Lurgan

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lurgan, from 1,282 m² to 482,489 m² (48.25 ha, 119.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Lurgan 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.

• 9 Jan 2025Conditional

  a new dwelling house, detached garage, new site entrance, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2560008

• 16 Dec 2024N/a

  a new dwelling house, detached garage, new site entrance, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460513

• 13 Jan 2023Conditional

  A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT COVERS A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 21.6 HECTARES AND WILL INCLUDE PV PANELS MOUNTED ON METAL FRAMES, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, UNDERGROUND CABLING, PERIMETER FENCING WITH CCTV CAMERAS, 14 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, AND ALL ANCILLARY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE SOLAR FARM WOULD BE OPERATIONAL FOR 40 YEARS. THE ASSOCIATED ACCESS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND CLIENT SUBSTATION IS LOCATED AT CULLEENAGOWER, MOATE, COUNTY WESTMEATH AND IS SUBJECT TO A CONCURRENT APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS PLANNING APPLICATION

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 235

• 20 Dec 2022N/a

  A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT AND COMPLETE A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE PV PANELS MOUNTED ON METAL FRAMES, NEW ACCESS TRACKS, UNDERGROUND CABLING, PERIMETER FENCING WITH CCTV CAMERAS, 14 INVERTER STATIONS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, CLIENT SUBSTATION AND ALL ANCILLARY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE SOLAR FARM WOULD BE OPERATIONAL FOR 40 YEARS. THE PROPOSED SITE AREA TRANSVERSES THE WESTMEATH COUNTY AND OFFALY COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES RESULTING IN A BREAKDOWN OF AREAS AS FOLLOWS: 21.6 HECTARES OF THE TOTAL SITE AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE PV PANELS, NEW ACCESS TRACKS, CCTV CAMERAS AND 14 INVERTER STATIONS IS LOCATED IN THE TOWNLAND OF LURGAN, MOATE, COUNTY OFFALY AND THE REMAINING 1.8 HECTARES FOR THE ASSOCIATED ACCESS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND CLIENT SUBSTATION IS LOCATED AT CULLEENAGOWER, MOATE, COUNTY WESTMEATH AND IS SUBJECT TO A CONCURRENT APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS PLANNING APPLICATION

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22657

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  development consisting of permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV development with new access tracks, temporary construction compound and client substation and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. The proposed site area transverses the Westmeath County and Offaly County administrative boundaries resulting in a breakdown of areas as follows: 1.8 hectares of the total site area including the access track, temporary construction compound and client substation, is located in Culleenagower, Moate, Co. Westmeath and the remaining 21.6 hectares for the associated Solar Farm is located at Lurgan, Moate, County Offaly and is subject to a concurrent application submitted to Offaly County Council. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this planning application

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2260041

• 14 May 2021Conditional

  A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21299

• 26 Nov 2019N/a

  A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19562

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  A NEW HOUSE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW ROAD ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 19262

• 28 Sept 2018Conditional

  3 YEAR PERMISSION FOR A PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL PIT ON A SITE OF C. 4.88 HA FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROJECTS AND FOLLOWING EXTRACTION, THE RESTORATION OF LANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. THE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES 2 NO. EXTRACTION AREAS (C 1.76 HA AND C. 2.57 HA RESPECTIVELY) AND ASSOCIATED HAUL ROUTE (C. 0.55 HA), THIS APPLICATION IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED PLANNING APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18415

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  The development consists of 1 No. haul road comprising c. 0.09 ha to serve a proposed sand and gravel pit at Lurgan, Moate, Co. Offaly which is subject to a concurrent planning application submitted to Offaly County Council. This subject haul road is included as part of an overall site area of c. 4.97 ha for a proposed sand and gravel pit, which transverses the Westmeath County and Offaly County administrative boundaries resulting in a breakdown of areas as follows: 0.64 ha comprising this subject haul road, c. 4.88 ha of the total site area is located in County Offaly, comprising 2 No. extraction areas (c. 1.76 ha and c. 2.57 ha respectively) and an associated haul route (c. 0.55 ha).

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187185

• 21 Jun 2017Refused

  The development consists of 1 no Haul Road comprising c. 024 ha to serve a proposed sand and gravel pit at Lurgen, Moate, Co Offaly which is a subject to a concurrent planning application submitted to Offaly County Council, This subject haul road is included as part of an overall site area of 4.76 ha for a proposed sand and gravel pit, which transverses the Westmeath County and Offaly County administrative boundaries resulting in a breakdown of areas of follows: 0.24 ha comprising this subject haul road, c.4.52 ha of the total site area is located in County Offaly, comprising 2 no extraction areas (c.176 ha and c.2.57 ha respectively) and an associated haul route (c.019 ha)

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177111

• 25 May 2017Refused

  THE EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL PIT ON A SITE OF C.4.52 HA FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROJECTS AND FOLLOWING EXTRACTION, THE RESTORATION OF LANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. THE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES 2 NO. EXTRACTION AREAS (C. 1.76 HA AND C. 2.57 HA RESPECTIVELY) AND ASSOCIATED HAUL ROUTE (C. 0.19 HA). THIS APPLICATION IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED PLANNING APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17187

• 10 May 2017N/a

  The development consists of 1 no Haul Road comprising c. 024 ha to serve a proposed sand and gravel pit at Lurgen, Moate, Co Offaly which is a subject to a concurrent planning application submitted to Offaly County Council, This subject haul road is included as part of an overall site area of 4.76 ha for a proposed sand and gravel pit, which transverses the Westmeath County and Offaly County administrative boundaries resulting in a breakdown of areas of follows: 0.24 ha comprising this subject haul road, c.4.52 ha of the total site area is located in County Offaly, comprising 2 no extraction areas (c.176 ha and c.2.57 ha respectively) and an associated haul route (c.019 ha)

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177088

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lurgan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lurgan.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Lurgan · An Lorgain

Area

1,793,049 m² (179.3 ha, 443.07 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmanaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Gorteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gorteen electoral division: 366 people in 120 households; 90% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamuddagh (Co. Westmeath), Ballyscarvan (Co. Westmeath), Cloghanamina, Culleenagower (Co. Westmeath), Kilfoylan, Newtown, Tinamuck West

Placenames

Lurgan 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.