Ardlenagh

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardlenagh, from 142 m² to 72,851 m² (7.29 ha, 18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Ardlenagh 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.

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  (1) LEAN TO EXTENSION TO THE EAST ELEVATION OF THE MAIN BUILDING, (2) RELOCATED POWER WASHER STORAGE SHED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50116 AND (3) EXCAVATED AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE MAIN BUILDING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661606

• 29 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO EXISTING GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/62093, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED LINKED CANOPY BETWEEN THE GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND PROPOSED SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660757

• 9 Mar 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF EXISTING FACTORY AND SHOWROOM BUILDING CONTAINING AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING WORKSHOP WITH ANCILLARY STORAGE SPACE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660368

• 28 Nov 2025Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE TO GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND (2) ENCLOSED STORAGE SPACE TO THE REAR ELEVATION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) EXTENSION WORKS TO EXISTING GARAGE AND CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO EXISTING GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION ON SITE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED LINKED CANOPY BETWEEN THE GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND GARAGE SOUGHT FOR CHANGE OF USE HEREIN AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2562093

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A 614M2 TWO-STOREY OFFICE EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING MANUFACTURING FACILITY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A 343M2 TWO STOREY LABORATORY EXTENSION TO THE EAST OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED SECOND FLOOR PLANT ROOM AND EXTERNAL STEEL ACCESS STAIRCASE AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING ALL ON EXISTING 10.5HA MANUFACTURING SITE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561589

• 7 Nov 2024N/a

  INCREASING THROUGHPUT TONNAGE AT EXISTING FACILITY TO 20,000 TONNES PER ANNUM, NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED. A REVIEWED WASTE FACILITY PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450237

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING FACTORY AND SHOWROOM BUILDING CONTAINING A WORKSHOP AND SEPARATE STORAGE SPACE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANCILLARY BUFFER TANK, FILTRATION UNIT AND PARTS STORAGE SHED, (3) GROUND EXCAVATION WORKS TO THE REAR (NORTH EASTERN) SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO FACILITATE TURNING AND MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460118

• 2 Feb 2023Conditional

  (A) EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SORTING FACILITY TO PROVIDE A COVERED VEHICLE INSPECTION AREA AND STORAGE, (B) THE ERECTION OF A SMALL SHED FOR THE STORAGE OF VEHICLE WASHING MATERIALS, (C) THE ERECTION OF A 2.4M HIGH WALL TO THE PERIMETER OF THE EXISTING CONCRETE YARD, (D) THE REALIGNMENT OF THE GRASS BANK TO THE REAR OF THE SORTING FACILITY TO ALLOW VEHICLE ACCESS, AND (E) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350116

• 3 Oct 2022Conditional

  EXTENSIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE HOUSE INCLUDING PROVISION OF DORMER STYLE WINDOWS AND VELUX WINDOWS AND A COVERED ENTRANCE AREA AT REAR OF HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/DOMESTIC SHED AND FUEL STORE AT THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251641

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION TO SERVICE PREMISES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950875

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  MODIFICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING PLANT TOTALLING 6,990.52 SQ.M., CONSISTING OF: (A) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TWO STOREY MANUFACTURING BLOCK TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, (B) NEW ADMIN & CANTEEN BLOCK, PART 1-STOREY , PART 2-STOREY TO THE NORTH -WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING FACILITY, (C) NEW ANCILLARY BUILDINGS: BIKE SHELTER, BIN SHED & A SECURITY HUT, (D) NEW CARPARKING SPACES AND ASSOCIATED NEW ROADS AND LANDSCAPING WORKS, (E) RETENTION OF MINOR FACADE CHANGES, LOADING BAY ALTERATIONS, STAIR -CORE RELOCATION AND PLANT AREA TO EAST SIDE OF EXISTING PLANT AND (F) DEMOLITION OF 1 NO. EXISTING STORE TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A STAGE II APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851159

• 27 Jun 2018Conditional

  (A) 2 NO. EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING FACTORY AND SHOWROOM BUILDING AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEPARATE STORAGE BUILDING BOTH UTILISED FOR STORAGE PURPOSES ASSOCIATED WITH KITCHEN MANUFACTURING BUSINESS, (B) PROVISION OF 2 NO. STORAGE CONTAINERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850989

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 Ardlenagh.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ardlenagh, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1435 (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 Ardlenagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ardlenagh

Area

249,393 m² (24.94 ha, 61.63 acres)

Civil parish

Donegal, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

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

Drumgowan, Lurganboy, Muckros, Tawnalary

Placenames

Ardlenagh 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.