Lacka East
Townland in the civil parish of Rattoo, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Leaca Thoir
- Area
- 15.4 ha
- 38 acres
- Land parcels
- 95
- registered freehold, median 380 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lacka East, from 13 m² to 46,897 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 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
18 Mar 2026Refused
Permission to (a) demolish existing old cinema/store (b) to build 4no. two storey semi detached dwellings and 1no detached 3 bedroom dwelling with connection to main sewer (C) and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660237
31 Jul 2025Refused
Full Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing old cinema/store (b) to build 4no. two storey mixed terraced dwellings consisting of 1no. 3 bedroom dwelling and 3no. 2 bedroom dwellings, with connection to main sewer (C) and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560665
19 Mar 2025Refused
Full Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing old cinema/store (b) to build 5no. two storey mixed terraced and semi-detached dwellings with connection to main sewer (C) and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560191
30 Oct 2024Refused
Full Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing old cinema/store (b) to build 5no. two storey mixed terraced and semi-detached dwellings with connection to main sewer (C) and all associated site works
Permission, 5 homes · Kerry County Council, 2460848
2 Jul 2024Conditional
We, Liam & Sarah Ann Ross, wish to apply for planning permission for new proposed fuel filling station at site located at Main Street, Lacka East, Ballyduff, Co. Kerry. Proposed works: 1) construction of new fuel filling station consisting of 2 no. dispenser pump islands, dispensing fuel on each side, with canopy over, ancillary to the exiting convenience shop adjacent to the subject site; 2) installation of new underground storage fuel tanks, and all associated fuel pipework, off-fill points and vents; 3) construction of associated car park layout with provision of 1 no. EV charging space; 4) concrete slab surfacing, asphalt surfacing and associated drainage with the provision of new Class A Petrol interceptor; 5) alterations to exiting site entrances, to provide a one way access-egress system to & from the site from public road, including alterations to existing boundary wall, and all associated road safety improvement works; 6) installation of new signage on site, consisting of new totem sign and general signage located on the forecourt canopy; 7) construction of all associated site features including landscaping and boundary treatments, public lighting and all associated site works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460422
1 Feb 2024Conditional
ground floor flat roof extension consisting of ancillary toilets to the rear of their premises
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460056
17 Oct 2022Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING SHOP FRONT IN PART (B) PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW SHOP FRONT ENTRANCE WITH DISABLED ACCESS AT SIDE (C) NEW DISABLED TOILETS AND SERVICES AT SIDE OF EXISTING SHOP (D) NEW ENTRANCE AND NEW PARKING AREAS TO SERVE EXISTING SHOP
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221080
8 Jul 2022Conditional
(A) CHANGE THE USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING FIRST FLOOR AREA FROM STORAGE USE TO USE AS OFFICE AND/OR DOCTOR'S SURGERY (B) CONSTRUCT A 2 STOREY EXTENSION AT THE REAR OF THE PREMISES AND A 2 STOREY EXTENSION ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE CONTAINING A NEW ENTRANCE AND LIFT, (C) FORM A NEW CAR PARKING AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATE SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22737
5 Jul 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH DOMESTIC STORAGE AREAS, UTILITY, KITCHEN, REAR HALL AND TO BUILD AN EXTENSION ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22717
18 May 2022Conditional
BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND GARAGE, WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22527
14 Mar 2022Conditional
RETAIN DWELLING WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22280
8 Feb 2022N/a
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 22114
5 Aug 2021N/a
BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND GARAGE, WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21908
5 Nov 2018Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND REBUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181074
13 Jul 2018Conditional
NEW PARKING TO SERVICE EXISTING SHOP, NEW BOUNDARY WALL AND NEW SIGNAGE AT ROAD SIDE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18705
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 Lacka East.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lacka East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lacka 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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lacka East.
- 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 Lacka East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Lacka East · An Leaca Thoir
- Area
- 154,009 m² (15.4 ha, 38.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rattoo, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Ballyduff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyduff electoral division: 846 people in 333 households; 79% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Benmore, Bishopscourt North, Knoppoge South, Lacka West, Leagh, Sheepwalk
- Placenames
- Lacka 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.