Drumcliff

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcliff, from 131 m² to 31,279 m² (3.13 ha, 7.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drumcliff 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.

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND (2) CHANGE OF USE OF A SECTION OF THE DOMESTIC GARAGE FOR WHICH RETENTION IS SOUGHT TO ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE ADJOINING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660919

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560622

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION, PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52557, TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 68 NO. ONE AND TWO STOREY CABINS / LODGES CONSISTING OF 17 NO. ONE BEDS, 12 NO. TWO BEDS, 5 NO. THREE BEDS AND 34 NO. FOUR BEDS, (2) SINGLE STOREY RECEPTION BUILDING CONTAINING RESTAURANT, SHOP AND ANCILLARY AREAS, (3) TWO STOREY BEDROOM BLOCK CONTAINING 20 BEDROOMS, (4) TWO STOREY STAFF ACCOMMODATION BUILDING, (5) SINGLE STOREY GYM BUILDING, (6) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY STUDIO BUILDINGS, (7) ONE AND A HALF STOREY CINEMA BUILDING, (8) SINGLE STOREY SPA BUILDING, (9) TENNIS COURTS WITH TOILET BUILDING, (10) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING STONE SHEDS TO PROVIDE SINGLE STOREY MANAGERS OFFICE AND BIKE RENTAL AND (11) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARK WITH 77 SPACES, ROADS, PATHS, LANDSCAPING AND FOUL / STORM DRAINAGE IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED NURSING HOME, OFFICE BUILDINGS, HOLIDAY CHALETS, RESORT RECEPTION BUILDING, GUESTROOM BUILDING, SPA BUILDING AND SERVICE UNIT

  Permission, 39 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560148

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 22/52078 CONSISTING OF (1) THE OMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) 28 NO. DWELLING HOUSES CONSISTING OF 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM HOUSES, 8 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, 12 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND 4 NO. 5 BEDROOM HOUSES, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 1 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AND 5 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (C) A SWIMMING POOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES INCLUDING PLANT ROOMS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (D) 3 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (E) 3 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (F) 4 NO. 2 BEDROOMS APARTMENTS AT THIRD FLOOR LEVEL (32 NO. APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 44 NO. DWELLING HOUSES IN LIEU OF THE DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED IN POINT 1 ABOVE CONSISTING OF: (A) 6 NO. DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (B) 12 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (C) 16 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (D) 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED ONE AND A HALF STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (E) 4 NO. TERRACED TWO STOREY 2 BEDROOM HOUSES AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ACCESS ROADS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING APPROVED ROAD LAYOUT, CAR PARKING FACILITIES, FOOTPATH / CYCLE LANES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES, AND PUBLIC LIGHTING

  Permission, 44 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461152

• 17 Jul 2024N/a

  (1) OMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) 28 DWELLING HOUSES CONSISTING OF 4 NUMBER 2 BEDROOM HOUSES, 8 NUMBER 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, 12 NUMBER 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND 4 NUMBER 5 BEDROOM HOUSES, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (B) THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 1 NUMBER ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AND 5 NUMBER TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES INCLUDING PLANT ROOMS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (D) 3 NUMBER ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NUMBER TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (E) 3 NUMBER ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NUMBER TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL, (F) 4 NUMBER TWO BEDROOMS APARTMENTS AT THIRD FLOOR LEVEL (32 APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING IN LIEU OF THE DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED IN POINT 1 ABOVE: (A) 44 NUMBER DWELLING HOUSES, (B) 6 NUMBER DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (C) 16 NUMBER SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (D) 6 NUMBER SEMI-DETACHED ONE AND A HALF STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, (E) 12 NUMBER SEMI-DETACHED TWO AND HALF STOREY 4 BEDROOM HOUSES, (F) 2 NUMBER MID TERRACE TWO STOREY 2 BEDROOM HOUSES, (G) 2 NUMBER END OF TERRACE TWO AND A HALF STOREY 3 BEDROOM HOUSES (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ACCESS ROADS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING APPROVED ROAD LAYOUT, CAR PARKING FACILITIES, FOOTPATH / CYCLE LANES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES, AND PUBLIC LIGHTING

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461087

• 29 Sept 2023Conditional

  (1) RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE AND (3) DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351460

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED GARAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. WORKS AT GROUND FLOOR CONSISTING OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING KITCHEN, NEW LAUNDRY ROOM AND TOILET. WORKS AT FIRST FLOOR WILL INCLUDE NEW BEDROOM WITH EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350768

• 12 May 2023N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED GARAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350650

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  (1) OMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BULKY GOODS BUILDINGS, IDENTIFIED AS BUILDINGS A, B & C AND COMMUNITY & LEISURE BUILDING, IDENTIFIED AS BUILDING D ON PREVIOUS APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 19/51897 TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF (A) 28 DWELLING HOUSES CONSISTING OF 4 NO. 2 BEDROOM HOUSES, 8 NO. 3 BEDROOM HOUSES, 12 NO. 4 BEDROOM HOUSES AND 4 NO. 5 BEDROOM HOUSES (B) AN APARTMENT BLOCK CONSISTING OF 1 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AND 5 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL (C) A SWIMMING POOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED FACILITIES INCLUDING PLANT ROOMS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL (D) 3 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, 3 NO. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND 8 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL AND 4 NO. TWO BEDROOMS APARTMENTS AT THIRD FLOOR LEVEL (32 APARTMENTS IN TOTAL) AND (E) A NEW BUILDING AT PREVIOUS LOCATION OF TRANSPORTATION HUB WHICH SHALL INCORPORATE A CHILDCARE FACILITY (INCLUDING EXTERNAL PLAY AREA) AND OFFICE HUB AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL; OFFICE SPACE AND 1 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT AND 3 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND 2 NO. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL (6 APARTMENTS IN TOTAL), (2) THE OMISSION OF APPROVED COFFEE SHOP, IDENTIFIED AS BUILDING E ON PREVIOUS APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 19/51897 AND FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION HUB TO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION WITHIN THE SITE BOUNDARIES OF THE APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 19/51897 WITH A PROPOSED NEW BUS SHELTER/KIOSK, (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ACCESS ROADS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING APPROVED ROAD LAYOUT, CAR PARKING FACILITIES, FOOTPATH/CYCLE LANES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AMENITIES, PUBLIC LIGHTING

  Permission, 29 homes · Donegal County Council, 2252078

• 8 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250177

• 3 Nov 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152172

• 22 Oct 2021Conditional

  EXISTING GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR OF THE FRONT OF EXISTING HOUSE (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF THE HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152093

• 27 Aug 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151705

• 9 Aug 2021Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY CLUBHOUSE AND GYM (2) FILLING OF FIELD TO FORM NEW GROUND LEVEL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151590

• 22 Jul 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY CLUBHOUSE AND GYM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151473

• 14 Dec 2020Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF 1 NO. NEW GAELIC GOAL POSTS WITH ASSOCIATED BALL STOP NETTING TO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY (2) ERECTION OF FLOOD LIGHTING TO THE EXISTING TRAINING PITCH (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051918

• 23 Oct 2019Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING GROUND LEVELS TO THE AS CONSTRUCTED GROUND LEVELS, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND OUTBUILDINGS & ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951603

• 11 Sept 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO THE MAIN PUBLIC FOUL SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951378

• 3 Sept 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO THE MAIN PUBLIC FOUL SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951343

• 7 Aug 2019Conditional

  (A) ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED HOUSE DESIGN AND A CHANGE IN LOCATION OF THE GARAGE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFENCE 18/51161 AND (B) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A REDUCTION IN GROUND LEVELS TO THE REAR OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE AND PROVISION OF A RETAINING A RETAINING WALL / STRUCTURE TO THE REAR OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE AND GARAGE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951202

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN PUBLIC FOUL SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951002

• 7 Feb 2019N/a

  GROUND EXCAVATION AND REDUCTION AND CHANGES IN THE EXISTING GROUND LEVELS AND PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT SUPERMARKET BUILDING COMPRISING A BUILDING WITH A GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA 3625 SQ.M (COMPRISING OF NET CONVENIENCE RETAIL FLOORSPACE OF 2,300 SQ.M & NET COMPARISON RETAIL FLOORSPACE OF 600 SQ.M) AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED SITE ACCESS ROADS AND FOOTPATHS, CAR PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING ROADS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1950145

• 10 Oct 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING A BUILDING WITH A GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA OF 3625 SQ.M (COMPRISING OF NET CONVENIENCE RETAIL FLOORSPACE OF 2,300 SQ.M & NET COMPARISON RETAIL FLOORSPACE OF 600 SQ.M) AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED SITE ACCESS, CAR PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING ROADS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851564

• 5 Sept 2018Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GABLE WALL TO EXISTING GARAGE WITH NEW PITCHED ROOF OVER INCLUDING 1 NO. ROOFLIGHT TO FRONT AND 1 NO. ROOFLIGHT TO REAR, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PITCHED ROOF WITH 2 NO. ROOFLIGHTS OVER EXISTING FLAT ROOFED AREA TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE AND (C) PROVISION OF 2 NO. ROOFLIGHTS TO REAR OF ROOF OVER EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851380

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING PROVISION OF A ROAD ACCESS ONTO THE PUBLIC ROADWAY AND CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC EXISTING WATER SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851161

The 25 most recent of 27 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: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) SAC 000133
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) 000133

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumcliff.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Drumcliff, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Drumcliff

Area

222,959 m² (22.3 ha, 55.09 acres)

Civil parish

Killymard, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Donegal, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,179 people lived in 1,617 households in the Donegal electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doonan, Mullans, Revlin

Placenames

Drumcliff 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.