Lecks

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lecks, from 114 m² to 339,160 m² (33.92 ha, 83.81 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Lecks 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.

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  for retention consists site layout, floor plan and elevational changes from that previously granted dwelling under planning reference number 011397 and all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660202

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct 2 No. Poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bins and soiled water tanks) and all associated site works (to include upgraded site entrance) arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Imapct Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this application

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560564

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  for the removal of 6 no. existing flood lighting poles and replace with 18m high lighting poles complete with LED lighting and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560044

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct a warehouse/shed building, yard, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrances onto public laneway, access road, lorry park, landscaping, alteration to existing yard, demolition of existing shed and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460612

• 19 Mar 2024Refused

  to install a 24m multi-user monopole type telecommunications support structure with headframe, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works, including a new access track

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460110

• 8 Sept 2021Conditional

  to construct a 24 meter lattice mobile and broadband tower with headframe carrying telecommunications equipment together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound with access track. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21558

• 15 Jul 2020Refused

  for a storey and a half dwelling house and single storey domestic garage to replace existing derelict dwelling house and out-buildings, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, upgrade of existing entrance and laneway together with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20292

• 19 Feb 2020Conditional

  for the infilling of low-lying lands with soil, subsoil and inert material in order to raise the levels and reclaim the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary site development works. The lands will be covered with topsoil and reseeded with grass when completed

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2055

• 18 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct 2 No. Poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bins and soiled water tanks) and all associated site works (to include upgraded site entrance) arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R) will be submitted with this planning application

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18530

• 3 Aug 2018Conditional

  to partially demolish wall to roadside and construct a single storey extension to existing changing rooms to include a pitched roof, sewerage treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18320

• 24 Oct 2017Conditional

  the construction of a 21m high telecommunications slimline monopole carrying antennas and transmission dish, with associated equipment units, security fencing and access track

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17454

• 2 Jun 2017Conditional

  to erect a car park and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17236

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  to construct 1 no. poultry house together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17134

• 15 Feb 2017N/a

  for development which will consist of (1) Demolition of the existing changing rooms and the part demolition of the road facing wall to facilitate (2) The construction of a new story and a half with pitched roof changing room facilities with additional changing rooms, sanitary facilities, gym, meeting and storage rooms (3) The installation of a new biocycle sewage system and percolation area (4) The removal of the existing 6 no. floodlight poles and (5) The erection of 8 no. 12m high floodlights to the football pitch, all connected to existing services with associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 1752

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 Lecks.

Recorded monuments

• CV023-030001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 32m NNW-SSE; 30m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. Original entrance not recognisable. Davies (1948, 116) recorded that the rath is 'believed to be a church site' (CV023-030002-) while there is a local tradition that it marks the site of a children's burial ground (1740). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV023-030002 Church
  Description

  Davies (1948,116) suggested that the rath (CV023-030001-) at this location contained a church site. Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 32m NNW-SSE; 30m WSW-ENE) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. Traditionally believed to be the site of a children's burial ground (CV023-030003-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV023-030003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  A rath (CV023-030001-) which appears to have been utilised as a burial ground. A number of low upright stones which are believed to mark the graves of unbaptized children (local information) occur on the bank and within the internal area. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV028-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a very low, irregular earthen bank and the remains of a shallow fosse identifiable only from NNE-SE. Narrow break in bank at E probably represents original entrance. Internal area very overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV028-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 20m) enclosed by a wide, low earthen bank and a shallow fosse. Slight traces of a low external bank at the outer lip of the fosse at N. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SE represents original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lecks.

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.

No address of the register names Lecks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Lecks

Area

2,053,626 m² (205.36 ha, 507.46 acres)

Civil parish

Shercock, and its townlands

Barony

Clankee

Electoral division

Shercock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Shercock electoral division: 1,276 people in 476 households; 66% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cornalara, Cornaleen, Croley, Derry, Latterriff, Lisdrumskea, Shinan, Tullybrick

Placenames

Lecks 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.