Ballyraine

559 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyraine, from 8 m² to 79,926 m² (7.99 ha, 19.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 77 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyraine 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.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS PARK ROAD ONTO THE N56 FOR A NEW LEFT-HAND TURNING LANE INCLUDING A NEW LAYOUT OF THE FOOTPATH, CYCLE LANE AND CROSSING ALIGNING WITH THE PROPOSED ACTIVE TRAVEL SCHEME FOR THE N56

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661646

• 30 Jul 2026N/a

  AMENDMENTS TO CONDITION NO. 4 OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 2560274 / ACP REF. 323552-25 TO ALLOW FOR AN EXTENSION OF THREE HOURS TO THE PERMITTED HOURS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING ANY DELIVERIES OR ASSOCIATED SERVICES, FROM THE PERMITTED 08:00 HOURS – 23:00 HOURS TO THE PROPOSED 06:00 HOURS – 00:00 HOURS, MONDAYS TO SUNDAYS INCLUSIVE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661426

• 27 May 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A 1 BEDROOM MODULAR HOME TO BE USED AS AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE MAIN HOUSE AND ALL EXISTING SITE WORKS TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660976

• 14 May 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A 1 BEDROOM MODULAR HOME TO BE USED AS AUXILIARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE MAIN HOUSE AND ALL EXISTING SITE WORKS TO THE REAR OF PROPERTY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660866

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY END TERRACE DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK), RELATED TO PLANNING REF. NOS. PL66.212072 (04/180) & L.80160/06 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660511

• 23 Mar 2026Conditional

  RETENTION AND CONTINUED USE OF AN EXISTING GUESTHOUSE FOR EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SHELTER AND SUPPORT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660476

• 13 Mar 2026Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650042

• 27 Feb 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY END TERRACE DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) (PLANNING REF. NOS. PL66.212072 (04/180) & L.80160/06 REFER) AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660294

• 18 Feb 2026N/a

  RETENTION AND CONTINUED USE OF AN EXISTING GUESTHOUSE FOR EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SHELTER AND SUPPORT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660237

• 7 Feb 2026Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60112 ON AN INFILL SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660154

• 23 Jan 2026Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT WORKS TO HARMON HOUSE - A BUNGALOW THAT FACES ON TO THE BALLYRAINE ROAD, TO INCLUDE (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING LEAN-TO GARAGE AND ERECTION OF A NEW EXTENSION IN THAT LOCATION INSTEAD AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWELLING TO ADDITIONAL STAFF OFFICE AND TEACHING SPACE FOR THE ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660075

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  (1) RELOCATION OF SECONDARY BUILDING ENTRANCE WITH NEW ENTRANCE CANOPY ON THE NORTHERN ELEVATION, (2) RECONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING MEZZANINE LEVEL, (3) RECONFIGURATION OF EXTERNAL FENESTRATIONS ON ALL THREE FACADES INCLUDING AMENDING/FORMATION OF EXISTING/NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS, (4) REMOVAL OF COVERED SMOKING AREA IN EXISTING CARPARK, (5) RECONFIGURATION OF THE EXTERNAL LANDSCAPING AND CAR PARKING LAYOUTS, (6) NEW BUILDING SIGNAGE AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562299

• 18 Dec 2025Refused

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. TWO STOREY DWELLINGS, GARDEN STORAGE SHEDS, COMMUNAL AMENITY SPACE, CAR PARKING AND ACCESS ROAD TO INCLUDE TURN OFF LANE ON PUBLIC ROAD AND (2) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, PROVISION OF A NEW ENTRANCE, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 4 homes · Donegal County Council, 2562281

• 14 Nov 2025Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) INSTALLATION OF 8 NO. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING BAYS WITH 8 NO. TESLA ILLUMINATED CHARGING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, (2) INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED TESLA SUPERCHARGER POWER CABINET EQUIPMENT, (3) INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED MODULAR SUBSTATION, (4) ERECTION OF ASSOCIATED EV SIGNAGE AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING SURFACING, LIGHTING AND LINE MARKING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561989

• 11 Nov 2025Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561964

• 13 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION (2) NEW BAY WINDOW TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE (3) MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ARRANGEMENT (4) DEMOLITION & REMOVAL OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING LOCATED IN THE REAR GARDEN (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561576

• 4 Sept 2025N/a

  DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS PARK ROAD ONTO THE N56 FOR A NEW LEFT-HAND TURNING LANE INCLUDING THE WIDENING OF THE BUSINESS PARK ROAD CREATING A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT ACCESS ONTO THE N56 WHEN TURNING LEFT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561521

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF 2 NO. OBSOLETE UNDERGROUND TANKS WITH 2 NO. 2000 LITRE OVERGROUND BUNDED STORAGE TANKS, USED TO STORE KEROSENE AND MARKED GAS OIL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561512

• 29 Aug 2025N/a

  DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS PARK ROAD ONTO THE N56 FOR A NEW LEFT-HAND TURNING LANE INCLUDING THE WIDENING OF THE BUSINESS PARK ROAD CREATING A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT ACCESS ONTO THE N56 WHEN TURNING LEFT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561491

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED MICA-AFFECTED 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEMI-DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561426

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  (1) EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561423

• 15 Aug 2025Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF METAL INSULATED CLADDING PANELS AND FLASHINGS TO THE EXTERNAL OF EXISTING EXTERNAL WALLS ON THE EAST ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, (2) REMOVAL OF A ROLLER SHUTTER DOOR AND REPLACEMENT WITH AN EXTERNAL DOOR WITH GLAZED PANELS AND PROVISION OF A NEW ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE DOOR AND (3) INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561405

• 15 Aug 2025N/a

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED MICA-AFFECTED 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEMI-DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561403

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF ROOF MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS TO VARIOUS SECTIONS ON THE EXISTING ROOF OF ARENA 7 AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561311

• 16 Jul 2025Refused

  ERECTION OF A SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION BLOCK ANCILLARY TO AN EXISTING GUEST HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561211

The 25 most recent of over 100 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: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166

Recorded monuments

• DG053-026 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  This site now consists of a steep-sided natural mound overgrown with trees and bushes. It was marked 'White Fort' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map so there may have been a monument here then but no trace of this is visible now. 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

Architectural heritage

• Church of the Irish Martyrs, church/chapel, 1990–2000 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding multiple-bay double-height Catholic church on complex regular-plan, built 1994. Projecting hipped tripartite artificial slate roof with pyramidal lantern with copper\lead sheeted spire and cross finial over, comprising yellow brick base, glazing to sides with lead pinnacle, surmounted by lead cross. Band of square-headed glazing to eaves course. Battered concrete walls with coursed sandstone cladding over. Square-headed window openings with rectangular single-pane timber windows and metal security railings. Tripartite projecting porch to east with chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, triangular-headed timber doors, overlight and sidelights. Additional entrances to north and south, comprising pointed-arched timber matchboard doors flanked by glazed panels and with latticed overlights, with projecting ashlar sandstone pillars. Coursed sandstone walls to site, with double-leaf metal vehicular entrance and pedestrian entrance to north. Interior comprising coursed sandstone wall behind altar accessed by marble steps. Coursed sandstone wall surrounding carved sandstone baptismal font with marble coping and cast-iron railings with marine motif, comprising bronze fish to double-leaf gates and undulating horizontal bars above and below spiral motif. Set back from road in own grounds to the north-east of the centre of Letterkenny.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballyraine with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ballyraine · Baile Raithin

Area

1,534,283 m² (153.43 ha, 379.13 acres)

Civil parish

Conwal, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Letterkenny Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Letterkenny Rural electoral division: 12,191 people in 4,494 households; 48% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboe Lisnenan, Carnamogagh Lower, Gortlee, Lisnenan, Magheranan

Placenames

Ballyraine 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.