Avaltygort

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Avaltygort, from 1,799 m² to 68,240 m² (6.82 ha, 16.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Avaltygort 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 Nov 2024Conditional

  UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT INCLUDING REPLACEMENT TANKS, EQUIPMENT AND BUND AREA AT EXISTING DAIRY FACILITY WHICH RELATE TO A DEVELOPMENT FOR AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461763

• 11 Oct 2023Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF CANTEEN EXTENSION MEASURING 73.86M2 ADJOINING THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY STRUCTURES ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY SITE ALONG WITH EXTERNAL DECKING AREA AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SUPERVISORS OFFICE MEASURING 17.78M2 ADJOINING THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351545

• 22 May 2023Conditional

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

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350707

• 29 May 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING NOMADIC DAIRY FACILITIES TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATION (1) ENLARGED COLDSTORE, (2) DRY PACKAGING STORE, (3) FIRST FLOOR LOADING DOCK, (4) ENLARGED STAFF WELFARE FACILITIES, (5) WORKSHOP BUILDING, (6) EXTERNAL LEAN-TO CANOPY COVERING PALLET STORAGE WITH ASSOCIATED RENOVATIONS AND SITE-WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950800

• 22 Nov 2018Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN DAIRY BUILDING CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING ROOM AND (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING PLANT AREA CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PLANT ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. THE APPLICATION RELATES TO A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS FOR AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851781

• 10 Oct 2018Unconditional

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

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851558

• 8 May 2018N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN DAIRY BUILDING CONSISTING OF A PACKAGING ROOM AND (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING PLANT AREA CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PLANT ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION RELATES TO A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS FOR AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850709

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN DAIRY BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE A PASTEURISING ROOM AND CONTROL ROOM; (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. STORAGE SILOS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES (3) DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING PLANT AREA CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY PLANT ROOM; (4) RAISING PART OF EXISTING ROOF IN THE PRODUCTION AREA. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT, HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION RELATES TO A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS FOR AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751974

• 8 May 2017Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GARAGE TO USE AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AND FOR FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OF PART OF SAID GARAGE TO USE AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AND FOR SIDE AND FRONT EXTENSION TO SAME TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND TO PROVIDE PLANT ROOM ASSOCIATED WITH SAME

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750683

• 26 Apr 2017Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN DAIRY BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE A PASTEURISING ROOM AND CONTROL ROOM (2)CONSTRUCTION OF 4 NO. STORAGE SILOS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AT MILK INTAKE AREA (3) DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING PLANT AREA CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PLANT ROOM TO HOUSE EXISTING PLANT. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION RELATES TO A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS FOR AN ACTIVITY REQUIRING AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS LICENCE.

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750627

• 21 Apr 2017Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750593

• 13 Apr 2017N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GARAGE TO USE AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AND FOR FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OF PART OF SAID GARAGE TO USE AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AND FOR SIDE AND FRONT EXTENSION TO SAME TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS AS CHILDCARE FACILITY AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND TO PROVIDE PLANT ROOM ASSOCIATED WITH SAME

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750551

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: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Avaltygort.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1760–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arched bridge carrying road over unnamed stream/tributary flowing into the River Finn to the north-west, built c. 1770 and altered c. 1830, having V-profile rubble stone cutwater to the central pier to the north-east elevation and semi-circular cut stone cutwater to central pier to the south-west elevation. Bridge rises from either end to centre creating slightly hump-backed from. Segmental-headed arches having dressed cut stone voussoirs to the south-west) elevation and rubble stone voussoirs to the north-east elevation; rubblestone construction to the arch barrel. Random rubble stone construction to pier, spandrels, and parapets to the north-east elevation with rubble stone coping over parapet; squared and roughly coursed rubble stone construction to the south-west elevation having rubble stone and soldier coursed stone coping over. Utility pipes to either side elevation. Tarmacadam deck. Squared rubble stone embankment to northeast of bridge at site of former police\RIC barracks. Located to the east end of Crossroads, adjacent to road junction, 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 Avaltygort, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Avaltygort · An tAbhallghort

Area

740,697 m² (74.07 ha, 183.03 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

Ardnagannagh, Dromore, Drumfergus, Monellan, Mounthall

Placenames

Avaltygort 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.