# Glencovet, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 683,637 m² (68.36 ha, 168.93 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,053 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donaghmore.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Knock, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Knock electoral division: 1,922 people in 665 households; 76% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16447 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51340 - Centre: latitude 54.785658, longitude -7.760355 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencovet, from 48 m² to 141,130 m² (14.11 ha, 34.87 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5045315: 141,130 m² (14.11 ha, 34.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5045315.md - Parcel 1361950: 106,692 m² (10.67 ha, 26.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361950.md - Parcel 1347050: 88,760 m² (8.88 ha, 21.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347050.md - Parcel 1330303: 81,780 m² (8.18 ha, 20.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330303.md - Parcel 1321450: 69,929 m² (6.99 ha, 17.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321450.md - Parcel 1305368: 44,388 m² (4.44 ha, 10.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305368.md - Parcel 4938713: 43,162 m² (4.32 ha, 10.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938713.md - Parcel 1331455: 17,948 m² (1.79 ha, 4.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331455.md - Parcel 1329651: 12,840 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329651.md - Parcel 4449608: 5,292 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4449608.md - Parcel 5045285: 3,946 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5045285.md - Parcel 1380457: 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380457.md - Parcel 1348023: 2,765 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348023.md - Parcel 1405542: 2,689 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405542.md - Parcel 1314631: 2,689 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314631.md - Parcel 4117703: 2,670 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4117703.md - Parcel 4626235: 2,630 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4626235.md - Parcel 4619262: 2,563 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619262.md - Parcel 4687968: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4687968.md - Parcel 1353658: 2,423 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353658.md - Parcel 4630988: 2,394 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630988.md - Parcel 1335583: 2,261 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335583.md - Parcel 3831391: 2,205 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3831391.md - Parcel 1311825: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311825.md - Parcel 1412806: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412806.md - Parcel 1408926: 2,089 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408926.md - Parcel 5409921: 2,053 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5409921.md - Parcel 1426577: 2,048 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426577.md - Parcel 1351070: 2,032 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351070.md - Parcel 1333853: 1,930 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333853.md - Parcel 4626417: 1,906 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4626417.md - Parcel 1407645: 1,817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407645.md - Parcel 1317177: 1,787 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317177.md - Parcel 1366990: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366990.md - Parcel 4868712: 1,701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4868712.md - Parcel 4626433: 1,576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4626433.md - Parcel 4619271: 1,550 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619271.md - Parcel 1312585: 1,533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312585.md - Parcel 1388781: 1,378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388781.md - Parcel 5048464: 1,373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5048464.md - Parcel 1328736: 1,336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328736.md - Parcel 1317698: 1,216 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317698.md - Parcel 5932744: 1,177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5932744.md - Parcel 1342988: 1,039 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342988.md - Parcel 5932783: 895 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5932783.md - Parcel 4630985: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4630985.md - Parcel 5048463: 597 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5048463.md - Parcel 1318199: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318199.md - Parcel 5932779: 433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5932779.md - Parcel 1309367: 427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309367.md - Parcel 5045268: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5045268.md - Parcel 1319756: 67 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319756.md - Parcel 1312953: 48 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312953.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Glencovet 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 1 Mar 2024, Donegal County Council 2450070: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450070/0 - 23 Feb 2024, Donegal County Council 2450061: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450061/0 - 4 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351313: Conditional. Permission. (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBALL PITCH MEASURING 100 METRES X 60 METRES WITH BALL STOP FENCING TO EAST AND WEST BOUNDARIES, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-WEATHER PLAYING PITCH MEASURING 60 METRES X 40 METRES WHICH INCLUDES PERIMETER FENCING AND FLOOD LIGHTING, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE WITH CAR PARKING AND TURNING AREA TO SERVICE THE PROPOSED ALL-WEATHER PLAYING PITCH AND (D) EXTENSION OF INTERNAL ACCESS ROADWAY FROM EXISTING CAR PARK TO PROPOSED NEW FOOTBALL PITCH INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351313/0 - 5 Oct 2022, Donegal County Council 2251675: Conditional. Retention. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE INCORPORATING A GYM AREA AND HOME OFFICE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251675/0 - 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050449: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050449/0 - 30 May 2019, Donegal County Council 1950807: Conditional. Permission. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF BOUNDARY WALLS, PILLARS AND RAILINGS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950807/0 - 15 Jan 2018, Donegal County Council 1850028: Conditional. Permission. (1) CHANGE OF DESIGN AND RE-LOCATION OF CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND (2) REVISED CAR PARKING LAYOUT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 16/50738. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850028/0 - 20 Dec 2017, Donegal County Council 1751934: N/a. Permission. (1) CHANGE OF DESIGN AND RE-LOCATION OF CLUBHOUSE BUILDING AND (2) REVISED CAR PARKING LAYOUT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 16/50738 AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR A TEMPORARY CLUBHOUSE BUILDING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751934/0 - 6 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751535: N/a. Retention. (A) DEVELOPMENT OF A CAR SALES YARD AND ASSOCIATED LIGHTING (B)CONSTRUCTION OF A CAR SALES OFFICE, STORAGE AREA AND SPACE TO COMPLETE LIGHT REPAIR WORKS AND VALETING WORKS (C) PORTACABIN STRUCTURE USED AS ANCILLARY SALES OFFICE AND (D) WORKS RELATED TO STRIPPING TOPSOIL OF LANDS, DEVELOPMENT OF A SOIL BERM AND PLACING OF HARDCORE SURFACING TO LANDS. PLANNING PERMISSION FOR (A) COMPLETION OF HARDCORE AND GRAVEL SURFACING WORKS TO PROVIDE OPEN STORAGE FOR PARKING OF CARS (B) PROVISION OF FENCING TO SITE BOUNDARY, DRAINAGE WORKS, SURFACE WATER INTERCEPTOR AND (C) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751535/0 - 6 Oct 2017, Donegal County Council 1751534: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE (B) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ONTO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD, BOUNDARY WALLS, PILLARS AND RAILINGS (C) SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751534/0 - 7 Jun 2017, Donegal County Council 1750878: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING COMPRISING OF A MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750878/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Glencovet. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glencovet. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glencovet. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glencovet. - 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/glencovet.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glencovet.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glencovet.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Glencovet 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) - Carn: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-50433.md - Corraffrin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corraffrin.md - Dreenan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dreenan.md - Edenmore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/edenmore-51192.md - Knock: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knock-51626.md - Navenny: https://everytownland.com/donegal/navenny.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. --- 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/glencovet - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/glencovet