Lakyle
Townland in the civil parish of Clonrush, barony of Leitrim, Co. Clare
- Area
- 75.1 ha
- 186 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 1,087 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lakyle, from 13 m² to 255,880 m² (25.59 ha, 63.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N4Utilities (Telecommunications)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Whitegate Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Mar 2025Conditional
to modify previously granted planning permission reference 2360501. Proposed new works consist of the construction of an extension and modifications including partial demolition works to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560125
5 Mar 2025Conditional
for the construction of an extension and modifications to an existing dwelling house, upgraded site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560100
23 Nov 2023Conditional
for the construction of an extension and modifications to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360501
5 Sept 2023N/a
to demolish existing derelict buildings to front and rear of site, construct 5 no two storey dwellings, connect to existing public services, associated site development work and services
Permission, 5 homes · Clare County Council, 23479
29 May 2023Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360177
25 May 2023N/a
to demolish existing derelict buildings to front and rear of site, construct 5 no two storey dwellings, construct to existing public services, associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 23305
4 Dec 2020Conditional
to alter and extend dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20919
22 Jan 2020Conditional
to RETAIN extension to dwelling house, consisting of first floor accommodation
Retention · Clare County Council, 2020
12 Dec 2019Conditional
to RETAIN existing extension to the rear of house and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 19977
26 Nov 2018Conditional
to construct a porch in front of dwelling house on the Main Street in Whitegate, Co. Clare
Permission · Clare County Council, 18954
15 Oct 2018Conditional
to erect a coated steel mesh fence above existing front boundary block wall adjacent to playing pitch
Permission · Clare County Council, 18802
8 Jun 2017Conditional
to provide a new vehicular entrance and carpark with all associated site works and site services, to allow turning space and off street parking at Lakyle National School
Permission · Clare County Council, 17455
25 May 2017Conditional
to alter and extend dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17408
18 May 2017Conditional
to alter and extend the existing National School building. The works shall consist of the construction of a new single storey extension containing one mainstreem classroom, one S.E.T. room, staff room, storage, services and all associated site works and connections to services
Permission · Clare County Council, 17377
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 Lakyle.
Recorded monuments
- CL021A006 Children's burial ground
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.
- CL021A007 Ritual site - holy well
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 Lakyle.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lakyle.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lakyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Lakyle
- Area
- 750,723 m² (75.07 ha, 185.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonrush, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Drummaan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drummaan electoral division: 651 people in 251 households; 79% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bargarriff, Cappantruhaun, Cloonmohaun, Drummaan West, Furnace, Gweeneeny, Whitegate
- Placenames
- Lakyle 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.