Tievebane

250 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tievebane, from 7 m² to 154,997 m² (15.5 ha, 38.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Tievebane 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.

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO ONSITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT WITH ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661657

• 26 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF (A) PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED DETACHED DWELLING COMPRISING COMPLETED GROUND FLOOR SLAB, FOUNDATIONS AND PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED INTERNAL WALLS AND (B) REMOVAL OF ROOF AND GABLE OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING ON SITE, (2) RAISING THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING BY ONE ADDITIONAL STOREY, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL STOREY AND A HALF TO A PROPOSED REAR EXTENSION, (4) CONNECTION OF BOTH STRUCTURES TO FORM A SINGLE DWELLING UNIT TOGETHER WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW PROPRIETARY ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660727

• 21 Apr 2026Unconditional

  (1) INCREASE IN THE OVERALL FLOOR AREA (INCREASE OF 56M2) OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 98/446, AND (2) MINOR EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660686

• 25 Feb 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660282

• 21 Dec 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL DRY SHED AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562314

• 30 Sept 2025Refused

  (1) DEMOLITION OF BLOCKWORK OF PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLINGS AND (2) REBUILD AND COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 05/4780, 06/71954, 07/71842 AND EXTENDED DURATION OF PERMISSION APPROVED UNDER REF. NOS. 10/70356 & 10/70357. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 5 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561687

• 23 Sept 2025N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF BLOCKWORK OF PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLINGS AND (2) REBUILD AND COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 05/4780, 06/71954, 07/71842 AND EXTENDED DURATION OF PERMISSION APPROVED UNDER REF. NOS. 10/70356 & 10/70357. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561648

• 6 Sept 2025Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561530

• 2 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF BUILDING AND (3) UPGRADE OF EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561509

• 11 Jun 2025N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF BLOCKWORK OF 5 NO. PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLINGS AND (2) REBUILD AND COMPLETION OF SAME 5 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 05/4780, 06/71954, 07/71842 AND EXTENDED DURATION OF PERMISSION APPROVED UNDER REF. NOS. 10/70356 & 10/70357. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 5 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560970

• 3 Jun 2025N/a

  DEMOLITION OF BLOCKWORK OF PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLINGS AND PERMISSION FOR REBUILD AND COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 05/4780, 06/71954, 07/71842 AND EXTENDED DURATION OF PERMISSION APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 10/70356 & 10/70357. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560908

• 30 Apr 2025N/a

  RETAINING WALL AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560678

• 31 Mar 2025Conditional

  (1) DWELLING HOUSE AS BUILT AND (2) 2 NO. SHEDS TO REAR OF HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE OF SIMILAR DESIGN, (2) CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES, INCLUDING EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550035

• 18 Mar 2025N/a

  RETAINING WALL AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560380

• 4 Mar 2025N/a

  RETAINING WALL AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560300

• 24 Feb 2025Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL DRY SHED AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560248

• 3 Feb 2025Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560122

• 19 Nov 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A NEW SHED WITHIN EXISTING APPROVED COMMERCIAL YARD AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461880

• 12 Nov 2024Conditional

  (1) SHED, (2) RETAINING WALL AND (3) EXISTING ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REG. REF. NO. 04/11286 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461818

• 24 Jun 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450163

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  (1) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SOUTHERN SITE BOUNDARY, (2) LEAN-TO SHED TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460940

• 4 Jun 2024N/a

  (1) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SOUTHERN SITE BOUNDARY (2) LEAN-TO SHED TO NORTHERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460820

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460558

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  (1) RE-LOCATION OF DWELLING, (2) BASEMENT FLOOR AND (3) ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 02/4879 AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460238

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, DETACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351402

The 25 most recent of 56 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tievebane.

Recorded monuments

• DG038-041 Cist
  Description

  On a low ridge overlooking a broad, flat valley to the E and SE. Elsewhere views were obscured by higher ground. Cist discovered during ploughing in 1969. It was said to contain a complete vase. The tripartite vase, although by then broken, was acquired by the National Museum of Ireland in 1971. The cist was re-sealed in 1969. The capstone was relocated in 1978 and the monument investigated by Kelly on behalf of the National Museum that same year. Subrectangular short cist (dims. 0.75m NW-SE; 0.4m NE-SW; D 0.46m) defined principally by four slabs set on edge. In addition single thin slabs had been placed upon the top of both the NW and NE sides to raise their heights and so allow the capstone to rest on all four sides. The floor was paved with a single slab. The large capstone extended beyond its SE end. The interior of the cist was empty. The outine of portion of the pit dug to house the cist was partially identifiable (dim. 1.38.) in the upper levels of the section. It is thought that the vase was originally positioned at the centre of the cist (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 1, 159-161). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 February 2013

• DG038-048 Midden
  Description

  The midden is located in lowlying ground at the base of a high, steep hill. According to local reports this may have formed part of the eastern shoreline of Lough Swilly prior to extensive land reclamation. A small portion of the top of this midden had previously been identified by P. Woodman and B. MacNaught during field-walking exercises in the Tievebane area. During the course of their work they also apparently discovered quantities of Mesolithic and Neolithic flints etc. in the vicinity of the midden. Large quantities of individual oyster shells are visible in the fields in proximity of the monument. Portion of the eastern side of the midden has been destroyed as a consequence of the construction of an access roadway which winds its way up the hill to where a housing development is to be located. A section through the midden is identifiable at the WSW side of the access roadway (total L NNW-SSE; H above 'new' ground level c. 0.2m - 0.35m; D below pre-existing ground level c. 0.55m). Centrally located within this is layer of tightly packed oyster and other shells, burnt stones and some tiny fragments of bone within a matrix of burnt, black soil (L c. 3.3m). The portions of the layer on either side of the burnt area are not as tightly packed with shell but are also differentiated by a very distinct difference in colour and composition from the ground on either side of them. There are two small areas of tightly-packed shells visible on the 'new' ground level on the site of the levelled portion of the midden. The first (dims. c. 2.4m E-W; 2.2m N-S) adjoins the N extent of the exposed section and extends beyond it. The second (c.2.4m NW-SE; c. 1.6m NE-SW) is c. 2.8m SW of the centre of the burnt area of the layer. Described in 2001 as 'The remnants of a shell midden were noted by fieldwalkers. These were confined to a field boundary defined by scrub and mature trees with a slight down lynchet on the northern side. The only surviving portion of this shell midden was a strip running down slope for 3 metres and extending for no more than 1 metre in width. Even this remnant would appear to have been disturbed by roots and may have been no more than 15cms in thickness. This surviving portion is dominated by oyster shells. There is no indication as to how extensive this shell midden might have been originally. The surviving portion lies on a compartatively steep part of the slope and was situated about 15 metres from the gate. A sample of shells collected in 2001 was submitted to Beta Analytic. Beta 155376 measured age 3930 +-50 b.p. The field to the south had produced an early Mesolithic assemblage from an area further uplsope, on a flat terrace overlooking reclaimed lands and Lough Swilly. To the north in a similar type of location a later prehistoric assemblage was recovered. At present both fields are covered by grass' (Woodman & Milner 2001, 4-5; Milner & Woodman 2007, 104-5, No. 1). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 August 2010.

• DG038-049 Hearth
  Description

  Quantities of Mesolithic and Neolithic flints etc. have been identified by Dr. Woodman and B. McNaught in the fields surrounding the one within which this monument is located. Fragmentary remains of a levelled monument. It is situated on a steep SSE-facing slope and was uncovered during groundworks at a development site. It is extremely disturbed and now comprises a tiny, roughly horseshoe-shaped area (dims. c. 1.6m NNW-SSE; c. 1.2m ENE-WSW) with the SSE side open, comprising a series of burnt stones within a matrix of burnt soil. No shells were identified. The visible remains range between 5cm and 15cm above the 'new' ground level. They lie between c. 0.2m and c. 0.45m beneath the pre-existing ground level. There is no evidence to suggest that what is now visible corresponds to the original plan of the monument. This, together with the size and locational profile fo the monument, render it extremely unlikely that this marks the remains of a fulacht fia or burnt mound. It is more likely to have been a hearth.

• DG038-055 Midden
  Description

  In the townland of Tievebane, near Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, the construction of new housing units, roads and associated services allowed the identification of four potential areas for archaeology by Cia McConway and Vincent McClorey of Archaeological Development Services Ltd, der licence No. 06E0974. These areas were all contained within the southern end of the development, but, after investigation, only two of these areas produced any archaeological evidence. Both areas of archaeology lay along the lower-lying southern limits of the site, on or close to the flood-plain. The bigger of the two areas was a shell midden, part of which had already been disturbed and truncated with the construction of an access road, the remainder surviving into the unexcavated baulk. As exposed on plan, the midden spread measured 10m north-west/south-east by 4.5m, although it is uncertain how much of this spread was due to disturbance and compaction by machinery prior to our arrival. What can be certain, however, is that the midden continued undisturbed into a west-facing baulk and here measured 11m north–south by 0.45m deep. A number of strata were identified along the section face but in general consisted of a series of compacted shell, mostly oyster, whole and fragmented, within a charcoal-stained dark-brown friable soil. The midden exposed in plan has been sealed with terram and reburied; likewise, the exposed section face has been covered and reburied. The development has been redesigned to have no further impact here. The second area of archaeology measured 9m east–west by 6m and here a small number of intercutting pits of varying sizes and depths were excavated. In general these pits were filled with charcoal-flecked dark-brown soil with small amounts of burnt red earth and occasional burnt stones throughout. A small number of struck flint were recovered from these, and its nature and location along the flood-plain would suggest that this area is likely to have been used as a prehistoric cooking/temporary camp site (Bennett 2009, 100). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 17 November 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Tievebane, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2016 (ZIP).

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

Name

Tievebane

Area

1,834,510 m² (183.45 ha, 453.32 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Fahan, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Fahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,634 people lived in 546 households in the Fahan electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnashannagh, Crislaghmore, Inch Level, Magherabeg

Placenames

Tievebane 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.