Naran

367 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Naran, from 1 m² to 191,789 m² (19.18 ha, 47.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Naran 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.

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES, (2) INCREASE OF EXISTING RIDGE HEIGHT, (3) DISCONNECTION FROM EXISTING SHARED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW STANDALONE TREATMENT SYSTEM, (4) ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH OFFICE SPACE, (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A STUDIO/GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (6) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660064

• 18 Dec 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE PORCH, ALTERATION OF EXISTING WINDOWS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562292

• 17 Dec 2025Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A CAMPER VAN PARK CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 10 NO. CAMPER VAN PARKING BAYS WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICES, (2) INTERNAL PATHWAYS, LANEWAYS AND ADDITIONAL PARKING AREAS, (3) PLAY AREA AND PICNIC BENCHES WITHIN GREEN AREAS, (4) SERVICE BUILDING CONTAINING SHOWERS / TOILETS / RECEPTION AREA ETC., (5) INSTALLATION OF NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (6) PROPOSED NEW SIGNAGE BOARD AT ENTRANCE TO SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562257

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561693

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOBBY ARTIST / SCULPTURE GARDEN ROOM FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN ADDITIONAL HOBBY WORKSHOP AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561524

• 5 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560311

• 23 Jan 2025N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM , PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560068

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  DECOMMISSIONING AND REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DEFECTIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVING DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A RELOCATED NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461892

• 12 Feb 2024Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, (2) ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460137

• 16 Oct 2023Refused

  (1) PLANTED SCREENING BERMS, OVER 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, IN AN AREA FORMERLY USED FOR CAR PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO THE PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN AND CLUB HOUSE, (2) AN ACCESSWAY THROUGH THE BERMS, ON LAND FORMERLY PART OF THE CAR PARK, (3) WATER STORAGE TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE STORAGE YARD IN THE CENTRE OF THE COURSE. THE WATER TANK WILL BE SUPPLIED PRIMARILY FROM THE EXISTING WATER MAIN WITHIN THE COURSE AND FROM A FUTURE RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM SUPPLIED FROM THE GUTTERS ON THE ROOF OF THE ADJOINING MAINTENANCE SHED. THIS SUPPLY WILL BE IN SUBSITUTION TO THE PRESENT SUPPLY FROM THE EXTRACTION SOURCE APPROVED IN 2004, AND (4) BOUNDARY FENCING ALONG DUNES TO THE NORTH-WESTERN TIP OF THE COURSE, IN AN AREA DESIGNATED IN THE COUNTY DONEGAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2024 AS ESPECIALLY HIGH SCENIC AMENITY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351559

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351335

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART TWO-STOREY AND PART SINGLE-STOREY HOUSE, NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351334

• 26 Jul 2023Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE RAISED RIDGE HEIGHT AND ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES AND (2) UPGRADING OF EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351097

• 30 Mar 2023Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A WINDOW AT ATTIC LEVEL ON THE NORTH GABLE WALL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350413

• 24 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOTEL AND THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT CURRENTLY SERVES THE EXISTING HOTEL AND 6 NO. EXISTING DWELLINGS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOTEL WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING FACILITY AND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT WILL SERVE BOTH THE NEW HOTEL AND THE 6 NO. EXISTING DWELLINGS, (3) ERECTION OF ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350385

• 30 Jan 2023Conditional

  (1) PLANTED SCREENING BERMS, OVER 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, IN AN AREA FORMERLY USED FOR CAR PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO THE PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN AND CLUB HOUSE (2) AN ACCESSWAY THROUGH THE BERMS ON LAND FORMERLY PART OF THE CAR PARK (3) A WATER STORAGE TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE STORAGE YARD IN THE CENTRE OF THE COURSE (4) AMENDMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT SHED APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 18/50855 INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA OF 159 SQ.M AND FENESTRATION MODIFICATIONS (5) BOUNDARY FENCING ALONG DUNES TO THE NORTH-WESTERN TIP OF THE COURSE, IN AN AREA DESIGNATED IN THE COUNTY DONEGAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2024 AS ESPECIALLY HIGH SCENIC AMENITY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350097

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE CONSISTING OF (1) RAISED RIDGE FLOOR HEIGHT TO PROVIDE GYM AND OFFICE AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (2) PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION AND ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ALL FACADES (3) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND THE UPGRADING OF PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251934

• 17 Oct 2022N/a

  (1) PLANTED SCREENING BERMS, OVER 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, IN AN AREA FORMERLY USED FOR CAR PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO THE PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN AND CLUB HOUSE (2) AN ACCESSWAY THROUGH THE BERMS ON LAND FORMERLY PART OF THE CAR PARK (3) A WATER STORAGE TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE STORAGE YARD IN THE CENTRE OF THE COURSE (4) AMENDMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT SHED APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 18/50855 INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA OF 159 SQ.M AND FENESTRATION MODIFICATIONS (5) BOUNDARY FENCING ALONG DUNES TO THE NORTH-WESTERN TIP OF THE COURSE, IN AN AREA DESIGNATED IN THE COUNTY DONEGAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2024 AS ESPECIALLY HIGH SCENIC AMENITY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251732

• 26 Sept 2022N/a

  (1) PLANTED SCREENING BERMS, OVER 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, IN AN AREA FORMERLY USED FOR CAR PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO THE PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN AND CLUB HOUSE (2) AN ACCESSWAY THROUGH THE BERMS ON LAND FORMERLY PART OF THE CAR PARK (3) A WATER STORAGE TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE STORAGE YARD IN THE CENTRE OF THE COURSE (4) AMENDMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT SHED APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 18/50855 INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA OF 159 SQ.M AND FENESTRATION MODIFICATIONS (5) BOUNDARY FENCING ALONG DUNES TO THE NORTH-WESTERN TIP OF THE COURSE, IN AN AREA DESIGNATED IN THE COUNTY DONEGAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018-2024 AS ESPECIALLY HIGH SCENIC AMENITY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251602

• 14 Apr 2022Refused

  CHANGE OF USE OF DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A STUDIO, OFFICE AND GYM AREA CONSISTING OF (1) RAISED RIDGE HEIGHT TO PROVIDE EXTRA ACCOMMODATION (2) PROVISION FOR AN EXTENSION & ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ALL FACADES (3) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND UPGRADING OF THE SAME AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250662

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF EXCAVATED FILL MATERIAL (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM CO-OP SHOP TO DOMESTIC DWELLING (3) PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION & ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ALL FACADES (4) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250658

• 16 Mar 2022N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A CAMPER VAN PARK CONSISTING OF (A) 10 NO. CAMPER VAN PARKING BAYS WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICES (B) INTERNAL PATHWAYS, LANEWAYS, ADDITIONAL PARKING AREAS (C) PLAY AREA AND PICNIC BENCHES WITHIN GREEN AREAS (D) SERVICE BUILDING CONTAINING SHOWERS/TOILETS/RECEPTION AREA (E) NEW SIGNAGE BOARD AT ENTRANCE TO SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (F) INSTALLATION OF NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250458

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY/PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE ON A SITE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED (OUTLINE PLANNING REF: NO. 21/50656 REFERS), PROVISION OF A COMBINED VEHICULAR ACCESS, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152419

• 18 Nov 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 21/50337 TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152313

• 5 Nov 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152186

The 25 most recent of 72 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Naran.

Architectural heritage

• SS Conall and Mark's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1825-8, comprising three-bay double-height hall with three-stage tower (on square-plan) attached to the west gable end, and with single-bay single-storey vestry attached to the south-east corner. Altered c. 1995. Pitched slate roof with ashlar eaves course brought around tower and side elevations as stringcourse, raised smooth rendered coping to gable ends, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Crenellated parapet to tower with leaded coping over, and with projecting cut stone stringcourse at eaves level. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles to vestry to the south-east. Squared and coursed rubble stone walls with modern cement strap pointing, and with chamfered ashlar plinth course. Smooth rendered walls to the east gable end over stringcourse level (eaves), and to the south elevation of vestry. Squared and coursed rubble stone walls to tower with thin squared and coursed rubble stone pilasters to the corners, chamfered cut stone plinth course, and with cut stone stringcourses delineating stages. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of nave (north and south) having stone sills, squared rubble stone voussoirs, and with replacement windows with Y-tracery. Pointed-arched window opening to the east gable end having stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, timber Y-tracery, and with leaded stained glass window. Pointed-arched window opening to the north elevation of tower at ground floor\first stage level having stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, ashlar surround(?) and with replacement windows with Y-tracery. Square-headed openings to the tower at belfry\second stage level having ashlar surround (?), cut stone sill, squared rubble stone voussoirs, and with timber louvered fittings. Blind roundel openings to tower at third stage level having ashlar surrounds. Square-headed doorway to the south face of tower having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, ashlar plinth blocks, square-rubble stone voussoirs to relieving arch, and with replacement timber double doors. Square-headed openings to vestry and toilet block to the south-east having replacement fittings. Timber king roof structure and exposed rafters to interior. Set back from road in own grounds in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ardara, and overlooking Gweebara Bay adjacent to the north. Graveyard (on rectangular-plan) to site with collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century gravemarkers. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall with cement rendered coping over. Gateway to the north having a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with pyramidal rendered coping over, and with a pair of metal gates.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1910, having advanced two-storey gable-fronted bay to the north-east end of the front elevation (north) having single-bay single-storey canted bay at ground floor level to north, and with single-bay single-storey canted bay to the west end of the front elevation. Pitched natural slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, two roughcast rendered chimneystacks with smooth rendered cornice coping, and plain timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered sill course at first floor level, decorative smooth rendered Tudoresque timber detailing to gable apexes, smooth rendered stringcourse above ground floor openings, and with smooth rendered margins to front elevation and to breakfront. Smooth rendered walls to canted bays above sill level. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, smooth rendered reveals, and with twelve-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway with smooth rendered reveal, replacement glazed timber door, overlight, and concrete steps. Set back from road in own grounds in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ardara, and overlooking Gweebara Bay\Tramore Strand adjacent to the north. Modern rubble stone boundary wall and gateway to the north.

• Water pump, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1920, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base, moulded spout, cast-iron pail\bucket stand to base, and surmounted by fluted domed capping (acorn finial over now missing). Pull lever to side. Foundry mark to base now obscured. Located adjacent to smooth rendered boundary wall of two-storey house close to the junction of two roads. Sited grounds in the rural countryside to the north-west of Ardara, close to Gweebara Bay\Tramore Strand adjacent to the north.

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c.1880, having moulded base with fluted shaft, moulded neck with plain spout, fluted domed cap and fluted handle. Finial missing. Bucket stand to base. Located on grass verge, close to former Clogher National School.

• Post box, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post-box, erected c.1930, with moulded surround, moulded base to aperture with raised 'P & T' monogram in Gaelic script to top. Moulded surround to central opening with information panel, lock and pull handle. Mounted in rendered wall at roadside in Naran.

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 Naran, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Naran.

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 Naran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Naran · An Fhearthainn

Area

1,984,391 m² (198.44 ha, 490.35 acres)

Civil parish

Inishkeel, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Dawros, the unit of the census

Census 2022

717 people lived in 288 households in the Dawros electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 51% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogher West, Clooney, Drumboghill, Glebe, Kilclooney Beg, Lackagh, Summy

Placenames

Naran 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.