Lack West

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lack West, from 151 m² to 354,365 m² (35.44 ha, 87.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 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 Lack West 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.

• 17 Feb 2026N/a

  the development will consist of: Decommissioning and removal from the site of the existing tanks, sumps, pipework, and equipment and all other associated clearance works; construction of a new (1) above ground inlet works complete with splitter chamber, (2) storm water holding tank complete with storm water overflow discharging to the Kilmihil Stream, (3) aeration tanks, (4) settlement tanks, (5) number of pumping stations, (6) sludge drying reed beds, (7) final effluent pumping station complete with new final effluent rising main and headwall for discharge to the Doonbeg River, (8) welfare building to include a control room, toilet, kitchenette, office and drying room, and (9) all associated works including all associated interconnecting above and below ground pipework, valves, plant and equipment, construction of an internal access road, 2 no. parking spaces, new security fencing of 2.4m high green steel palisade fence, and landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660077

• 31 May 2024N/a

  for development which will consist of constructing a new entrance/exit onto R485 from existing batching plant and associated site works as granted on P01/156

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24176

• 28 Jul 2022Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, private on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22685

• 20 May 2022N/a

  for development which will consist of a new entrance / exit onto R485 and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22452

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  for development of concrete silage slab and manure pit with effluent tank and associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21795

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct an extension to the west side of an existing dwelling house and alterations to the front porch including widening the front door and removing side windows, along with ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21569

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  (a) to demolish an existing cottage in ruins and (b) to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with sewage treatment system along with ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21491

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house and private garage along with a new entrance, new sewerage and water facilities along with all necessary ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21410

• 25 Nov 2020Conditional

  to alter, renovate and extend an existing cottage and outbuilding, and install a new wastewater treatment system along with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20890

• 24 Sept 2020Conditional

  to decommission existing septic tank system and upgrade to proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area and PERMISSION to RETAIN the following; 1. Extension as constructed to rear of existing dwelling. 2. Music/ Art studio building as converted from existing out offices. 3. Riverside gazebo as constructed. 4. Concrete base as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20675

• 11 Jul 2019N/a

  for development which will consist of a dwelling house, a private garage and sewage treatment plant complete with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19575

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  to RETAIN partially constructed forestry entrance and complete the construction of the entrance to existing forestry along with ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 17909

• 2 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, create new entrance and sewerage treatment facilities along with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17750

• 21 Aug 2017N/a

  to RETAIN partially constructed forestry entrance and complete the construction of the entrance to existing forestry along with ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 17648

• 27 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, entrance and sewerage treatment facilities along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17221

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 Lack West.

Recorded monuments

• CL048-059 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.

• CL048-062 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.

• CL058-012 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 19 December 2014

• CL058-013 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.

• CL058-014 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.

• CL058-015 Enclosure
  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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lack West, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Lack West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Lack West · An Leac Thiar

Area

5,567,556 m² (556.76 ha, 1,375.77 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmihil, and its townlands

Barony

Clonderalaw

Electoral division

Kilmihil, the unit of the census

Census 2022

716 people lived in 278 households in the Kilmihil electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahaga, Cahercannavan, Cross Beg, Derreen, Kilmihil, Kinlea, Lack East, Lissanair, Tullycreen Upper

Placenames

Lack West 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.