Glack
Townland in the civil parish of Clonkeen, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish An Ghlaic
- Area
- 135.4 ha
- 335 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 15,274 m² (1.53 ha, 3.77 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glack, from 130 m² to 195,751 m² (19.58 ha, 48.37 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
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 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
31 Mar 2026N/a
Permission for the erection of a temporary pavilion building fixed to an existing concrete slab, incorporating a storage room, a kitchen and servery, changing rooms with WC, an open seating area, external hot tub and all associated site works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 2660159
16 Dec 2025N/a
Permission sought for the erection of a temporary lightweight pavilion fixed to an existing concrete slab, including a small enclosed storage room, a kitchenette, an open seating area and all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 25182
2 Sept 2025Conditional
The development consists of retention of a domestic garage / storage shed ancillary to dwelling house and all associated and ancillary site works.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560549
24 Feb 2025Refused
The development consists of a domestic storage shed ancillary to dwelling house and all associated and ancillary site works.
Retention · Louth County Council, 2560100
21 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the renovation & alteration of an existing dwelling, a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, change of use of existing sheds to residential use, all associated elevational changes to the house and sheds, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and upgrade to a new wastewater disposal system in a revised location and all associated site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2460283
24 Jul 2023Refused
Permission for construction of a glamping site containing 4 separate yurts, packaged wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, car-parking, provide toilet block and washing facilities in part of existing shed, modify existing entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2360239
26 Jun 2023N/a
Construction of a glamping site containing 4 separate yurts, packaged wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, car-parking, provide toilet block and washing facilities in part of existing shed, modify existing entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2360180
27 Apr 2023N/a
Construction of a glamping site containing 4 separate yurts, packaged wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, car-parking, provide toilet block and washing facilities in part of existing shed, modify existing entrance along with any ancillary site works
Permission, 4 homes · Louth County Council, 2360083
11 Aug 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of domestic waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211005
29 Jun 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of domestic waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21804
11 Jun 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, installation of domestic waste water treatment system, sand polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21729
9 Aug 2019Conditional
Permission for change of use of existing garage and storage area at recently granted boutique hotel (Planning Ref. 18404), to staff living quarters serving boutique hotel, with ancillary internal alterations and minor elevational alterations, upgrading of previously approved treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19644
15 Jul 2019N/a
Permission for change of use of existing garage and storage area at recently boutique hotel (Planning Ref. 18404) to staff living quarters serving boutique hotel, with ancillary internal alterations and minor elevational alterations, upgrading of previously approved treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19556
9 Jul 2019Refused
Permission for: (1) change of use to a one off rural dwelling house previously granted retention planning permission under planning reference no. 1951. The change of use shall see the house facilitating staff to provide support within the people care industry in terms of administration, education and training functions; (2) proposed changes to existing rear elevation in terms of additional external doors and windows; (3) proposed new car park to rear of existing house; (4) conversion of existing domestic garage within basement floor to a use that will facilitate the proposed day to day operations of the house; (5) and all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 19546
13 May 2019Refused
Retention & Permission: (a) Retention permission for wall partially built between existing pillars and (b) permission for the erection of new front boundary wall which shall consist of pillars with wall between and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19358
10 Apr 2019N/a
Retention & Permission: (a) Retention permission for wall partially built between existing pillars and (b) Permission for the erection of new front boundary wall which shall consist of pillars with wall between and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19271
31 Jan 2019Conditional
Retention permission sought for as constructed elevations and extension of basement to dwelling house, granted ref. no. 06202.
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1951
29 Nov 2018Conditional
Permission for a development to consist of construction of a new two storey dwelling house, new sewerage wastewater treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance gates and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18967
8 Nov 2018N/a
Permission for a development to consist of construction of a new two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance gates and all associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18909
28 May 2018Conditional
Planning Permission for change of use of existing private dwelling house to boutique hotel with ancillary internal and minor elevational alterations, removal of existing effluent treatment system, decommission existing percolation area, install new proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated works.
Permission · Louth County Council, 18404
6 Mar 2018Conditional
Permission for RETENTION will consist of the retention of amendments to dwelling which include 1. Reduced single storey extension to rear 2. Removal of front porch 3. New chimney, revised window layout, minor internal alterations and all ancillary site works from that previously granted permission under reg. ref. 071906
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18162
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 Glack.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glack.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glack.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2821 (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 Glack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Glack · An Ghlaic
- Area
- 1,354,411 m² (135.44 ha, 334.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonkeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardee
- Electoral division
- Clonkeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonkeen electoral division: 711 people in 234 households; 92% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Artnalevery, Cookstown, Coole, Corstown (Co. Meath), Mountrush, Stormanstown
- Placenames
- Glack 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.