Lackenareague
Townland in the civil parish of Athnowen, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish An Leaca Réidh
- Area
- 76.5 ha
- 189 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 2,538 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackenareague, from 193 m² to 383,629 m² (38.36 ha, 94.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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
No zone of a development plan covers Lackenareague 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission to construct a dwelling house. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4218
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 25/5312
8 Feb 2024Conditional permission
Permission for construction of new dwelling house with changes in design and layout to that granted under planning reference number 23/5415, new domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4190
6 Nov 2023Conditional
Elevational changes, renovation and extension to existing Gate Lodge associated with Valley View House (NIAH Reg.No. 20907224); with changes in design and layout to that previously granted under Pl.Reg.No. 23/4481- elevational changes to existing Gate Lodge to include roof lights on the western elevation, new entrance pillars, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6228
7 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission for construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5415
21 Mar 2023Conditional permission
Permission for elevational changes, renovation and extension to existing gate lodge associated with Valley View House (NIAH Reg. No. 20907224); elevational changes to existing gate lodge to include roof lights on the eastern and western elevations along with new window in the northern elevation, new entrance pillars, wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4481
8 Feb 2023Application invalid
Permission for elevational changes, renovation and extension to existing gate lodge associated with Valley View House (NIAH reg. no. 20907224); elevational changes to existing lodge to include roof lights on the eastern and western elevations along with new window in the north elevation, new entrance pillars, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4167
17 Jan 2022Refused
Permission to demolish existing derelict house and construct a storey and a half style dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4049
10 Jun 2021Conditional
Extensions and alterations to dwellinghouse to include two storey extension to rear, orangery extension to side, portico extension to side, replacement of existing dwellinghouse roof, alterations to existing windows, installation of new waste water treatment tank and all associated site works to existing two storey dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5610
7 Feb 2020Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4218
18 Nov 2019Conditional
To construct a split-level dwelling and detached single storey garden store, the installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6729
8 Nov 2019Incompleted application
To construct a split - level dwelling and detached single storey garden store, the installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6662
18 Oct 2019Conditional
To construct a dwelling and domestic garage and installation of wastewater treatment unit, percolation area and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6519
20 Jun 2019Refused
Construct a dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5606
17 May 2019Incompleted application
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5251
20 Feb 2019Conditional
(1) The construction of single storey extensions to the west and south of an existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations, modifications to the existing internal layout and all associated site works (2) The retention of a sunroom at ground floor level and an attic conversion to bedroom accommodation including a dormer extension with window to south and first floor windows on east and west elevations of existing dwelling (3) The retention of a domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4385
25 Jan 2019Refused
To construct a dwelling and domestic garage and installation of wastewater treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4143
7 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of a new single storey extension to the existing dwellinghouse for use as a ‘granny flat’, alterations to the plans and elevations of the existing dwellinghouse, including changing the existing garage to living space, amendments to the location and design of the vehicular entrance to the site, the installation of a new effluent treatment plant and percolation area to serve the existing and proposed developments, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank onsite and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6076
29 Jul 2016Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and farm buildings, construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5894
21 Oct 2015Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling with attached single storey carport and domestic garage, installation of a proprietary treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6353
27 Jul 2015Incompleted application
Construction of underground store and boiler for the purpose of wood storage and burning.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5665
3 Jun 2015Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5163
11 Aug 2014Conditional
Dwelling (change of location on site from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 13/5457)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5709
18 Jul 2014Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse (change of location on site from that granted under planning reg. no. 13/5457)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5560
13 May 2014Incompleted application
Relocation of dwelling permitted under Planning Ref. No. 13/5457
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4966
1 Nov 2013Withdrawn
Two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6075
The 25 most recent of 41 applications.
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 Lackenareague.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lackenareague.
Architectural heritage
- Valley View House, house, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1910, having gabled central bay with oriel window to first floor, and hipped roofed lean-to veranda to first floor, having canted bay window to eastern end. Single-storey extensions to side (west) elevation. Hipped terracotta tile roof with rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods and recent rooflights. Roughcast rendered walls with recessed rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills having timber casement windows. Some replacement metal and uPVC windows. Loop style windows to side (east) elevation with stained glass windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber door, sidelights and two-pane overlight, having limestone stepped approach to front. Segmental-headed door opening, within recessed square-headed porch to side (east) elevation, having rendered surround, glazed timber door, panelled overlight and limestone stepped approach with cut limestone corbels to porch opening. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation with glazed timber door and overlight. Four-bay single-storey former gate lodge to north having pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth and square-headed openings with timber casement windows and timber battened door. Quadrant entrance with square-profile rendered gate piers and wrought-iron gate. Set within own grounds with recent farm yard to north-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).
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Lackenareague.
- 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 Lackenareague with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lackenareague · An Leaca Réidh
- Area
- 765,380 m² (76.54 ha, 189.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Athnowen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Ovens, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ovens electoral division: 1,051 people in 353 households; 90% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castleinch, Clashanure, Garryhesty, Knockanemore, Mullaghroe
- Placenames
- Lackenareague 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.