Whitehill
Whitehill is a townland in the civil parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal.
Parcel 1334713
- Area
- 1,193 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 208 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Whitehill
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 108.5 ha
- 268 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 2,061 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Whitehill, from 30 m² to 297,796 m² (29.78 ha, 73.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Whitehill 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Mar 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660506
30 Aug 2025Conditional
EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO DWELLING AND (1) PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTED DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND (2) TEMPORARY PERMISSION FOR PLACEMENT OF MOBILE HOME WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561496
19 Mar 2025Conditional
BASEMENT AND REAR EXTENSION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTED DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (2) TEMPORARY PERMISSION FOR A MOBILE HOME
Retention, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560387
25 Jul 2024Conditional
DEVELOPMENT OF A MOBILE HOME STRUCTURE WITHIN THE SITE TO BE USED AS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS RELATING TO A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/60691 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461136
6 Jun 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A SUNROOM AND LIVING AREA TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460843
13 May 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED AND GAMES ROOM/GYM WHICH SHALL BE USED AS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS RELATING TO THE REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE SOUGHT HEREIN AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460691
17 Apr 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460536
16 Feb 2022Conditional
(1) DWELLING HOUSE (2) DETACHED SHED (3) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, BOUNDARY WALLS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250253
17 Dec 2021N/a
(1) A DWELLING HOUSE (2) DETACHED SHED (3) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, BOUNDARY WALLS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152540
4 Feb 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED UNIT BUILDING, WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT COLLECTION TANK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150163
6 Jun 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950880
22 May 2019Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950699
15 Mar 2019Refused
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950360
11 Apr 2018Conditional
(A) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDES AND REAR ELEVATIONS AND (B) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850536
6 Feb 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE DOMESTIC, BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850132
22 May 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, WITH DETACHED TWO CAR GARAGE/STORE, SEPTIC TANK WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA & ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750774
7 Mar 2017Refused
ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, WITH DETACHED TWO CAR GARAGE/STORE, SEPTIC TANK WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA & ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750335
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Whitehill.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Whitehill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Whitehill.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Whitehill, 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 moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Whitehill.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Whitehill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Whitehill
- Area
- 1,084,918 m² (108.49 ha, 268.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taughboyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe North
- Electoral division
- St. Johnstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,396 people lived in 537 households in the St. Johnstown electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Creatland, Cuttymanhill, Drumenan, Gillystown, Lower Maymore, Mongavlin, Ratteen, Tullyowen, Upper Maymore
- Placenames
- Whitehill 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.