Rossylongan

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossylongan, from 105 m² to 164,312 m² (16.43 ha, 40.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Rossylongan 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.

• 21 Nov 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING TO FACILITATE PRE-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OUTDOOR PLAY SPACE, (2) PROVISION OF CARPARKING AREA, (3) PROVISION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562046

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED CAR PORT, SHED/STORAGE & A HOME GYM WITH SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561602

• 19 Aug 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED CARPORT, SHED/STORAGE AND A HOME GYM WITH SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561425

• 11 Aug 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561372

• 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

• 16 May 2024Conditional

  A SUNROOM TO DWELLING HOUSE NO. 2 GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/51419 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460719

• 17 Apr 2024Refused

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDING, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUB-STRUCTURE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE NOS. 13/51104 & 14/50934, (3) ERECTION OF 4 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

  Permission, 4 homes · Donegal County Council, 2460535

• 16 Apr 2024N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDING, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUB-STRUCTURE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE NOS. 13/51104 & 14/50934, (3) ERECTION OF 4 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEMS, (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

  Permission, 4 homes · Donegal County Council, 2460526

• 28 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) SUBDIVISION OF THE EXISTING SITE INTO TWO SEPARATE SITES, (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY FOR THE EXISTING HOUSE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY 3-BEDROOM PITCHED ROOF HOUSE WITH A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (4) DECOMMISSIONING AND REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA SERVING THE EXISTING HOUSE (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351819

• 30 Aug 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDING (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUB-STRUCTURE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 13/51104 & 14/50934 (3) ERECTION OF 4 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 4 homes · Donegal County Council, 2251455

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART ONE AND HALF STOREY/PART TWO STOREY HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROVISION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, PROVISION OF SHARED ACCESS ROAD INCLUDING THE CLOSING UP OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD TO ADJOINING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250985

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM SCHEME, OFFICES AND A NURSING HOME COMPRISING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 37 HOLIDAY CHALETS CONSISTING OF 9 NO. TWO BEDROOM UNITS, 7 NO. ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND 21 NO. THREE BEDROOM UNITS. THEY RANGE IN HEIGHT FROM ONE STOREY TO TWO STOREYS AND IN SIZE FROM 44SQM TO 146SQM (2) RESORT RECEPTION BUILDING, TWO STOREYS IN HEIGHT, CONSISTING OF: CAFÉ/BAR AREA(172SQM) WITH ADJOINING OPEN SIDED FIRE PIT AREA (142SQM); GAMES ROOM(124SQM) AND FUNCTION ROOM(236SQM) (3) GUESTROOM BUILDING, TWO STOREYS IN HEIGHT, WITH 12 GUESTROOMS (650 SQM IN TOTAL) (4) SPA BUILDING, SINGLE STOREY IN HEIGHT AND 117 SQM IN SIZE (5) SERVICE UNIT, SINGLE STOREY IN HEIGHT AND 128 SQM IN SIZE (6) PONDED WATER FEATURE AND ADJOINING AMENITY PLAY AREA (7) 5 NO. OFFICE BUILDINGS, EACH 856SQM IN SIZE AND THREE STOREYS IN HEIGHT (8) NURSING HOME COMPRISING 80 BEDROOMS ARRANGED IN A TWO TO THREE STOREY, SPLIT-LEVEL DESIGN TOTALLING 4,552 SQM IN SIZE (9) A NEW T-JUNCTION ACCESS OFF THE N56, INCORPORATING A RIGHT TURNING LANE, AT A LOCATION 130M WEST OF THE EXISTING T-JUNCTION AT THE FOUR MASTERS GAA GROUND. ONCE THE NEW T-JUNCTION BECOMES OPERATIONAL AND CONNECTS WITH THE REST OF THE LOCAL ROAD L18451 THE EXISTING T-JUNCTION IT WILL REPLACE WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND RESTRICTED TO PEDESTRIAN USE ONLY (10) SINGLE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS CARRIAGEWAY INTO SITE OFF LOCAL ROAD L18451, LOCATED 170M FROM NEW T-JUNCTION (11) WIDENING OF ABOVE LOCAL ROAD L18451 ON LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE APPLICATION SITE (12) NEW FOOTPATH PROVISION ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE SITE BORDERING THE N56 TOTALLING OVER 600M IN LENGTH AND ALONG THE WIDENED LOCAL ROAD L18451 TOTALLING 320M IN LENGTH (13) PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS FROM WITHIN SITE TO NEW FOOTPATH PROVIDED ALONG THE SITE BOUNDARY WITH THE N56 (14) THE TOTAL PROVISION OF 312 CAR PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CHARGING POINTS, DISABLED SPACES AND ASSOCIATED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE TO SERVE THE USES PROPOSED (15) LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT SITE, TOGETHER WITH AMENITY SPACE AND PUBLIC REALM PROVISION AS WELL AS ALL BOUNDARY TREATMENTS, INCLUDING FENCING/RAILING AND PLANTING (16) ALL SERVICES INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF FOUL SEWER NETWORK, PUMPING STATIONS, SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE ARRANGEMENTS,ELECTRICAL NETWORK, PUBLIC LIGHTING AND MAINS WATER SUPPLY NETWORK AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER MAINS (17) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ON SITE. AN (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152557

• 24 Aug 2021N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDING, (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUB-STRUCTURE OF DWELLING HOUSE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 13/51104 & 14/50934, (3) ERECTION OF 5 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 00/152 AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 5 homes · Donegal County Council, 2151685

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF 2 NO. DETACHED DWELLINGS & DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGES WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNITS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2151419

• 24 May 2021Conditional

  INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA FOR 2 NO. HOLIDAY HOUSES BUILT (PLANNING REF. T847/90 REFERS)

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151009

• 19 Apr 2021N/a

  INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA FOR 2 NO. HOLIDAY HOUSES BUILT UNDER PLANNING REF. T847/90

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150694

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  RELOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE POSITION ON SITE AND PERMISSION FOR (1)ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE DWELLING HOUSE (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (3) INSTALLATION OF DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150277

• 9 Aug 2018Refused

  ERECTION OF A SIGNAGE TOWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPEMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851228

• 20 Dec 2017Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A BOAT-HOUSE/DOMESTIC STORE INCORPORATING A ROOF TERRACE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751918

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
• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Donegal Bay (Murvagh) 000133

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rossylongan.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rossylongan, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1416 (ZIP).

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

Name

Rossylongan

Area

626,284 m² (62.63 ha, 154.76 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

Ballyboyle, Doonan, Drumark, Revlin

Placenames

Rossylongan 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.