITY AREA, RETAINING WALLS AND LANDSCAPING AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING PROPOSED FOUL PUMP STATION, RISING MAIN AND PROPOSED STORM WATER NETWORK TO DISCHARGE TO EXISTING STREAM
Permission, 10 homes · Donegal County Council, 2562209
27 Aug 2025Conditional
EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561478
6 Aug 2025Conditional
A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF (A) 260 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS, CONSISTING OF 100 NO DWELLINGS AND 160 NO APARTMENTS (B) A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE CONTAINING A SHOP UNIT AND A CRECHE (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO NEW ROADS FROM COUNTY ROAD L-1174-1 (GRANGE ROAD) AND AN INTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AND SERVICE ROADS (D) AMENITY OPEN SPACES AND PLAY AREAS (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANKS, FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AND CYCLE PATHS, THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY (I) AN ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (ECIAR) (II) A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (TIA) (III) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (AIAR) (IV) AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT (AA) SCREENING REPORT (V) AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SCREENING REPORT (VI) A BASELINE BADGER SURVEY AND CONSERVATION PLAN (VII) A BUILDING LIFE CYCLE REPORT (VIII) A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (CETMP) (IX) AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT (X) A STORM & FOUL DRAINAGE REPORT (XI) A LANDSCAPE REPORT. A WEBSITE HAS BEEN SETUP BY THE APPLICANT WITH DOCUMENTS https://www.glencarlrd.ie/
Permission, 100 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561348
1 Aug 2025N/a
A LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (LRD) CONSISTING OF (A) 260 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS, CONSISTING OF 100 NO DWELLINGS AND 160 NO APARTMENTS (B) A NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE CONTAINING A SHOP UNIT AND A CRECHE (C) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO NEW ROADS FROM COUNTY ROAD L-1174-1 (GRANGE ROAD) AND AN INTERNAL DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AND SERVICE ROADS (D) AMENITY OPEN SPACES AND PLAY AREAS (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANKS, FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AND CYCLE PATHS, THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY (I) AN ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (ECIAR) (II) A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (TIA) (III) AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (AIAR) (IV) AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT (AA) SCREENING REPORT (V) AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SCREENING REPORT (VI) A BASELINE BADGER SURVEY AND CONSERVATION PLAN (VII) A BUILDING LIFE CYCLE REPORT (VIII) A CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL & TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN (CETMP) (IX) AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT (X) A STORM & FOUL DRAINAGE REPORT (XI) A LANDSCAPE REPORT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561321
12 Jun 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEMI-DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560983
7 May 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560718
The 25 most recent of 56 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glencar Scotch.
Recorded monuments
- DG053-020 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
Kinahan (1883-4; 1885-6) has described and illustrated a narrow, parallel-sided, gallery-like feature, c. 5.2m long and internally 1.1m wide. The sides were formed of flags c. 0.9m high, three on one side and four on the other, and one end, apparently the northern, was closed by a tall stone. Flanking the open end of the structure were two further flags. Kinahan described the structure as a 'lusca' (1883-4) and later as a 'fosleac' (1885-6). The former term usually denotes a souterrain, and the latter refers to a habitation or structure constructed of flags or long blocks of stone (Kinahan 1889, 277). It is not shown on OS 6-inch maps, but Kinahan marked its position on his field maps, now in the Geological Survey Office, Dublin. A search in the area indicated by him, hampered by thorn bushes, failed to reveal any trace of it. The nature of this feature remains uncertain. Borlase (1897), in noticing the feature just referred to, also drew attention to two other sites designated as antiquities on the OS 6-inch map (1834-5). Named 'Marcagh's Knowe' and 'Marcagh's Stable', these are in the nearby townland of Edenacarnan South (Kinahan 1885-6; Lacy 1983). Both sites now appear to be natural knolls, but according to Fagan (1845-8) a rampart enclosed the top of each when he saw them. Fagan 1845-8, book 6, 18-19; Kinahan 1883-4, 435 (at Glencar); Kinahan 1885-6, 426 (plan); Borlase 1897, 234, Kilmacrenan no. 29 (plan after Kinahan); Lacy 1983, 62, no. 274. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glencar Scotch.
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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glencar Scotch.
- 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
- Glencar Scotch, Letterkenny6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Glencar Scotch · Gleann Chartha Albanach
- Area
- 1,441,596 m² (144.16 ha, 356.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Conwal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Letterkenny Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Letterkenny Rural electoral division: 12,191 people in 4,494 households; 48% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacool, Glencar Irish, Gortnacorrib, Killyclug, Killylastin, Kirkstown, Sallaghagrane
- Placenames
- Glencar Scotch 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.