Ballybun
Ballybun is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Baile Buna.
Parcel 4646795
- Area
- 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 236 m².
- 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
- Ballybun
Planning applications on this parcel
2 Mar 2026Conditional
(1) DWELLING HOUSE, (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING A GAMES ROOM AND GYM SPACE AND (3) SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY DRAINAGE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660303
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 132.8 ha
- 328 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 2,596 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybun, from 190 m² to 182,667 m² (18.27 ha, 45.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballybun 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
18 Aug 2026Conditional
DEVELOPMENT OF A CATTLE HANDLING FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661531
13 Jul 2026N/a
DEVELOPMENT OF A CATTLE HANDLING FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661284
29 May 2026N/a
DEVELOPMENT OF A CATTLE HANDLING FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660989
11 May 2026Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/51527, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK, AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660836
8 Mar 2026Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY TANK, (2) REPLACEMENT OF ROOF CLADDING TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ANY ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660363
5 Mar 2026Conditional
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF ATTIC SPACE WITHIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM STORAGE TO USEABLE FLOOR AREA INCLUDING 1 NO. GABLE WINDOW AND ROOFLIGHTS, (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) DETACHED STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660342
2 Mar 2026Conditional
(1) DWELLING HOUSE, (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING A GAMES ROOM AND GYM SPACE AND (3) SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY DRAINAGE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660303
23 Feb 2026N/a
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF ATTIC SPACE WITHIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FROM STORAGE TO USEABLE FLOOR AREA INCLUDING 1 NO. GABLE WINDOW AND ROOFLIGHTS, (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) DETACHED STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660266
19 Apr 2024Conditional
AMENDMENT OF THE GABLE DESIGN ON THE FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE A DOUBLE HEIGHT GLAZED OPENING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 06/60078 AND DCB.24/11 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460549
12 Jul 2023Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION WORKS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (C) ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351027
28 Feb 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350239
27 May 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250922
30 Jun 2021Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151308
13 Mar 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050329
7 Oct 2019Conditional
DEMOLITION OF PART OF 2 NO. EXISTING AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH CONCRETE APRON, FEED SILO AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951527
31 Jul 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951173
1 May 2019Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FOR DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 18/51046
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950644
6 Jul 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851046
15 May 2018Conditional
(A) THE CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE OF DWELLING HOUSE TO HABITABLE ROOMS INCLUDING ROOF AND GABLE WINDOWS, (B) EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE WITH ATTACHED CAR PORT WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850752
25 Apr 2018N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850647
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 Ballybun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballybun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybun.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballybun, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballybun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Ballybun · Baile Buna
- Area
- 1,327,560 m² (132.76 ha, 328.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Cloghard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 621 people lived in 234 households in the Cloghard electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cashelin, Cloghard, Gortnamuck, Lisnamulligan, Raws Lower, Tievebrack, Tirnagushoge or Bicketstown
- Placenames
- Ballybun 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.