# Rossreagh, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 314,692 m² (31.47 ha, 77.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tullyfern, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullyfern.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Rathmelton, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,494 people lived in 938 households in the Rathmelton electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16015 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52323 - Centre: latitude 55.041733, longitude -7.643751 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossreagh, from 35 m² to 197,530 m² (19.75 ha, 48.81 acres); 6 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1336351: 197,530 m² (19.75 ha, 48.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336351.md - Parcel 2520122: 28,216 m² (2.82 ha, 6.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2520122.md - Parcel 1395490: 16,044 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395490.md - Parcel 1325557: 11,073 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325557.md - Parcel 1394074: 10,037 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394074.md - Parcel 2634325: 8,041 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2634325.md - Parcel 1386991: 6,369 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386991.md - Parcel 1337074: 4,984 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337074.md - Parcel 1332809: 4,394 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332809.md - Parcel 1382619: 3,330 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382619.md - Parcel 2520131: 2,903 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2520131.md - Parcel 1412985: 2,657 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412985.md - Parcel 1392239: 2,572 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392239.md - Parcel 1346764: 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346764.md - Parcel 6199272: 1,978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6199272.md - Parcel 1323542: 937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323542.md - Parcel 1426838: 868 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426838.md - Parcel 1402777: 575 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402777.md - Parcel 4703436: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4703436.md - Parcel 1399563: 547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399563.md - Parcel 3779184: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3779184.md - Parcel 4944327: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4944327.md - Parcel 5377790: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5377790.md - Parcel 3759194: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3759194.md - Parcel 6135700: 155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6135700.md - Parcel 4703435: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4703435.md - Parcel 3663135: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663135.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rossreagh 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 19 Aug 2026, Donegal County Council 2661538: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (1) DECOMMISSIONING AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVING EXISTING DWELLING AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA FOR EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661538/0 - 17 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660670: Conditional. Permission, 43 homes. REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52027 TO INCLUDE (1) REVISIONS TO OVERALL SITE LAYOUT INCLUDING REVISED HOUSE TYPES (TOTAL NO. OF DWELLINGS 43 AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED) AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING OMISSION OF APPROVED ON-SITE FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660670/0 - 7 Oct 2022, Donegal County Council 2251690: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251690/0 - 23 Nov 2021, Donegal County Council 2152334: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152334/0 - 15 Sept 2021, Donegal County Council 2151836: Refused. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151836/0 - 25 Aug 2020, Donegal County Council 2051157: Conditional. Permission. 1)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN THE TOWNLAND OF TIRRODDY WITH ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, INLET WORKS, WWTP PROCESS TANKS, SLUDGE STORAGE TANKS, CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, ANCILLARY TREATMENT UNITS, ADMINISTRATION & ESB SUB-STATION BUILDING, SLUDGE PRESS BUILDING, INTERNAL PUMPING STATIONS, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION POND, 2.4M HIGH BOUNDARY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMITER OF THE WWTP WORKS, 1.2M FENCING AROUND THE SITE BOUNDARY, ENTRANCE VIA AN EXISTING COILLTE ROADWAY AND ENTRANCE ONTO L-5612-1 AND WIDENING AND STRENGHTENING OF L-5612-1 2)CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,590M OF TREATED EFFLUENT OUTFALL PIPELINE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF TIRRODDY AND BROWNKNOE, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 160M MARINE SECTION & OUTFALL DIFFUSER LOCATED IN LOUGH SWILLY3) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RAMELTON IN THE TOWNLAND OF RAMELTON INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, RUBBLE STONE PERIMITER WALLS, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO CASTLE STREET, RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING STONE BOUNDARY WALL APPROXIMATELY 15M LONG ALONg CASTLE STREET AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 4)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW TURNING HAMMERHEAD AT THE END OF THE EXISTING TURNING CIRCLE AT ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, NEW ENTRANCE TO ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 5)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. NETWORK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND PUMPING STATION, STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, LOW-LEVEL CONTROL KIOSK, 7.6M HIGH ORNATE VENTILATION STACK, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION, TEMPORARY ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET DURING CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING STORM DRAIN AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALL....... File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051157/0 - 3 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050283: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING ALONG WITH THE EXTENSION OF DINING ROOM LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050283/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC, site code 002287, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002287 - Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA, site code 004075, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004075 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake, site code 000166 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rossreagh. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rossreagh. ## 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 Rossreagh, 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_1810, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1810.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/rossreagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rossreagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rossreagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rossreagh 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) - Ballyboe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyboe-50170.md - Carn Low: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-low.md - Rathmelton: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rathmelton.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/rossreagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/rossreagh