Brookfield
Townland in the civil parish of Donegal, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal
Parcel 4619636
- Area
- 242 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 72 m² on the ground
- 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
- Brookfield
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1435 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 34.6 ha
- 85 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 943 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brookfield, from 44 m² to 64,444 m² (6.44 ha, 15.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Brookfield 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
24 Jul 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLINGHOUSE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE & PROPRIETARY TREATMENT PLANT INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2661383
20 Sept 2023Conditional
(A) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF SPORTS FIELD AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND PERIMETER FENCING, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF 6 NO. FLOODLIGHTS TO EXISTING SPORTS FIELD, AND (C) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351397
26 Jul 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF 6 NO. FLOODLIGHTS TO EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELD AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351094
7 Nov 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE COMPRISING OF GARAGE AT GROUND FLOOR AND HOME OFFICE AT FIRST FLOOR WITH POLYCARBONATE CANOPY BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND THE PROPOSED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251812
1 Feb 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE & REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250109
22 Dec 2021Conditional
RETENTION & COMPLETION OF (1) ERECTION OF (A) AN INDUSTRIAL STORAGE SHED (B) A 0.33 ACRE EXTENSION TO THE AUTHORIZED STORAGE DEPOT YARD (C) FENCING OF THE PERIMETER OF THE UNAUTHORIZED YARD EXTENSION (D) A 22.5M LONG CONCRETE RETAINING WALL WITH A HEIGHT GREATER THAN 2M (E) A SCAFFOLDING STORE (2) RAISING OF GROUND LEVELS WITHIN THE AUTHORIZED YARD EXTENSION (3) THE REMOVAL OF A SOIL BANK LEVEE AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH LOWER ROCK ARMOUR AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (2) PROVISION OF NEW ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS TO SITE TO INCLUDE REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD, PROPOSED NEW SECURITY FENCING AND ACCESS GATES (3) PROVISION OF STORM ATTENUATION SYSTEM (4) REPROFILING OF EXISTING SITE CONTOURS TOWARDS ADJACENT WATERCOURSE (5) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CARPARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152590
13 Sept 2021Unconditional
COMPLETION AND TO AMEND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, COMPRISING OF 38NO. UNITS, AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REF: 05.217193 AND PLANNING REFERENCES 05/20490 AND 16/50376. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS AND WORKS: (1) A REVISED SITE AND ROAD LAYOUT PLAN (2) 1NO. DETACHED BUNGALOW (3) 2NO. SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOWS (4) 16NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY HOUSES (5) 18NO. APARTMENTS WITHIN 5NO TWO STOREY BLOCKS (6) 1NO. SINGLE STOREY DETACHED CRÉCHE BUILDING (7) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSE (8) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL SITE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151816
13 Sept 2021Unconditional
COMPLETION OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REF 05.217193 AND PLANNING REFERENCE 05/20490. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 22 NO. TWO STOREY SEMI DETACHED HOUSES, 12 NO. TWO STOREY TERRACED HOUSES IN 4 NO. BLOCKS AND 4 NO. TWO STOREY DETACHED HOUSES
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151815
13 Sept 2021Unconditional
ERECTION OF A TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOW IN LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CRÉCHE BUILDING GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA, REF 05.217193 AND PLANNING REFERENCES 05/20490 AND 16/50376 ON SITE NO. 2 OAK MEADOWS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151814
8 Apr 2021Conditional
REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING PRE-FABRICATED SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE CONSTUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY PRIMARY SCHOOL, WITH A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 2082SQ.METRES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, INCLUDING EXTERNAL PLAY AREAS, EXTENDED VEHICULAR SET-DOWN AND SURFACE CAR PARKING AREAS, NEW EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD FROM THE SCHOOL ONTO THE OLD LAGHEY ROAD AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING PUBLIC FOOTPATH TO SAME; WITH CONNECTIONS TO ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES AND ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING ACCESS AND EGRESS ONTO THE BROOKFIELD ROAD
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150619
25 Nov 2020Unconditional
COMPLETION OF 8 NO. DWELLINGS (PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. 05/51 AND EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. 10/20448 AND CONSTRUCTION OF 8 NO. DWELLINGS WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051793
19 Nov 2020N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF .33 ACRE EXTENSION TO THE AUTHORISED STORAGE DEPOT YARD (2) ERECTION OF FENCING TO THE PERIMETER OF THE UNAUTHORISED YARD EXTENSION (3) RAISING OF GROUND LEVELS WITHIN THE AUTHORISED YARD AND THE UNAUTHORISED EXTENSION OF THE YARD (4) REMOVAL OF A SOIL BANK LEVEE AND ITS REPLACEMENT WITH LOWER ROCK ARMOUR (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A 22.5M LONG CONCRETE RETAINING WALL WITH A HEIGHT GREATER THAN 2M AND (6) CONSTRUCTION OF A SCAFFOLDING STORE AND PERMISSION FOR (A) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL STORAGE SHED (B) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (C) PROVISION OF A NEW ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS TO SITE TO INCLUDE REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD, PROPOSED NEW SECURITY FENCING AND ACCESS GATES (D) RAISING OF LEVELS OF EXTENDED STORAGE YARD BY APPROXIMATELY 550MM AND (E) PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL CARPARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051759
23 Dec 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A TWO BEDROOM BUNGALOW IN LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CRÉCHE BUILDING GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA, REF 05.217193 AND PLANNING REFERENCES 05/20490 AND 16/50376 ON SITE NO. 2 OAK MEADOWS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1952019
6 Dec 2019Conditional
COMPLETION AND TO AMEND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, COMPRISING OF 38NO. UNITS, AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REF: 05.217193 AND PLANNING REFERENCES 05/20490 AND 16/50376. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS AND WORKS: (1) A REVISED SITE AND ROAD LAYOUT PLAN (2) 1NO. DETACHED BUNGALOW (3) 2NO. SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOWS (4) 16NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY HOUSES (5) 18NO. APARTMENTS WITHIN 5NO TWO STOREY BLOCKS (6) 1NO. SINGLE STOREY DETACHED CRÉCHE BUILDING (7) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSE (8) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL SITE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
Permission, 37 homes · Donegal County Council, 1951896
2 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951338
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 Brookfield.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Brookfield.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Brookfield.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1435 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Brookfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Brookfield
- Area
- 345,863 m² (34.59 ha, 85.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donegal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirhugh
- Electoral division
- Donegal, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donegal electoral division: 4,179 people in 1,617 households; 71% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardeskin, Drumbar, Drumgowan, Drummenny Lower, Raforker, Rarooey, Tawnalary, Tully
- Placenames
- Brookfield 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.