# Sorne, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Lower Fahan, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,799,396 m² (279.94 ha, 691.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 17,824 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Lower Fahan, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/lower-fahan.md
- Barony: Inishowen West
- Electoral division: Buncrana Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,039 people lived in 1,386 households in the Buncrana Rural electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15080
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52403
- Centre: latitude 55.127273, longitude -7.347601 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sorne, from 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres) to 911,593 m² (91.16 ha, 225.26 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1416468: 911,593 m² (91.16 ha, 225.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416468.md
- Parcel 1416467: 876,537 m² (87.65 ha, 216.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416467.md
- Parcel 1414592: 109,844 m² (10.98 ha, 27.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414592.md
- Parcel 5167202: 18,221 m² (1.82 ha, 4.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167202.md
- Parcel 5167218: 18,006 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167218.md
- Parcel 5167229: 17,919 m² (1.79 ha, 4.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167229.md
- Parcel 5440903: 17,847 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5440903.md
- Parcel 5440904: 17,801 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5440904.md
- Parcel 5167201: 17,702 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167201.md
- Parcel 5167216: 17,273 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167216.md
- Parcel 5440897: 16,982 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5440897.md
- Parcel 5440896: 16,004 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5440896.md
- Parcel 5167377: 5,390 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167377.md
- Parcel 5677532: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5677532.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Sorne 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 21 Dec 2020, Donegal County Council 2051980: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051980/0
- 10 Aug 2018, Donegal County Council 1851230: Refused. Permission. 10 YEAR DURATION FOR A PROPOSED WIND ENERGY AND GRID CONNECTION PROJECT WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, QUIGLEY'S POINT, INISHOWEN, CO DONEGAL. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL CONSIST OF 6 NO. THREE BLADED WIND TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM BASE TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 124.9 METRES AND WILL INCLUDE TURBINE TRANSFORMERS; TURBINE BASES AND FOUNDATIONS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS AND TEMPORARY SET-DOWN AREAS; 1 NO. PERMANENT LATTICE ANEMOMETER "MET" MAST OF 80 METRES HEIGHT WITH FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREA; WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOATED AND EXCAVATED ACCESS TRACKS, JUNCTIONS AND TURNING AREAS; 1 NO. ELECTRICAL 38KV SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL BUILDING, CAR PARKING AND COMPOUND AREA WITH RELATED COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT/PLANT WITH UNDERGROUNDED ELECTRICAL FEEDER CABLES AND COMMUNICATIONS LINES CONNECTING WIND TURBINES TO THE SWITCH ROOM CONTROL BUILDING; 2 NO. SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS; DEDICATED HABITATE MANAGEMENT AREA; ON-SITE DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT WORKS; UPGRADE OF 3 NO. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCES; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BORROW PITS AND WITH ALL OTHER ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING GENERAL AND EXACAVATION WORKS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUNDED GRID CONNECTION ROUTE WILL FACILITATE CONNECTION TO THE NATIONAL GRID AND WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF A 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, UP-GRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS, DRAINAGE, EXCAVATIONS, JOINT BAYS, JUNCTION BOXES/CHAMBERS, MARKER POSTS/PLATES AND ALL RELATED ACCOMMODATION WORKS, EXTENDING CIRCA. 17,620 METRES IN LENGTH, FROM THE WIND ENERGY SITE CONTROL BUILDING/ELECTRICAL COMPOUND TO THE EXISTING ESB OWNED 110KV TRILLICK SUBSTATION, IN BALLYNAHONE TOWNLAND, BUNCRANA. THE GRID ROUTE WILL PASS ALONG EXISTING PUBLIC ROADS AND PRIVATE ACCESS TRACKS WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, ILLIES, CONNAGHKINNAGOE, BALLYNAKEELOGE, FOFFENAGH, MEENAMULLAGAN, STRANACLEA, MEENKEERAGH, SORNE, OWENAKILLEW AND BARNAHONE, TULLYDUSH UPPER, ANNASLEE AND BALLYNAHONE ALL INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851230/0

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## 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 Sorne.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sorne.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sorne.

## 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 Sorne, about 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sorne.
- 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/sorne.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sorne.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sorne.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Sorne 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)

- Carnamoyle: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carnamoyle.md
- Illies: https://everytownland.com/donegal/illies.md
- Meenkeeragh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenkeeragh.md
- Meenyanly: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenyanly.md
- Owenkillew and Barnahone: https://everytownland.com/donegal/owenkillew-and-barnahone.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.

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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/sorne
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/sorne