Lackan

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackan, from 285 m² to 159,575 m² (15.96 ha, 39.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Lackan 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.

• 17 Jan 2024Conditional

  1. retention permission of a storey and a half cottage type dwelling house (which replaced an existing semi-derelict cottage) and 2. permission to consist of replacement of existing septic tank and soakaway with a proprietary wastewater treatment system and purpose built raised percolation area together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460014

• 17 Jan 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission for the change of use of existing single storey detached domestic garage granted permission under planning reference no. 05/1064 to dependent relative accommodation; provision of a single storey lean-to porch to side of the building; provision of single storey lean-to domestic storage sheds to the front and rear of the building; use of roof space of building for domestic storage purposes with associated external walk way to access same together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460015

• 6 Dec 2023N/a

  Permission for Retention and Permission for a development consisting of 1. The construction of a storey and a half cottage type dwelling house (which replaced an existing semi-derelict cottage) and will consist of 2. Replacement of existing septic tank and soakaway with a proprietary wastewater treatment system and purpose built raised percolation area together with all ancillary site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360302

• 6 Dec 2023N/a

  Retention Permission for the change of use of existing single storey detached domestic garage granted permission under planning reference no. 05/1064 to dependent relative accommodation; provision of a single storey lean-to porch to side of the building; provision of single storey lean-to domestic storage sheds to the front and rear of the building; use of roof space of building for domestic storage purposes with associated external walk way to access same together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360304

• 17 Aug 2022Conditional

  permission consisting of a dormer style dwelling house and single domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, entrance onto existing private laneway, use of existing laneway onto public road together with all ancillary site development works (Previously granted under Planning Reference No. 17/172)

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22366

• 22 Jun 2022Refused

  permission to retain consisting of 2 No. shipping containers used as a smoke house for smoking artisan meats, covered canopy area together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22286

• 11 May 2022N/a

  retention permission for development consisting of a shipping container used as a smoke house for smoking artisan meats together with all ancillary site works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22205

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  Permission to retain an existing 30m high telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under reference 11/367 which was a temporary permission which has expired) carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment unit & security fencing

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17517

• 12 Apr 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a dormer style dwelling house and single storey domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, entrance onto existing private laneway, use of existing laneway onto public road together with all ancillary site development works (Previous Planning Ref No 14/158)

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17172

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Loughbawn House Loughs 001595
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black And Derrygoony Loughs 001596

Recorded monuments

• MO026-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'Fort' on 1835 OS 6-inch map. Circular platform (diam. 27m) visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 February 2018

• MO027-001 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Located on the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. It is depicted faintly as an oval enclosure described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval field on the 1907 edition. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 65.7m NW-SE; 46.5m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.6-3.6m; H at W 2.3m). There is no visible fosse but there are modern gaps at SE (Wth c. 3m) and SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018

• MO027-017 Crannog
  Description

  Located at the NW angle at the triangular N part (max. dims c. 630m WNW-ESE; c. 460m N-S) of Bawn Lough, at a point where a stream leaves the lake. A small island is represented here on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-incha map. This is a small cairn incorporating a natural sand bank (diam. c. 15m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (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 Lackan.

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.

No address of the register names Lackan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Lackan · An Leacán

Area

1,344,134 m² (134.41 ha, 332.14 acres)

Civil parish

Aghnamullen, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Creeve, the unit of the census

Census 2022

705 people lived in 230 households in the Creeve electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cooltrim, Corlea, Cortober, Derrygoony, Drumcanon, Drumgor, Shantony

Placenames

Lackan 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.