Derrydarragh or Oakfield

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrydarragh or Oakfield, from 21 m² to 295,814 m² (29.58 ha, 73.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1nRES – new residential uses (New/proposed residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  An extension to the existing access road and all associated infrastructure, including watermain, foul drainage network, pumping stations, stormwater drainage network and detention basin, electrical ducting, street lighting, footpaths, cycle tracks, landscaping and traffic signage. Phase 1 of these works was approved under planning application 18/360 in 2018, for which site works are now completed. The proposed scheme is a continuation of same and the development area is 4.59 Ha. The development has been subject of a Screening for Appropriate Assessment in accordance with Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC) and the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended. The Screening for Appropriate Assessment will be submitted with the Planning Application. The screening for Appropriate Assessment resulted in the requirement for a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) to be prepared in relation to the proposed development. The NIS will be submitted with the Planning Application.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560014

• 20 Dec 2024N/a

  An extension to the existing access road and all associated infrastructure, including watermain, foul drainage network, pumping stations, stormwater drainage network and detention basin, electrical ducting, street lighting, footpaths, cycle tracks, landscaping and traffic signage. Phase 1 of these works was approved under planning application 18/360 in 2018, for which site works are now completed. The proposed scheme is a continuation of same and the development area is 4.59 Ha.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460498

• 24 Nov 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the demolition of 2 existing external sheds, construction of new extensions and reconfigurations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22396

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of new entrance onto the Western Distributor Road, including a right turn lane off the Western Distributor Road

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21356

• 19 Oct 2020Conditional

  Development consisting of a new Advance Technology Unit consisting of office and light industrial/production space. Permission is also sought for vehicular and pedestrian entrance to site, signage, new timber post and rail site boundaries, car parking, cycle shelters, landscaping, a gas skid, underground storage tank, ESB substation, switch room, access road and all associated site works, The development has been the subject of a Screening for Appropriate Assessment in accordance with Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC) and the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended. The Screening for Appropriate Assessment will be submitted to the Planning Authority with The Planning Application.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20362

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a single storey domestic extension to the side of the existing domestic dwelling and all ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20203

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  development consisting of (1) retention of ballstop netting. (2) retention of floodlighting poles (3) retention of boundary fencing and (4) permission for completion of floodlighting

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19523

• 11 Dec 2019Conditional

  development consisting of (1) Change of use of the groundfloor of an existing garage to a self-contained apartment (i.e. a granny flat). (2) All associated elevational changes and (3) All associated site works and site services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19499

• 9 Aug 2019Conditional

  development consisting of retention to alterations to front porch and velux roof window on front elevation to an existing dwelling.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19329

• 15 May 2019N/a

  development consisting of permission for the importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field. The proposal involves the importation of 15,890m or 23,835 tonnes of soil and stone. The area of the proposed filling is 13,209m2. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19186

• 3 May 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of (a) retain dwelling house as constructed in different location on a reduced site size as original planning permission PL 93/19125, (b) retain part of front boundary wall and property entrance as constructed which differs from original planning permission PL 93/19125, (c) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area on site, (d) install a new waste water treatment system on site, (e) construct a new percolation area on land in the ownership of Sligo County Council

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19174

• 17 Apr 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a 24 metre high free standing lattice communication structure and its associated antennae communication dishes and ground equipment, with associated ground-mounted equipment cabinets within a 2.4m high palisade fence compound at

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19151

• 5 Apr 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the refurbishment of an existing two storey house (approx. 66 sqm) including demolition of two flat roof extensions, construction of a single storey extension to the north and east of the existing house (approx. 120 sq.m) possibly to be built in two phases, including south facing rooflights, demolition of existing agricultural buildings on site, relocation of existing site entrance, provision of a new on site wastewater treatment system, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19123

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of retention of conversion of domestic garage to habitable accommodation

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 1961

• 10 Sept 2018Conditional

  for site development works for future industrial/commercial development. The works will include site excavation, construction of a new site access road, new surface water and sanitary sewers , new watermain, new lighting and a new ESB substation at

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 18360

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of (a) retain and complete domestic garage on site currently constructed to ground floor level, (b) retain alterations to elevations of dwelling house as constructed on site, (c) retain location of dwelling house as built on site, together with all ancillary site works and services, (previous planning refs: PL13/366 and PL14/286)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17491

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 the townland of Derrydarragh or Oakfield.

Recorded monuments

• SL014-105 Standing stone
  Description

  In damp, pasture, in the SW corner of a field, at the junction of two field drains, and close to the junction of four townlands. Indicated on the 1940 OS 6-inch map as ‘Holed Stone’. Upright slab (max. H 2.15m; Wth 2.65m; T 0.2m), with long axis E-W. The narrow W side of the stone is vertical, grading into the gently arching top, but the E side is broken by a marked step or indentation. There is a perforation (0.86m E-W), off-centre to the E, through the broad face of the stone. According to local tradition, a sick person who passed through the perforation would be cured. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 July 2015

• SL014-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-121 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-122 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-123 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-218 Earthwork
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, on the estate/farm of the former Oakfield House. The house is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, but is no longer extant, although part of the associated range of farm buildings survives. Little is known about Oakfield House. The Landed Estates databases records the following: ‘Oakfield (Sligo). In 1786 Wilson notes a house close to Cloverhill House as the seat of Mr. Deboots [?]. This may be Oakfield House. At the time of Griffith's Valuation [1848-64], this property was leased from Captain Richard Gethin by Joseph Holmes. It is described as a herd's house and was valued at £3 10s at the time. An extensive farm is still extant at the site.’ (http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates; accessed 24/5/2018) This record was included in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) as 'earthworks' on the basis of features visible in a black and white aerial photograph (OS 1 3309-10, Roll 160, Pr. 29) (SMR file). In current aerial views, the area encompasses a number of large open fields of pastureland, extending across an area of c. 550m E-W x c. 450m N-S. The features visible in the photo include a regular grid of large rectilinear fields. Several are shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, defined by tree-lined field boundaries, which radiate out from Oakfield House. A tree-lined avenue gives access to the house. A number of field fences/walls are extant, still functioning as field boundaries, and are lined by mature beech trees. Many of the smaller sub-divisions visible in aerial view represent field drains, a series of which cut across the relatively lowlying, damper ground in the E half of the area. They are visible now at ground level as shallow grassed-over linear depressions (Wth c. 2m), most barely discernible. It is likely that this field layout, and associated system of field drains, dates to the establishment of the Oakfield House estate, probably to the 18th century. In the SW part of the property, in an area of gently elevated dry ground, a tight arrangement of 4-5 contiguous rectangular field plots, bordered at their SW side by a road, is evident in the aerial photograph; they are not shown on the 1837 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. They differ from the larger fields in being smaller and narrower (L c. 50-60m NE−SW; Wth 25-30m), and are aligned on a slightly different axis. These field plots have been levelled, but low, grassed-over banks can still be traced at ground level. They appears to represent a small settlement, possibly pre-dating or independent of Oakfield estate, but possibly that of tenants or farmworkers associated with the estate. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 May 2018

• SL014-296 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, located at the interface of lowlying ground, which extends to S and W, and gently rising ground at N. Although currently dry, the lowlying ground is rush-grown, and appears likely to have been relatively wet and boggy in the past. This burnt mound is visible as a low, grass-covered roughly oval rise (9-10m NW−SE; 7-8m NE−SW; H 0.4m at NE, 0.5m at SW). The limits of the mound are fairly indistinct, merging seamlessly with the surrounding ground. The mound is composed of gritty, friable stone fragments in a matrix of black soil with charcoal inclusions. There is another burnt mound (SL014-297----) 20m to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2018

• SL014-297 Burnt mound
  Description

  In E half of large field of pasture, located at the interface of lowlying ground, which extends to S and W, and gently rising ground at N. Although currently dry, the lowlying ground is rush-grown, and appears likely to have been relatively wet and boggy in the past. This burnt mound is visible as a low, grass-covered roughly circular rise (diam. c. 9m; H 0.3-04m at NE, 0.5-0.6m at SW). The mound backs on to gently rising ground at N−NE, and at SW slumps down to an expanse of level lowlying ground. It is composed of gritty, friable stone fragments in a matrix of dark brown/black soil with charcoal inclusions. There is a slight hollow on the NE side, but it is unclear if this represents a trough area or is merely the result of relatively recent disturbance. There is another burnt mound (SL014-296----) 20m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derrydarragh or Oakfield.

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

About 1 in 5 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, low (inferred). Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1066 (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 Derrydarragh or Oakfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Derrydarragh or Oakfield · Doire Darach

Area

1,398,782 m² (139.88 ha, 345.65 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Kilmacowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,347 people lived in 830 households in the Kilmacowen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydoogan, Ballyfree, Barnasrahy, Carrowmore, Knocknashammer or Cloverhill, Magheraboy, Tobernaveen

Placenames

Derrydarragh or Oakfield 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.