# Sockar, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,210,903 m² (421.09 ha, 1,040.54 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,132 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmacrenan, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilmacrenan.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Edenacarnan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Edenacarnan electoral division: 1,824 people in 586 households; 69% of households own their home; 70% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15523 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52401 - Centre: latitude 54.977738, longitude -7.823381 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sockar, from 204 m² to 1,077,676 m² (107.77 ha, 266.3 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1392540: 1,077,676 m² (107.77 ha, 266.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392540.md - Parcel 1306263: 589,967 m² (59 ha, 145.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306263.md - Parcel 1352737: 270,027 m² (27 ha, 66.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352737.md - Parcel 1372155: 178,175 m² (17.82 ha, 44.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372155.md - Parcel 1333685: 166,065 m² (16.61 ha, 41.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333685.md - Parcel 1323554: 160,467 m² (16.05 ha, 39.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323554.md - Parcel 1332734: 139,622 m² (13.96 ha, 34.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332734.md - Parcel 1426749: 126,320 m² (12.63 ha, 31.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426749.md - Parcel 4968060: 118,239 m² (11.82 ha, 29.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4968060.md - Parcel 2736917: 118,164 m² (11.82 ha, 29.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2736917.md - Parcel 1424101: 114,268 m² (11.43 ha, 28.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424101.md - Parcel 1526565: 111,228 m² (11.12 ha, 27.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1526565.md - Parcel 1330523: 109,629 m² (10.96 ha, 27.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330523.md - Parcel 1334582: 102,526 m² (10.25 ha, 25.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334582.md - Parcel 1386921: 79,544 m² (7.95 ha, 19.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386921.md - Parcel 1417240: 75,719 m² (7.57 ha, 18.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417240.md - Parcel 5093982: 75,117 m² (7.51 ha, 18.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5093982.md - Parcel 1328849: 74,478 m² (7.45 ha, 18.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328849.md - Parcel 4803004: 69,799 m² (6.98 ha, 17.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4803004.md - Parcel 1427624: 69,726 m² (6.97 ha, 17.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427624.md - Parcel 1329162: 68,823 m² (6.88 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329162.md - Parcel 1321583: 50,464 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321583.md - Parcel 2736939: 43,340 m² (4.33 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2736939.md - Parcel 1413391: 40,313 m² (4.03 ha, 9.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413391.md - Parcel 1376669: 35,822 m² (3.58 ha, 8.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376669.md - Parcel 1325473: 17,500 m² (1.75 ha, 4.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325473.md - Parcel 1413350: 17,441 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413350.md - Parcel 1526564: 13,932 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1526564.md - Parcel 1373098: 13,057 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373098.md - Parcel 3091184: 9,132 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3091184.md - Parcel 1409029: 7,774 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409029.md - Parcel 5120899: 6,164 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120899.md - Parcel 6109518: 4,329 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6109518.md - Parcel 1402695: 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402695.md - Parcel 1393271: 3,930 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393271.md - Parcel 5120877: 3,516 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120877.md - Parcel 6150936: 3,497 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6150936.md - Parcel 1336273: 3,026 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336273.md - Parcel 4662729: 2,903 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662729.md - Parcel 3751275: 2,891 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3751275.md - Parcel 4967976: 2,861 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967976.md - Parcel 1341177: 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341177.md - Parcel 3664563: 2,684 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664563.md - Parcel 3664560: 2,479 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664560.md - Parcel 3664562: 2,463 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664562.md - Parcel 3664561: 2,457 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664561.md - Parcel 4532684: 2,443 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4532684.md - Parcel 5758533: 2,385 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5758533.md - Parcel 4656701: 2,265 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4656701.md - Parcel 5341376: 2,172 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5341376.md - Parcel 1399521: 1,528 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399521.md - Parcel 5029753: 1,520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5029753.md - Parcel 3664559: 1,372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664559.md - Parcel 1395419: 1,366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395419.md - Parcel 5901339: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901339.md - Parcel 5901333: 1,063 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5901333.md - Parcel 1323006: 654 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323006.md - Parcel 5344296: 537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5344296.md - Parcel 5093981: 204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5093981.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Sockar 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) 16 applications, newest first. - 6 Aug 2025, Donegal County Council 2561350: Conditional. Retention. EXTENSION TO REAR, BOILER ROOM TO THE SIDE AND FRONT PORCH. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561350/0 - 26 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560445: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560445/0 - 25 Mar 2024, Donegal County Council 2450091: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE IN HOUSE TYPE AND GARAGE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION REF. 22/50777, CONNECTION TO A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450091/0 - 29 Jun 2022, Donegal County Council 2251129: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. ERECTION OF TWO NEW DWELLING HOUSES AND INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251129/0 - 10 Jun 2022, Donegal County Council 2251011: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING BASE ON SITE AND ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251011/0 - 6 May 2022, Donegal County Council 2250795: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250795/0 - 4 May 2022, Donegal County Council 2250777: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE & ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250777/0 - 25 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250722: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250722/0 - 3 Jun 2021, Donegal County Council 2151089: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK BUILDING WITH HOLDING PEN INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151089/0 - 17 Feb 2021, Donegal County Council 2150267: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150267/0 - 21 Dec 2020, Donegal County Council 2051974: Conditional. Permission. (1) RENOVATIONS & ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE NEW ROOF, ELEVATION CHANGES, FRONT DOOR CANOPY (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DOMESTIC GARAGE (3) INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051974/0 - 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050566: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050566/0 - 27 Feb 2019, Donegal County Council 1950263: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950263/0 - 5 Dec 2018, Donegal County Council 1851849: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851849/0 - 17 Aug 2018, Donegal County Council 1851274: N/a. Permission. INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM TO SERVICE EXSITING DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851274/0 - 30 May 2018, Donegal County Council 1850860: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850860/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Leannan River SAC, site code 002176, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002176 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG052-011: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG052-011----. Kinahan (1885-6, 425) noted two standing stones in this townland. No trace of these was found. Situated on rough pasture 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 Sockar. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sockar. - 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/sockar.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sockar.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sockar.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Sockar, Trentagh: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/sockar-trentagh.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballybolauder: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybolauder.md - Ballynakilly: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynakilly-50273.md - Drumcavany: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumcavany.md - Garrowcarry: https://everytownland.com/donegal/garrowcarry.md - Glenkeo: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glenkeo-51355.md - Magheran: https://everytownland.com/donegal/magheran.md - Pollans: https://everytownland.com/donegal/pollans.md - Rathdonnell: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rathdonnell.md - Stackarnagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/stackarnagh.md - Treanbeg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/treanbeg.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/sockar - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/sockar