Glencrow

135 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glencrow, from 12 m² to 118,418 m² (11.84 ha, 29.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glencrow 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.

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  COMPLETION OF A SINGLE-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50912

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661724

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 2 NO. 6 BAY MONO PITCHED STEEL FRAME OPEN FRONTED STORAGE UNITS, (2) 1 NO. 2 BAY MONO PITCHED STEEL FRAME OPEN FRONTED STORAGE UNIT, (3) 2M HIGH CONCRETE RETAINING WALL TO FACILITATE REQUIRED ALTERATIONS IN GROUND LEVELS, AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND EXTERNAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650046

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562123

• 30 Sept 2025Unconditional

  ERECTION OF 35 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF 6 NO. GROUND FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 6 NO. FIRST FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 6 NO. TWO BED SEMI DETACHED BUNGALOWS, 15 NO. TWO STOREY THREE BED HOUSES, 2 NO. TWO STOREY FOUR BED HOUSES, AN ONSITE SEWAGE PRE TREATMENT PLANT, CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550133

• 25 Feb 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560253

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560051

• 9 Dec 2024Conditional

  EXISTING SINGLE STOREY IN STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE BLOCK, SINGLE STOREY IN STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 02/4166

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450257

• 27 Nov 2024Refused

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 18 NO. HOUSING UNITS COMPRISING OF 8 NO. APARTMENTS AND 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, (2) THE MANAGEMENT OF SURFACE STORM WATER TO DISSIPATE GENTLY OVER BOULDER CASCADE INTO THE RIVER BREDAGH AND (3) THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ESTATE WASTEWATER(S) VIA A PROPRIETARY TREATMENT PLANT (AND RESERVE TREATMENT PLANT) UNDER INSURED FACTORED BOND, ALL TO THE SATISFACTION OF DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL AND UISCE ÉIREANN (IRISH WATER)

  Outline permission, 10 homes · Donegal County Council, 2450254

• 6 Nov 2024N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 18 NO. HOUSING UNITS COMPRISING OF 8 NO. APARTMENTS AND 10 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES, (2) THE MANAGEMENT OF SURFACE STORM WATER TO DISSIPATE GENTLY OVER BOULDER CASCADE INTO THE RIVER BREDAGH AND (3) THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ESTATE WASTEWATER VIA A PROPRIETARY TREATMENT PLANT (AND RESERVE TREATMENT PLANT) UNDER INSURED FACTORED BOND, ALL TO THE SATISFICATION OF DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL AND UISCE ÉIREANN (IRISH WATER)

  Outline permission, 10 homes · Donegal County Council, 2450236

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DOMESTIC EXTENSION CONSISTING OF A BEDROOM EXTENSION TO THE FIRST FLOOR, A LIVING ROOM EXTENSION TO THE GROUND FLOOR AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BAY WINDOWS WITH ASSOCIATED ROOF AND FENESTRATION ALTERATIONS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461035

• 5 Oct 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS TO THE ROOF OF EXISTING FACTORY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS UNIT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251666

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  A PORCH TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL STORE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251169

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION WITH ROOF DECK TO THE EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE (2) CONNECTION INTO EXISTING DRAINAGE AND ON-SITE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SERVICES WITH MINOR RELOCATION OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (3) SOLAR PANELS ON EXISTING HOUSE ROOF AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250665

• 13 Jan 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250025

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  1 (A) 2NO. SILAGE PITS (B)MEAL STORE ADJOINING EXISTING MILK PARLOUR (C)CUBICLE SHED ROOF (D) MACHINARY STORAGE SHED 2 ERECTION OF A ROOFED COLLECTION YARD TO ABUT EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK 3 ERECTION OF A NEW CUBICLE SHED TO ABUT EXISTING CUBICLE SHED WITH NEW UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND 4 REMOVAL OF EXISTING OVER-GROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151765

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  (1) RELOCATION OF 3NO EXISTING MEAL STORAGE BINS (2) ERECTION OF 1 NO. ADDITIONAL MEAL STORAGE BIN (3) RETAINING WALL ALONG FRONTAGE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151382

• 13 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150912

• 13 Apr 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ALONG WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150653

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A LEAN-TO EXTENSION TO 2 NO. EXISTING SHEDS FOR STORAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150569

• 23 Mar 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A LEAN-TO EXTENSION TO 2 NO. EXISTING SHEDS FOR STORAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150507

• 24 Feb 2021Conditional

  ROOF MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS TO BE MOUNTED TO EXTERNAL ROOF AREAS OF EXISTING SUPERMARKET AND THE EXISTING FLAT ROOF CANOPY OVER THE FUEL PUMPS WITHIN THE FORECOURT AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150307

• 23 Jun 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF 35 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISITING OF 6 NO. GROUND FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 6 NO. FIRST FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 6 NO. TWO BED SEMI DETACHED BUNGALOWS, 15 NO. TWO STOREY THREE BED HOUSES, 2 NO. TWO STOREY FOUR BED HOUSES, AN ONSITE SEWAGE PRE TREATMENT PLANT, CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 35 homes · Donegal County Council, 2050818

• 16 Sept 2019Conditional

  PACKAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INTERMITTENT SAND POLISHING FILTER AND PERMSSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951407

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  (A) RELOCATION OF 3 NO. EXISTING MEAL STORAGE BINS AND (B) ERECTION OF 1 NO. ADDITIONAL MEAL STORAGE BIN AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851768

• 20 Aug 2018Conditional

  ERECTION PHOTOVOLAIC PANELS TO ROOF OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851283

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glencrow.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glencrow.

Architectural heritage

• Moville Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Presbyterian church, built 1863, comprising six-bay hall with bell tower (on square-plan) to the south-east corner with belfry and broached spire (on octagonal-plan) over, gable-front entrance porch to east elevation and gable-fronted vestry to west elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, ashlar gable copings, carved stone finials to south gable and over entrance porch, moulded projecting skew-putts to eaves; sandstone brackets supporting ashlar eaves course, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared coursed rubble stone walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins and diagonally-set stepped ashlar buttresses to corners. Pointed-arched window openings with chamfered ashlar surrounds and squared rubble stone relieving arches; tripartite lancet window with continuous having diamond-shaped cast-iron quarry-glazed windows with coloured glass to outer panes. Pointed-arch door opening with chamfered ashlar surrounds and squared-rubble relieving arches; square-headed door opening with shouldered ashlar surround to vestry. Spire comprising yellow-brick pyramidal steeple with wrought-iron finial and cornice to base, mounted on polygonal yellow brick tower having lancets to each side, with stepped ashlar plinth course, over polygonal tower, tapering to a square plan comprising squared-rubble walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins; with lancet window. Set within own grounds with squared and random rubble boundary wall with squared-rubble coping. Main gateway to south-east comprising cast-iron gates mounted on smooth rendered piers with moulded ashlar coping; gateway to east comprising cast-iron gate mounted on squared rubble piers with ashlar coping. Located to west of Moville town centre; associated manse (see 40809017) to north-east.

• Manse, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Presbyterian manse, built c. 1910, with central single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to the front elevation (south), and with two-bay two-storey return to rear (north), modern single-storey lean-to to return. Pitched natural slate roofs; red clay roll ridge tiles with decorative moulded red clay finials to gables; rectangular off-set yellow brick chimneystacks with stepped cement rendered cap to ridge and gable of return; projecting timber eaves on moulded rendered stringcourse and moulded brackets to front façade. Decorative painted timber bargeboards with painted timber tracery brace; cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled roughcast rendered walls with roughcast rendered plinth; pebbledash walls to north and east sides of main body of house and to north return with projecting cement rendered plinth. Moulded cornice on skew-corbels to porch gable. Segmental-headed window openings with timber two-over-two pain timber sliding sash windows, rendered reveals with ovolo moulded corners and chamfer-stop and rendered sills; square-headed window openings to return, with timber two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and some replacement windows, projecting rendered reveals, concrete sills. Round-headed opening to porch with painted timber bolection moulded flat-panelled timber door surmounted by moulded transom with plain overlight, rendered reveals with ovolo moulded corners and chamfer-stop; recessed square-headed door opening in porch, with timber glazed and panelled door, glazed side and overlights; decorative coloured geometrically-laid tiles to floor. Set back from road in landscaped grounds. Cast-iron double hoops railing gates on decorative tapered cylindrical fluted posts with decorative finials over. Located to the west of the centre of Moville. Associated Presbyterian church (see 40809016) to the south.

• Bridge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch bridge carrying road over Bredagh River, built c. 1829. Segmental-headed arch with tooled ashlar limestone voussoirs and with tooled ashlar stringcourse at deck level. Squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel, set in diagonal courses. Squared and coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels and abutments. Squared and coursed rubble stone construction to parapet with tooled limestone ashlar coping over. Double carriageway with tarmac deck having pathway to the east side of bridge. Located to the west of the centre of Moville, carrying main approach road into town from the south-west.

• Bridge, 1500–1700 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched bridge carrying road over Bredagh Glen River, built c. 1600. Segmental-headed arch with roughly dressed stone voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Rubble stone construction to spandrels and abutments. Rubble stone construction to parapets with rubble stone coping over. Carries approach avenue to Gulladuff House over river. Located to the north-west of the centre of Moville and to the south of former milling complex (40809061).

• Outbuilding, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular outbuilding, built c. 1800, in use as music, dance and story-telling venue. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint with timber rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystack with terracotta pot to north gable. Rendered random rubble walls to front with random rubble walls to rear and gables. Square-headed window opening with stone lintel and two-over-two horned timber sash window. Square-headed door openings with stone lintels and battened timber doors. Set within own grounds with thatched dwelling adjoining.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with windbreak porch to front, single-bay thatched former outbuilding to the south-west, and bed outshot to the rear. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with rendered coping and terracotta pots. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered bands to margins and recessed smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casement windows, and painted concrete sills; uPVC window to former door opening to thatched extension. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Set within own grounds with thatched outbuilding adjoining.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with two-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to south-west. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with rendered coping and terracotta pots to gables. Smooth rendered walls; random rubble to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber panel door. Detached single-storey outbuilding to south comprising pitched corrugated-metal roof, whitewashed random rubble walls, and square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Set within own grounds.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Glencrow, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2254 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Glencrow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Glencrow

Area

1,312,547 m² (131.25 ha, 324.34 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Moville, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Castlecary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

692 people lived in 245 households in the Castlecary electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynally, Bredagh Glen, Carrownaff, Cooly, Gort North, Gulladoo, Tiryrone

Placenames

Glencrow 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.