Lougher

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lougher, from 266 m² to 285,866 m² (28.59 ha, 70.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 102 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  the change of use of certain land and existing stables, along with a horse walker, at Lougher,Duleek, Co. Meath from an equestrian centre and for equine paddocks to a livery and riding establishment which provides riding tuition and which caters for the horses of the applicant’s children and of other schoolchildren, including special needs children. The development will also consist of the construction of new sanitary facilities, installation of a new waste water treatment system and decommissioning of the existing septic tank

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661105

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of house, a two storey extension to the rear of existing house, also including a storey and a half attached domestic garage and home office to house previously granted planning permission under Reg. Ref: LB/160502

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24243

• 13 Oct 2023N/a

  the construction of a single storey extension to the south elevation of the house. A storey and a half domestic garage and home office located to the north of existing house, previously granted planning permission under Reg. Ref. LB/160502

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23974

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of a new single storey dwelling house and garage along with associated landcaping, boundary walls, fences, entrance and all associated site services and works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23796

• 3 Jul 2023N/a

  the proposed development will consist of a new single storey dwelling house and garage along with associated landcaping, boundary walls, fences, entrance and all associated site services and works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23673

• 8 Jun 2023N/a

  a new single storey dwelling house and garage along with associated landscaping, boundary walls, fences, entrance and all associated site services and works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23599

• 24 May 2023N/a

  a new single storey dwelling house and garage along with associated landscaping, boundary walls, fences, entrance and all site services and works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23544

• 22 May 2023Refused

  the construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of the house, a storey and a half attached domestic garage and home office with ancillary single storey open car port to rear of house previously granted planning permission under reg. ref: LB/160502

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23540

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of an uprate of the existing Gorman to Platin 110 kV Overhead line (OHL) (19.76 km long and comprising 109no. supporting structures between the existing Gorman substation in the townland of Causetown, Co. Meath and the existing Platin 110kV substation in the townland of Platin, Co. Meath). The proposed project is located within the townlands of Graigs, Ardmulchan, Dollardstown, Dunmoe, Carranstown, Platin, Haystown and Carnuff, Stackallan, Harmanstown, Causetown, Garballagh, Commons, Downestown, Gillinstown, Longford, Rathdrinagh, Painestown, Thurstianstown, Knockcommon, Drumman, Laugher, Newtown and Platin.The proposed uprate project will comprise: • the replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of 42no. existing polesets - any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, will be along the same alignment as existing, and will be of a similar height and appearance; • the replacement of steel members at 8no. steel angle masts; • replacement of hardware and fittings at all structure locations; • replacement and relocation of fibre communication structures; • all associated site development works; • Earthwire to be replaced between Angle Mast 94 and End Mast 108; • Tower painting at 10no. steel Angle/End masts; • foundation strengthening works at 4no. Angle Masts; • Anti-climbing guards to be installed at lno. location; • all associated works within the existing Gorman substation and Platin 110 kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV overhead line including alterations to existing apparatus; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems and temporary watercourse crossings .....

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23458

• 15 Dec 2022Conditional

  retention is sought for: 1. existing dwelling house as laid out and constructed with alterations from that as granted under reg. ref. 99/957 including converted attic, 2. existing domestic garage as laid out and constructed altered from that as granted under reg. ref. 99/957, 3. existing pump house as laid out and constructed, 4. existing western vehicular access entrance from public road as laid out, 5. existing site layout altered from that granted under reg. ref. 99/957. Full permission is sought for decommissioning of existing septic tank, with installation of replacement proprietary wastewater treatment system, new dormer & rooflight windows to rear of dwelling house, repositioning of door to conservatory and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221635

• 25 Jan 2022N/a

  retention of a dwelling house as constructed and laid out from previous planning application SA/50100 including conservatory to the rear of the property, attic conversion and dormer windows. Also retention of a block built, single storey garage to the rear of the property

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2271

• 19 Nov 2021N/a

  the development consists of: Permission for retention of a dwelling house as constructed and laid out from previous planning application SA/50100 including conservatory to rear of the property, attic conversion and dormer windows. Also, retention of a block built, single storey garage to the rear of the property

  Retention · Meath County Council, 212199

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  retention of a dwelling house as constructed and laid out from previous planning application SA/50364, retention of a block built, single storey garage to the rear of the property and retention of a single storey metal profile storage shed also to the rear of the property

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211478

• 21 Jun 2021Conditional

  Change of use of domestic garage to use as a self-contained apartment together with all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211196

• 5 May 2021Conditional

  construction of a storey and a half style dwelling house, waste water treatment & polishing filter, separate domestic garage, new vehicular access into site and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21846

• 15 Apr 2021N/a

  construction of a storey and a half style dwelling house, waste water treatment & polishing filter, separate domestic garage, new vehicular access into site and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 21702

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  for dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB201691

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  to construct proposed private residence, install new entrance onto main road, install wastewater treatment system and percolation area, including all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB200659

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance, packaged wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB190650

• 23 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct proposed private residence, install new entrance onto main road, install wastewater treatment system and percolation area, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB181257

• 17 Aug 2018Conditional

  construction of an extension to existing cubicle shed, to construct a new silage pit and slurry tower with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB180931

• 1 Sept 2017Conditional

  construction of a bungalow style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance from public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB171010

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME026-028 Enclosure
  Description

  The partial remains of a rectangular encloure identifed on Lidar imagery (Davies, S. et al 2010,188;H6-i).

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lougher.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 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 water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lougher.

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.

• Lougher, Duleek5 sales

Name

Lougher

Area

2,591,609 m² (259.16 ha, 640.4 acres)

Civil parish

Duleek, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

Duleek, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Duleek electoral division: 6,250 people in 2,005 households; 74% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corballis, Drumman, Gilltown, Knockcommon, Newgrange, Roughgrange

Placenames

Lougher 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.