# Maylin, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Raymoghy, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal; in Irish Maigh Lín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 313,601 m² (31.36 ha, 77.49 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,405 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Raymoghy, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/raymoghy.md - Barony: Raphoe North - Electoral division: Newtown Cunningham, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,028 people lived in 372 households in the Newtown Cunningham electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 12% 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/15360 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51883 - Centre: latitude 54.974386, longitude -7.564274 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maylin, from 997 m² to 300,458 m² (30.05 ha, 74.24 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1331764: 300,458 m² (30.05 ha, 74.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331764.md - Parcel 1395067: 9,113 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395067.md - Parcel 4034323: 1,405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4034323.md - Parcel 1321613: 1,128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321613.md - Parcel 1393914: 997 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393914.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Maylin 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) 1 application, newest first. - 19 May 2023, Donegal County Council 2350686: Refused. Permission. CONSTRUCTION AND CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BIOGAS RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY, CONSISTING OF: (1) 3 NO. PRIMARY DIGESTER TANKS, (2) 2 NO. POST DIGESTER TANKS WITH PUMPROOM, (3) PASTEURISATION UNIT WITH AUXILIARY TANKS, (4) EMERGENCY FLARE WITH BASE AND SECURITY FENCING, (5) 3 NO. AGRICULTURAL SOLID FEEDERS WITH ASSOCIATED CONCRETE BASES, (6) 2 NO. UNDERGROUND PRE-RECEPTION TANKS, (7) 2 NO. COVERED AGRICULTURAL DIGESTATE STORAGE TANKS, (8) GAS COMBINED HEAT & POWER (CHP) UNIT WITH CONCRETE BASE, (9) SITE OFFICE/CONTROL BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED STAFF CAR PARKING AREA AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATING AREA, (10) BIOGAS UPGRADING TREATMENT AND COMPRESSION SYSTEM, (11) ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER AND SUB-STATION WITH SECURITY FENCE, (12) COVERED AGRICULTURAL STORAGE CLAMP, (13) NUTRIENT RECOVERY SYSTEM FACILITY WITH ANCILLARY TANKS AND EQUIPMENT, (14) 4 NO. AMMONIUM SULPHATE SOLUTION (ASS) STORAGE TANKS WITH CONCRETE BASES, (15) DIGESTATE DRYING AND PELLETISING FACILITY, (16) PELLET STORAGE FACILITY, (17) WEIGHBRIDGE, (18) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS AND ENTRANCE IMPROVEMENT WORKS, (19) SITE LIGHTING WITH SECURITY CAMERAS, (20) SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM WITH STORAGE POND AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM, (21) BOUNDARY EARTH BUNDED AREAS, LANDSCAPING, AND BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350686/0 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 Maylin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG054-011: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG054-011----. A cropmark revealed by aerial photograph (St. Joseph, AJS 20) shows a subcircular enclosure c. 35m in diameter with a gap to the NE. There is art internal circular structure on the S side of the enclosure. It was situated on a slight rise in excellent land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Maylin. ## 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 Maylin, 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 low. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1865, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1865.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/maylin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/maylin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/maylin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Maylin 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) - Drumbarnet Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumbarnet-lower.md - Drumbarnet Middle: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumbarnet-middle.md - Hungersmother: https://everytownland.com/donegal/hungersmother.md - Moneymore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/moneymore-52071.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/maylin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/maylin