Lackagh
Lackagh is a townland in the civil parish of Killarga, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Leacach.
- Area
- 478.5 ha
- 1,182 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 7,977 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackagh, from 1,288 m² to 21,206 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lackagh 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
31 Oct 2024Conditional
amend a previously permitted development granted planning permission granted under An Bord Pleanála Reference PL12.312895 (Leitrim Co Co Reference 21/57) in the townlands of Tullinloughan, Lackagh, Tullynamoyle and Gowlaun, County Leitrim. The permitted development provides for the construction of a 10 year permission for an additional 4 wind turbines with ancillary substation building, container unit, and associated plant and site development works under a 10-year duration planning permission. The proposed amendments to the permitted development comprise: • Increase in the tip height of the consented turbines from 155 to 156.5 metres and increase the rotor diameter from 126 to 138 metres • Resiting of T16, circa 10 metres south of the consented location • Resiting of T22, circa 12 metres north of the consented location • Realignment of the access road at T17 • Provision of a new cable from T22 back to the consented Tullynamoyle Substation A design flexibility opinion issued by Leitrim County Council on 16th August 2024 accompanies this application. The details unconfirmed in this application are the turbine tip height, rotor diameter and hub height. The range of parameters under which the turbine dimensions will fall are specified on this site notice and in the design flexibility opinion that accompanies this application. The planning application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement(NIS)..
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2460223
29 Mar 2021Refused
a ten-year planning permission and a thirty- year operational life, from the date of commissioning, for an additional four (4) wind turbines to the nineteen (19) turbine Tullynamoyle windfarm (15 existing turbines and 4 consented turbines) in the townlands of Tullinloughan, Lackagh, Tullynamoyle and Gowlaun, County Leitrim. An underground grid connection to Corderry Substation will be located in the townlands of Tullinwannia, Tullynasharragh, Gubaderry, Tullinwillin, Gortahork, Mullaghmore, Leamaskally, Cornmarve, Drumlumman Glebe, Drumillion, Drumany Glebe, Belhavel, Corrasra and Corderry, Killarga, County Leitrim.The proposed development will constitute the provision of the following: 1. The construction of four (4) wind turbines with maximum hub heights of 92 metres and maximum overall heights of 155 metres to blade tip. 2. The construction of crane hardstand areas located beside each turbine. 3. The construction of one (1) 20kv substation building, 2 No. container units and associated electrical plant for grid stabilisation. 4. Internal windfarm underground cabling including one stream-crossing by overhead line. 5. The construction of new site access tracks and the provision of upgraded access roads. 6. Installation of a drainage system for the proposed hardstand and road areas. 7. Underground grid connection to Corderry 110kv substation, approximately 9.5km in length, along the existing public road network. 8. All associated site development and ancillary works. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2157
1 Feb 2021N/a
a ten year planning permission and a thirty-operational life, from the date of commissioning , for an additional four (4) wind turbines to the nineteen (19) turbine Tullynamoyle windfarm ( 15 existing turbines and 4 consented turbines) in the townlands of Tullinloughan, Lackagh, Tullynmoyle and Gowlaun, County Leitrim. An underground grid connection to Corderry Substation will be located in the townlands of Tullinwannia, Tullynasharragh, Gubaderry, Tullinwillin, Gortahork, Mullaghmore, Leamaskally, Cornamarve, Drumlumman Glebe, Drumillion, Drumany Glebe, Belhavel, Corrasra and Corderry, killarga, County Leitrim. The proposed development will constitute the provision of the following: 1. The condtruction of four (4) wind turbines with maximum hub heights of 92 metres and maximum overall heights of 155 metres to blade tip. 2. The construction of crane hardstand areas located beside each turbine. 3. The construction of one (1) 20 kv substation building, 2 No. container units and associated electrical plant for grid stabilisation. 4. Internal windfarm underground cabling including one stream-crossing by overhead line. 5. The construction of new site access tracks and the provision of upgraded access roads. 6. Installation of a drainage system for the proposed hardstand and road areas. 7. Underground grid connection to Corderry 110kv substation, approximately 9.5km in length,along the existing public road network. 8. All associated site development and ancillary works.The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2115
8 Feb 2019Conditional
A thirty year planning permission for an additional four (4) wind turbines to an existing fifteen (15) turbine windfarm. The proposed development will constitute the following: (a) the construction of four (4) wind turbines with hub heights of up to 92 metres with an overall height of up to 150 metres to blade tip.; (b) the construction of crane hardstand areas located beside each turbine; (c) the construction of two (2) 20 Kv substation buildings with associated electrical plant, equipment and security fences; (d) Internal windfarm underground cabling; (e) the construction of new site access tracks and the provision of upgraded access roads; (f) Installation of a drainage system for the proposed hardstand and road areas; (g) Underground grid connection approximately five (5) Km in length, predominantly along existing public road network; (h) all associated site development and ancillary works. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and by a Natura Impact Statement in lieu of a thirty year planning permission for an additional six(6) wind turbines to an existing fifteen (15) turbine windfarm in the townlands of Lackagh, Tullynamoyle, Gowlaun and Altavra, Killarga, County Leitrim. The grid connection to Corderry Substation will be located in the townlands of Knockacullion, Tawnahoney, Lisnagowan, Tawnylea, Derrintawny, Shivdelagh, Cloonagh, Drumduffy and Corderry, Killarga County Leitrim. The proposed development will constitute the following: (a) the construction of six (6) wind turbines with hub heights of up to 92 metres with an overall height of up to 150 metres to blade tip.; (b) the construction of crane hardstand areas located beside each turbine; (c) the construction of two (2) 20 Kv substation buildings with associated electrical plant, equipment and security fences; (d) Internal windfarm underground cabling; (e) the construction of new site access tracks and the provision of upgraded access roads; (f) Installation of a drainage system for the proposed hardstand and road areas; (g) Underground grid connection approximately five (5) Km in length, predominantly along existing public road network; (h) all associated site development and ancillary works. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 1926
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Boleybrack Mountain SAC 002032
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Boleybrack Mountain 002032
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lackagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lackagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lackagh, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lackagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lackagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Lackagh · Leacach
- Area
- 4,784,650 m² (478.47 ha, 1,182.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarga, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Killarga, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barlear, Boleybrack, Buckhill Barr, Dergvone, Larkfield, Meenymore, Tullinloughan, Tullinwannia, Tullynamoyle
- Placenames
- Lackagh 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.