Loughnagin
Townland in the civil parish of Aghanunshin, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Loch na gCionn
- Area
- 113.2 ha
- 280 acres
- Land parcels
- 227
- registered freehold, median 1,566 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
227 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughnagin, from 4 m² to 117,090 m² (11.71 ha, 28.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 53 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 Loughnagin 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
8 Aug 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION & FIRST FLOOR ATTIC CONVERSION TO DWELLING, DOMESTIC SHED & FOR LOCATION OF EXISTING ENTRANCE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/6499 AND (2) DISCONNECTION FROM EXISTING SHARED SEPTIC TANK & INSTALLATION & CONNECTION TO A NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661483
24 Jun 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION AND RELOCATION OF PRE-FABRICATED TAKE AWAY COFFEE DOCK IN LIEU OF THE EXISTING COFFEE TRAILER THAT WILL BE REMOVED AND (2) CREATION OF A ONE-WAY SYSTEM WITHIN THE SITE ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING PARKING AND SIGNAGE WITHIN THE SITE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661170
12 Mar 2026Conditional
REPLACEMENT OF A LOW-PITCHED ROOF OVER EXISTING WORKSHOP ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE WITH A DUAL-PITCHED ROOF. ROOFS TO HOUSE AND WORKSHOP WILL HAVE NEW ROOF COVERINGS, AND WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS WILL BE MODIFIED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660396
11 Feb 2026Refused
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF PRE-FABRICATED COFFEE DOCK UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LIEU OF THE EXISTING COFFEE TRAILER THAT WILL BE REMOVED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660176
16 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GABION RETAINING WALL TO THE SOUTHWEST BOUNDARY, (2) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING, DETACHED, TWO STOREY HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (3) 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, 2562239
12 Nov 2025Unconditional
COMPLETION OF 1 NO. DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NO. DWELLINGS (TOTAL 4 NO.) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNDING REF. NO. 05/40389 AND EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 11/40110)
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550158
23 Jun 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561051
16 Jun 2025N/a
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561004
28 May 2025N/a
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560878
28 May 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE AND GARAGE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED (PLANNING REF. NO. 24/60066 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560877
27 May 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLING, DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH REPLACEMENT BOUNDARY WALL AND TIMBER FENCE WITH ALL EXISTING ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES TO BE RETAINED AND RE-USED FOR THE PROPOSED REPLACEMENT DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560849
31 Jan 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460066
5 Dec 2023Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351868
2 May 2023Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF PART SINGLE STOREY, PART TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, SITE TO BE ACCESSED VIA EXISTING LANEWAY
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350590
9 Mar 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR STAFF ACCOMMODATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE CARPARKING AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350292
5 Oct 2022Conditional
(1) ERECTION STORAGE SHED FOR THE STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESS INCLUDING ERECTION OF SOLAR PANELS TO ROOF (2) ERECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL POLY TUNNEL ATTACHED TO EXISTING POLY TUNNELS AND NETTED STRUCTURE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF NO 20/51422 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251655
22 Jul 2022Conditional
EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251260
31 Mar 2022Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250555
27 Oct 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER 20/50980
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152134
29 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCK TWO STOREY DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 05/40389 (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING (3) REPLACEMENT DWELLING STORM & FOUL DRAINAGE TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STORM & FOUL SYSTEM GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 05/40389 (4) ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151936
13 Sept 2021N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, SITE TO BE ACCESSED VIA EXISTING LANEWAY
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151820
24 Aug 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151680
24 Aug 2021Conditional
1. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION 2. ATTIC CONVERSION 3. DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151684
4 Aug 2021N/a
(1) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE (2) ATTIC CONVERSION TO DWELLING HOUSE (3) DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151558
3 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE AND CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SEWER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151545
The 25 most recent of 47 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 Loughnagin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Loughnagin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughnagin.
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 high, 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 Loughnagin.
- 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 Loughnagin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Loughnagin · Loch na gCionn
- Area
- 1,132,087 m² (113.21 ha, 279.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghanunshin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Castlewray, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlewray electoral division: 3,681 people in 1,340 households; 83% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardarawer, Ballymaleel, Cornagill, Glebe, Kiltoy, Lisnanees Lower, Roughpark, Woodland
- Placenames
- Loughnagin 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.