Proleek Acres

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Proleek Acres, from 27 m² to 202,089 m² (20.21 ha, 49.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Proleek Acres 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.

• 23 Aug 2024N/a

  Permission for the demolition of an existing stable and the development of a stable block and feed store adjacent to the existing equine area, and the construction of a garage storage shed and glasshouse in the grounds of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460481

• 7 Dec 2021Conditional

  permission for the demolition of an existing stable block. Alterations and a two storey extension to an existing dwelling house. Extension of the existing house to provide living accommodation for a dependent relative. A new waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211445

• 18 Nov 2021N/a

  Permission for development to consist of demolition of an existing stable block. Alterations and a two storey extension to an existing dwelling house. Extension of the existing house to provide living accommodation for a dependent relative and associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 211389

• 14 Dec 2018Conditional

  RETENTION development consisting of as constructed alterations and extension to existing dwelling house including relocation of stairs and first floor store and bathroom and Permission for rear balcony previously granted under Planning Ref No. 13313

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 181022

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 Proleek Acres.

Recorded monuments

• LH004-070001 Earthwork
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked as oval earthwork and labelled 'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. Souterrain (LH004-070002-) in interior.

• LH004-070002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in interior of earthwork (LH004-070001-), shown as broad oval and marked'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. The souterrain consists of two passages forming an L-shaped plan. Passage 1 (L 9m, Wth 1.2m) extends SE-NW, at NW end turning almost at right angles into Passage 2 (L 11m, Wth 1.5m) running N-S. (CLAJ 1942, 149-50)

• LH004-071 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave' in field S of earthwork site (LH004-070001-). (CLAJ 1942, 149-50)

Architectural heritage

• Proleek Lime Works, kiln, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached stone former lime kiln, dated 1848. Irregular plan. Squared-and-snecked stone walling, crenellated parapet, bellcote to west, red brick dressings. Segmental-headed door openings to east, red brick arch; round-headed kiln opening to west elevation, date plaque reading "1848", inscriptions illegible. Lime works situated in open field.

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

At the centre of the townland of Proleek Acres, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3062 (ZIP).

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 Proleek Acres with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Proleek Acres · Acraí Phroilíg

Area

231,452 m² (23.15 ha, 57.19 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymascanlan, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Lower

Electoral division

Ballymascanlan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,272 people lived in 737 households in the Ballymascanlan electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnaskeagh, Broughattin, Drumnasillagh, Proleek

Placenames

Proleek Acres 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.