Leadmore East
Townland in the civil parish of Kilrush, barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare; in Irish Léid Mhóir Thoir
- Area
- 142.7 ha
- 353 acres
- Land parcels
- 169
- registered freehold, median 189 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
169 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leadmore East, from 15 m² to 243,531 m² (24.35 ha, 60.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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)
Kilrush Settlement Plan, Clare · 108 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kilrush Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kilrush Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Kilrush Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Kilrush Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 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
19 Mar 2026Conditional
to remove the existing front boundary wall and entrance, reconstruct a new roadside boundary wall and entrance, reduce levels and incorporate retaining wall structure, provide additional parking, public lighting and drainage, along with all associated ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660174
12 Dec 2025Conditional
for change of use/conversion of existing Domestic Garage to Granny Flat/Independent Living Accommodation Unit, plus all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25389
5 Sept 2024Conditional
of minor modifications to the design of the dwelling houses granted under P19-432, retention permission for alterations to finished floor levels, boundaries between houses and planning permission to alter the main entrance granted under planning permission P19-432 along with all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460430
19 Jan 2024Conditional
of front porch/extension to existing dwelling house plus all ancillary site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2411
14 Dec 2023Conditional
to construct Stable Block plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23627
17 Jul 2023N/a
for development which will consist of 3 no. dwelling houses connected to mains sewer and water complete with ancillary site works
Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 23402
5 Jul 2023N/a
of the agricultural entrance to lands
Retention · Clare County Council, 23387
9 May 2023Conditional
to RETAIN existing flat roof garage and rear kitchen / utility extension including all ancillary site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 23269
10 Aug 2022N/a
to construct a total of Eight No. Two-Storey Detached Dwelling Houses along with connections to existing public sewers and services, internal service road, new entrance onto public road, including all ancillary site works
Permission, 8 homes · Clare County Council, 22718
27 Jul 2022Conditional
for development consisting of an extension to the existing domestic apartment, increase to parking area at rear and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22674
28 Aug 2020Conditional
for the RETENTION of change of use of the existing linked private garage to residential bedroom with en-suite with all necessary ancillary services.
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20596
4 Jun 2020Conditional
(a) to RETAIN existing dwelling house which was built in mirror image to that granted under planning permission no P8-1785; and (b) PLANNING PERMISSION to construct extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house along with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20352
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 Leadmore East.
Recorded monuments
- CL067-007 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.
- CL067-008 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 Leadmore East.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_223 (ZIP).
- 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 Leadmore East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Leadmore East · Léid Mhóir Thoir
- Area
- 1,426,997 m² (142.7 ha, 352.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilrush, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyarta
- Electoral division
- Kilrush Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilrush Urban electoral division: 2,790 people in 1,130 households; 58% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyurra, Carnaun, Carrowncalla South, Drimna, Kilrush, Leadmore West
- Placenames
- Leadmore East 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.