Ballynacor

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacor, from 17 m² to 232,905 m² (23.29 ha, 57.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacor 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.

• 1 Jul 2026Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 16/50045 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661215

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  ALTERATIONS/RENOVATION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT OF THE WALLS AND RIDGE LEVEL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561816

• 15 Aug 2025Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT OF A DETACHED MODULAR STRUCTURE TO USE AS A DOG GROOMING STUDIO, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561406

• 30 Jul 2025N/a

  DETACHED MODULAR STRUCTURE TO USE AS A DOG GROOMING STUDIO, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561300

• 12 Mar 2025Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE USE OF THE ADJACENT NOMADIC FOODS OPERATION AND PERMISSION FOR SITEWORKS ASSOCIATED WITH AND ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT TO BE RETAINED INCLUDING (1) PROVISION OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS LINKAGES TO THE EXISTING ADJACENT NOMADIC FOODS CARPARK AND TO THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH, (2) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, (3) ERECTION OF A TOTEM SIGN NEAR THE EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY, AND (4) PROVISION OF A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560349

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESSIBLE RAMP, STEPS AND ASSOCIATED GUARDRAILS TO THE EXISTING NORTH ENTRANCE DOORS OF PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REF. NO. 40907821

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560227

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING CONSERVATORY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A NEW 13M2 CONSERVATORY AND (B) A SINGLE STOREY 110M2 EXTENSION TO THE REAR, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED HARD LANDSCAPING WORKS AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462041

• 29 Nov 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED STORAGE SHED, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461953

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461900

• 18 Oct 2024Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2450226

• 3 Jul 2024N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST-FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE ADJACENT NOMADIC FOODS OPERATION WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING ENLARGEMENT OF DRIVEWAY FOR CAR PARKING, PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, DEMOLITION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, ERECTION OF A TOTEM SIGN NEAR EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, AND THE PROVISION OF A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461013

• 3 Jul 2024N/a

  SITEWORKS TO PROVIDE 48 NO. CAR PARK SPACES AND 8 NO. BICYCLE SPACES FOR THE USE OF THE EXISTING PRODUCTION & ADMINISTRATION STAFF FOR THE NOMADIC FOODS OPERATION INCLUDING ASSOCIATED STORM DRAINAGE, LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461014

• 13 May 2024N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CHANGE OF USE FOR SAME FROM RESIDENTIAL TO OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE ADJACENT NOMADIC FOODS ADMINISTRATION STAFF WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, (3) DEMOLITION OF GARAGE, (4) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460697

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A CARPORT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450104

• 18 Jan 2024Unconditional

  (A) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING CLUBHOUSE, (B) EXTENSION AND REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING PITCH AREA TO INCLUDE DUGOUTS AND FLOODLIGHTS, (C) NEW TRAINING PITCH WITH FLOODLIGHTS, WARM UP AREA AND 4G ASTRO PITCH, (D) WALKING TRACK AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE, (E) ONSITE CAR/BUS PARKING, (F) REMOVAL OF EXISTING ROADSIDE BOUNDARY AND ERECTION OF NEW FENCE LINE AND UPGRADING OF ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD, (G) DECOMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2450016

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK, AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351756

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351245

• 7 Jul 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350991

• 23 Jun 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350899

• 5 Oct 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251677

• 26 Jul 2022Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251281

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250112

• 17 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951564

• 23 Aug 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROADWAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS IN LIEU OF THAT PERMITTED TO SERVICE DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNDER PLANNING REF 14/51438

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951290

• 4 Jul 2019Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND DECOMMISSIONING OF AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITHIN THE SITE BOUNDARY AND RELOCATION AND REPLACEMENT WITH A SEPTIC TANK/ SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951022

The 25 most recent of 36 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 Ballynacor.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballynacor.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey Catholic parochial house and curate’s residence, dated 1925, having slightly advanced gable-fronted bays to either end of the front elevation (south) and with pediment over central bay. Two-storey returns to the rear (north) at either end (east and west). Pitched natural slate roofs having clay ridge tiles, bracketed render eaves course, smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped coping, and with profiled cast-iron rainwater goods. Moulded render verges to advanced gabled end bays and to central pediment with kneeler stone detailing to eaves; finials over gable apexes to outer bays, date plaque to central pediment incised ‘ST. JOSEPH’S 1925’ with render hoodmoulding over, and with bracketed stringcourse under. Smooth rendered ruled-and-line walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners of advanced end bays. Paired square-headed window openings at ground floor level having moulded sills, smooth rendered reveals, render hoodmouldings over, and with replacement window fittings. Tudor-arched window openings at first floor level, paired to outer and central bays, having moulded render architraved surrounds, moulded render sills, render hoodmouldings over openings to outer bays of front elevation, and with replacement window fittings. Moulded stringcourse to central bays at first floor level; leaded coloured glass window to window opening over doorway to west at first floor level. Tudor arched doorways to outer bays of central three-bay section having timber panelled double-doors, render pilasters (on circular-plans), architraved heads, plain overlights, tiled thresholds, and with render hoodmouldings over. Inner square-headed doorways to entrance lobbies having timber doors with leaded Arts-and-Crafts-style stained glass panels to upper sections, moulded timber surrounds, and with leaded coloured glass overlights. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds with garden and carpark to front (south), orchard to west and gardens to the rear (north). Located to the west end of Crossroads, and to the south-west of Killygordon. Associated Catholic church located adjacent to the south (see 40839017). Rubble stone boundary walls and gate piers to the south. Detached three-bay single-storey garage to rear of site (north) having pitched artificial slate roof, cement rendered walls, and square-headed openings.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Catholic church, built 1872-5 and extended in 1893-6, having six-bay nave to the west with side aisles to either side (north and south), shallow single-bay double-height chancel to the east, three-bay single-storey gable-fronted sacristy attached to the south elevation of chancel, and with offset four-stage belltower (on square-plan) to the north-west corner, added 1893-5, having broached spire over (on octagonal-plan), and with engaged two-stage stair tower (on semi circular-plan) attached to the south-west angle. Additional works carried out in 1903. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building, mono-pitched roof to aisles (recently renewed) having terracotta ridge tiles, cut stone corbelled eaves courses, raised cut stone verges to the gable ends having cut stone Celtic cross finials to the gable apexes and cut stone kneeler stones with gabled faces to the eaves, and with cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods; pitched natural slate roof to sacristy (recently renewed) having terracotta ridge cresting, cut stone corbelled eaves course, raised cut stone verge to the gable with cut stone Celtic cross finial to the gable apex to south and cut stone kneeler stones with gabled faces to the eaves, and with modern rooflights. Ashlar construction to broached spire (on octagonal-plan), gabled lucarnes to cardinal points having cusped openings flanked by engaged pilasters and with wrought-iron cross finials over, corbelled eaves course, and surmounted by cut stone finial over with wrought-iron cross finial. Conical ashlar sandstone roof to stair turret having cut stone finial over. Squared and coursed mildly rock-faced rubble sandstone construction with chamfered ashlar sandstone plinth course, flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with stepped clasping buttresses to corners of chancel, nave and side aisles having ashlar sandstone quoins and feathered ashlar sandstone coping over. Engaged stepped ashlar sandstone pilasters (on square-plan) to corners of belltower above first stage level having flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with feathered ashlar coping over. Feathered battered ashlar sandstone construction to sections above cut stone stringcourse to tower and to base at belfry level. Paired cusped window openings to aisle having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar sills, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows; recessed cinquefoil openings to nave at clerestory level having ashlar sandstone surrounds, and leaded stained glass windows; two sets of paired cusped window openings to chancel gable having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with plate tracery with sexfoil opening over , chamfered ashlar sills, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows; figurative stained glass windows, and with hoodmouldings over with decorative label stops; octofoil window opening to chancel gable apex having ashlar surround and stained glass window; three graded lancet window openings to nave gable (west) having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered cut stone sills, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows. Paired square-headed window openings to sacristy having flush chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered ashlar sill and lintel, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows. Paired cusped window openings to the west face of tower at ground floor level having flush ashlar surrounds, chamfered sills, and cast-iron quarry-glazed windows; quatrefoil and cinquefoil openings over at second and third stage level having cut stone surrounds and leaded windows; paired cusped openings at belfry level having ashlar sandstone surrounds with engaged colonnettes with foliate capitals, and with louvred fittings. Cusped window openings to stair tower having chamfered ashlar surrounds and leaded windows. Tudor-arched doorway to the north face of tower, set in pointed-arched recess with moulded ashlar sandstone surround, having timber double-doors with wrought-iron hinges, engaged marble colonnettes having carved foliate capitals, and with hoodmoulding over having carved faces to label stops; cusped statue niche over doorway to tower having carved statue of St. Patrick, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Pointed-arched doorway to the centre of the west elevation having staged ashlar sandstone surround, cut stone hoodmoulding with decorative label stops, and with timber double-doors with wrought-iron hinges. Square-headed doorway to the east elevation of sacristy having chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, and replacement timber door. Interesting interior with marble altar and multiple pinnacled reredos, arcades of pointed-arch openings to side aisles supported on polished granite columns with elaborate cut stone foliate capitals, chancel arch supported on carved cut stone capitals in the form of angels, carved timber gallery to the west gable end having carved timber parapet with quatrefoil perforations and with carved timber spandrels to supports, and open timber roof structure of three types of timber. Set back from road in own grounds to the west end of Crossroads, and to the south of Killygordon. Graveyard to site having mainly twentieth-century memorials. Rubble stone boundary wall to the north, partially rebuilt.

• Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arched bridge carrying road over unnamed stream flowing into River Finn to the north-east, built c. 1820. Small flat\square-headed arches having cut stone lintels, and roughly squared rubble stone constructions to piers and along soffit. Roughly squared rubble stone construction to central pier, spandrels, and to parapets; rubble stone\boulder coping to parapets. Heavy cement pointing to parapets. Tarmacadam deck. Located to the west end of Crossroads, adjacent to Catholic church (see 40839017), and to the south-west of Killygordon.

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 Ballynacor, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballynacor · Béal Átha na Cora

Area

2,843,913 m² (284.39 ha, 702.75 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Gleneely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,672 people lived in 557 households in the Gleneely electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaman, Dromore, Drumavish, Garrisonhill, Kilcaddan, Mountainpark, Mullaghaneary

Placenames

Ballynacor 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.