# Lettergull, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,268,189 m² (226.82 ha, 560.48 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 74,004 m² (7.4 ha, 18.29 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Taughboyne, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/taughboyne.md - Barony: Raphoe North - Electoral division: Feddyglass, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 456 people lived in 164 households in the Feddyglass electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16361 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51726 - Centre: latitude 54.898492, longitude -7.525122 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lettergull, from 920 m² to 505,188 m² (50.52 ha, 124.83 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1346858: 505,188 m² (50.52 ha, 124.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346858.md - Parcel 5204389: 368,828 m² (36.88 ha, 91.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5204389.md - Parcel 1333184: 260,813 m² (26.08 ha, 64.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333184.md - Parcel 1391835: 219,339 m² (21.93 ha, 54.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391835.md - Parcel 4754818: 141,383 m² (14.14 ha, 34.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4754818.md - Parcel 4908679: 133,910 m² (13.39 ha, 33.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908679.md - Parcel 1353264: 121,813 m² (12.18 ha, 30.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353264.md - Parcel 1407283: 97,138 m² (9.71 ha, 24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407283.md - Parcel 1331720: 96,656 m² (9.67 ha, 23.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331720.md - Parcel 1301489: 82,557 m² (8.26 ha, 20.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301489.md - Parcel 1391358: 65,452 m² (6.55 ha, 16.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391358.md - Parcel 1352801: 58,816 m² (5.88 ha, 14.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352801.md - Parcel 1402245: 54,823 m² (5.48 ha, 13.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402245.md - Parcel 1321459: 34,879 m² (3.49 ha, 8.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321459.md - Parcel 1388060: 15,562 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388060.md - Parcel 1393862: 4,445 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393862.md - Parcel 1327622: 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327622.md - Parcel 1372005: 1,398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372005.md - Parcel 5298960: 1,368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5298960.md - Parcel 5204367: 920 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5204367.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lettergull 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 1 May 2026, Donegal County Council 2660788: Conditional. Permission. DEVELOPMENT ON LANDS WITHIN AND ADJOINING THE PERMITTED LETTERGULL WIND FARM (PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19) WHICH WILL COMPRISE OF THE PROVISION OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 1 NO. WIND TURBINE WITH AN OVERALL BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF 135M, ROTOR DIAMETER OF 115M, AND A HUB HEIGHT OF 77.5M, (2) TURBINE FOUNDATION AND ASSOCIATED HARD-STANDING AREAS, (3) TEMPORARY WORKS TO THE EXISTING LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19) TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE CONSISTING OF THE REMOVAL AND REINSTATEMENT OF FENCING AND LANDSCAPING AND TEMPORARY WIDENING OF THE SITE ACCESS JUNCTION, (4) PROVISION OF NEW SITE ACCESS TRACK CONNECTING THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE TO THE EXISTING INTERNAL LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS TRACKS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19), (5) TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND TEMPORARY LAYDOWN AREA, (6) ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONNECTING THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE TO THE PERMITTED ON-SITE 38KV SUBSTATION (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19), (7) SITE DRAINAGE, (8) ACCESS GATES, FENCING AND SIGNAGE AND (9) ALL RELATED SITE WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT. FOLLOWING A THIRTY-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF FULL COMMISSIONING OF THE WIND TURBINE THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSED VIA THE EXISTING LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ENTRANCE ON THE R236 REGIONAL ROAD AND EXISTING INTERNAL LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS TRACKS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19). AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION. THE EIAR AND NIS ASSESS THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS DESCRIBED IN (1) – (9) ABOVE AS WELL AS THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS FROM THE PORT OF KILLYBEGS TO THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE VIA THE NATIONAL (N56, N15 AND N14) REGIONAL (R263 AND R236) PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK IN COUNTY DONEGAL. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660788/0 - 12 Jun 2025, Donegal County Council 2560978: Conditional. Retention. DRY BEDDED SHED AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED WITH UNDERGROUND TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560978/0 - 31 Mar 2021, Donegal County Council 2150563: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A SINGLE TWO STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC DWELLING, DETACHED GARAGE/STORE, FOUL WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA & ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150563/0 - 13 Apr 2018, Donegal County Council 1850555: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE AND PROVISION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850555/0 - 7 Feb 2018, Donegal County Council 1850156: Refused. Permission. A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A WIND FARM WITH A 30 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE (FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING OF THE ENTIRE WIND FARM) AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: UP TO 6 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH AN OVERALL BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP 135 METRES AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARD-STANDING AREAS, 1 NO. BORROW PIT, 1 NO. PERMANENT ANEMOMETRY MAST UP TO A HEIGHT OF 100 METRES, UPGRADE OF EXISTING AND PROVISION OF NEW SITE ACCESS ROADS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE, 1 NO. ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION COMPOUND, WHICH WILL HAVE 1 NO. CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, AND A WASTE WATER HOLDING TANK. 1 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON-SITE SUBSTATION, AS WELL AS ON-SITE UNDERGROUND CABLING TO FACILITATE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE NATIONAL GRID, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING AMENITY TRAILS ON WIND FARM ROADS, CAR PARKING, SEATING/BENCHES AND SIGNAGE. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850156/0 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 Lettergull. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lettergull. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lettergull. ## 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 Lettergull, 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1925, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1925.zip (ZIP). - 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/lettergull.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lettergull.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lettergull.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lettergull 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) - Ballylennan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballylennan.md - Drummucklagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummucklagh.md - Legnatraw: https://everytownland.com/donegal/legnatraw.md - Momeen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/momeen.md - Treansallagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/treansallagh.md - Woodlands: https://everytownland.com/donegal/woodlands.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/lettergull - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/lettergull