Drumcaw or Mountlucas

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcaw or Mountlucas, from 373 m² to 2,166,271 m² (216.63 ha, 535.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Drumcaw or Mountlucas 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.

• 8 Jun 2026Refused

  21347 FOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING SLATTED CATTLE HOUSE TO INCLUDE UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE, DRY BEDDED SHED FOR CATTLE HOUSING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration · Offaly County Council, EX26010

• 5 Jun 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new MMC Training Building comprising of a single-storey training workshop, a two storey classroom block with ancillary accommodation with a three storey lift core, roof-mounted PV panels and plant area with connections to existing services including foul, watermain and surface water drainage services, modification of existing footpaths and roads, new footpaths and roads, paving, parking, service yard, boundary treatments, and all associated site works to complete the development

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2660307

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  1. Removal of existing container unit number 1 from North of the site and replace by 2 No. units – new innovation suite and store prefabricated building of 68m2 & welfare unit of 11m2 2. Relocation of existing 3No. container units (2,3 & 4) further to the southwest of the site and erect 2 new units - a new bio refinery prefabricated building of 36m2 and new living laboratory prefabricated building of 36m2 buildings in its place. 3. Additionally, construction of four 6m high poles for internet access points, new entrance gates, fencing and signage and new secure compound with fence and gates together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560458

• 17 Sept 2025N/a

  The development will consist of Planning Permission for removal of existing container unit number 1, Relocation of existing container units 2, 3 and 4, Construction of new bio refinery pre-fabricated building, New innovation suite and store pre-fabricated building , New living laboratory pre-fabricated building, New Welfare Unit, Four 6m poles for internet access points, New entrance gates, fencing and signage and New secure compound with fence and gates together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560427

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  the development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord Na Móna lands. The development proposes the following: a) The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 18,958 meters of existing former rail bed and 827 meters along pre-existing machine access routes. b) The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Way within the townlands of Coole and Knockballyboy; the Public Amenity Facilities at Mountlucas Wind Farm within the townlands of Clonarrow or Riverlyons and Drumcaw or Mountlucas; and the Cloncreen Wind Farm Amenity Track within the townland of Clongarret. c) The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; i. 3 Type 3 Gateways, ii. 2 Type 4 Gateways, iii. 7 Minor Rest Points d) Upgrade works to 2 no. local access road crossings, and 6 no. agricultural crossings. e) Upgrade works to the Croghan Tippler Bridge (BNM Ref 37-109) and the Ballycon Rail Bridge (BNM Ref 37-112). f) The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge extending to 30.5 meters spanning the Grand Canal within the Coole townland, located adjacent to the existing Grand Canal lift bridge (BNM Ref 37-05). g) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. h) The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. i) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for biodiversity reasons which will include 7,636 meters of ecological screening. j) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560115

• 29 Jan 2025N/a

  the development of a recreational shared cycle and walkway located on Bord Na Móna lands. The development proposes the following: a) The delivery of a shared cycle and walkway on Bord na Móna lands. This will include the repurposing of 18,958 meters of existing former rail bed and 827 meters along pre-existing machine access routes. b) The proposed shared cycle and walkway will connect into the existing Grand Canal Way within the townlands of Coole and Knockballyboy; the Public Amenity Facilities at Mountlucas Wind Farm within the townlands of Clonarrow or Riverlyons and Drumcaw or Mountlucas; and the Cloncreen Wind Farm Amenity Track within the townland of Clongarret. c) The construction of car and / or bicycle parking facilities at a number of gateway locations along the proposed route and the provision of EV Charging spaces at the Gateway locations. This will include; i. 3 Type 3 Gateways, ii. 2 Type 4 Gateways, iii. 7 Minor Rest Points. d) Upgrade works to 2 no. local access road crossings, and 6 no. agricultural crossings. e) Upgrade works to the Croghan Tippler Bridge (BNM Ref 37-109) and the Ballycon Rail Bridge (BNM Ref 37-112). f) The construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge extending to 30.5 meters spanning the Grand Canal within the Coole townland, located adjacent to the existing Grand Canal lift bridge (BNM Ref 37-05). g) The erection of wayfinding and interpretative signage at Gateway locations along the route. h) The implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nature-based drainage proposals at the Gateway locations to cater for surface water drainage at car park locations. i) Fencing and screening will be erected where required for biodiversity reasons which will include 7,636 meters of ecological screening. j) All other ancillary and associated site work. This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560023

• 13 Nov 2023Conditional

  (A) The construction of Phase 1 of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Demonstration Park consisting of 5no. demonstration structures which shall be used for training and research purposes. They shall comprise of: 1no. two storey Type A Structure; 1no. two/three/four storey Type B/C/D Structure; 1no. one/two storey Type E/F Structure; 1no. two storey Type G Structure; and 1no. two storey Type H Structure. (B) The upgrade of the existing foul water treatment plant. (C) The provision of landscaping, storm water storage swales, groundworks, service connections, roads/pathways/set down, public lighting, and all associated site development works to complete the development. A Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.)will be submitted to the planning authority with this application.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360183

• 23 Oct 2023N/a

  (A) The construction of Phase 1 of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Demonstration Park consisting of 5no. demonstration structures which shall be used for training and research purposes. They shall comprise of: 1no. two storey Type A Structure; 1no. two/three/four storey Type B/C/D Structure; 1no. one/two storey Type E/F Structure; 1no. two storey Type G Structure; and 1no. two storey Type H Structure. (B) The upgrade and extension of the existing foul water treatment plant. (C) The provision of landscaping, storm water storage swales, groundworks, service connections, roads/pathways/set down, public lighting, and all associated site development works to complete the development. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2360155

• 29 Jul 2022Conditional

  A 2MW PILOT SCALE HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PLANT WHICH COMPRISES; AN ELECTROLYSER CONTAINED WITHIN A STANDARD ISO CONTAINER (C. 12.2M IN LENGTH, C. 2.4M IN WIDTH AND C. 3.3M IN HEIGHT), 3 NO. HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN STORAGE UNITS, 1 NO HYDROGEN COMPRESSION SYSTEM, 1 NO GENERATOR, 2 NO SUBSTATION/TRANSFORMER STRUCTURES AND A MEDIUM VOLTAGE UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTION TO THE NEAREST WIND TURBINE C. 600M TO THE WEST. THE HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PLANT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING INFRASTRUCTURE; HYDROGEN ANALYSER CONTAINER, FIREWALL (MAXIMUM HEIGHT 3.6M), UNDERGROUND FIBRE OPTIC CABLING, 2 NO. 10 CUBIC METRE BUFFER TANKS, GAS CONTROL CABINET, POWER SUPPLY UNIT, 23 CUBIC METRE PRECAST UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE TANK, WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM, 2 NO BOREHOLE WELLS, AND 4 NO. HGV TRAILER BAYS. ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE 1 NO WELFARE PORTACABIN (C. 24SQM) AND 4 NO. CAR SPACES, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, A REPLACEMENT FOOTPATH BETWEEN THE SITE ENTRANCE AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE WIND FARM, SITE DRAINAGE WORKS INCLUDING PETROL INTERCEPTOR AND ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22379

• 15 Jul 2022N/a

  A 2MW PILOT SCALE HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PLANT WHICH COMPRISES; AN ELECTROLYSER CONTAINED WITHIN A STANDARD ISO CONTAINER (C. 12.2M IN LENGTH, C. 2.4M IN WIDTH AND C. 3.3M IN HEIGHT), 3 NO. HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN STORAGE UNITS, 1 NO HYDROGEN COMPRESSION SYSTEM, 1 NO GENERATOR, 2 NO SUBSTATION / TRANSFORMER STRUCTURES AND A MEDIUM VOLTAGE UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTION TO THE NEAREST WIND TURBINE C. 600M TO THE WEST. THE HYDROGEN ELECTROLYSIS PLANT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING INFRASTRUCTURE; HYDROGEN ANALYSER CONTAINER, FIREWALL (MAXIMUM HEIGHT 3.6M), UNDERGROUND FIBRE OPTIC CABLING, 2 NO. 10 CUBIC METRE BUFFER TANKS, GAS CONTROL CABINET, POWER SUPPLY UNIT, 23 CUBIC METRE PRECAST UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE TANK, WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM, 2 NO BOREHOLE WELLS, AND 4 NO. HGV TRAILER BAYS. ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE 1 NO WELFARE PORTACABIN (C. 24SQM) AND 4 NO. CAR SPACES, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, A REPLACEMENT FOOTPATH BETWEEN THE SITE ENTRANCE AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE WIND FARM, SITE DRAINAGE WORKS INCLUDING PETROL INTERCEPTOR AND ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 22353

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  (A) 1 NO. NEW BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (B) 1 NO. NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (D) VEHICULAR ENTRANCE (E) NEW LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22186

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  EXISTING FREESTANDING STORAGE CONTAINERS. PERMISSION FOR (1) CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING AQUACULTURE FARM INCORPORATING FOUR FISH PONDS, AQUAPONICS POND, ALL CONNECTED USING INTERLINKING OPEN CHANNELS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, AS PERMITTED UNDER PREVIOUS PLANNING REFERENCE 16/66. (2) CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED ANTI PREDATOR NETTING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE AND INCIDENTAL WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 21237

• 29 Mar 2021N/a

  (1) CONTINUANCE OF EXISTING AQUACULTURE FARM INCORPORATING FOUR FISH PONDS, AQUAPONICS POND, ALL CONNECTED USING INTERLINKING OPEN CHANNELS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, AS PERMITTED UNDER PREVIOUS PLANNING REFERENCE 16/66. (2) PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEVATED ANTI PREDATOR NETTING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES. (3) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR EXISTING FREESTANDING STORAGE CONTAINERS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21164

• 28 Jul 2020Conditional

  CROGHAN BIOMASS FACILITY , LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF ESKER BEG AND DRUMCAW OR MOUNTLUCAS, CO. OFFALY AT GRID REFERENCE 651434, 727855 FOR THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS ON A SITE AREA OF 5.6 HA AND FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKS: (1) EXISTING STRUCTURES COMPRISING (A) WEIGHBRIDGE (120 SQ.M) AND (B) WEIGHBRIDGE CONTROL STATION (40 SQ.M); (2) AN ENTRANCE OFF THE R402 WITH A WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES; (3) PAVED AREAS OF THE SITE INCLUDING INTERNAL ROADWAYS (380 M), YARD AREA (1.1 HA) AND HARDSTANDING AREA (1,865 SQ.M); (4) UNPAVED ACCESS TRACKS (1.4KM LONG); (5) A LINEAR LOG STORAGE AREA 1.8KM LONG, C.4M WIDE AND UP TO 4.1M HIGH, EQUATING TO 9,400 TONNES OF WET LOGS. PLANNING PERMSSION IS SOUGHT FOR STORAGE OF BIOMASS MATERIAL (10,000 TONNES PER ANNUM) WITHIN THE FACILITY SUBJECT TO RETENTION AND FOR ALTERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ACCESS OFF THE R402 TO INCLUDE ROAD MARKINGS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE ALL ANCILLARY WORKS.

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20331

• 10 Jul 2020N/a

  THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS ON A SITE AREA OF 5.6 HA. AND FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKS: (1) EXISTING STRUCTURES COMPRISING (A) WEIGHBRIDGE (120 SQ. M) AND (B) WEIGHBRIDGE CONTROL STATION (40 SQ. M); (2) AN ENTRANCE OFF THE R402 WITH A WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES; (3) PAVED AREAS OF THE SITE INCLUDING INTERNAL ROADWAYS (380 M), YARD AREA (1.1 HA) AND HARDSTANDING AREA (1 ,865 SQ.M); (4) UNPAVED ACCESS TRACKS (1.4 KM LONG); (5) A LINEAR LOG STORAGE AREA 1.8 KM LONG, C.4M WIDE AND UP TO 4.1M HIGH, EQUATING TO 9,400 TONNES OF WET LOGS. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR STORAGE OF BIOMASS MATERIAL (10,000 TONNES PER ANNUM) WITHIN THE FACILITY SUBJECT TO RETENTION AND FOR ALTERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ACCESS OFF THE R402 TO INCLUDE ROAD MARKINGS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20288

• 20 Mar 2020Conditional

  (I) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE COMPRISING OF 13.5 SQ/M (II) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE COMPRISING OF 30.5 SQ/M (III) EXTERNAL SHED COMPRISING OF 70 SQ/M AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 3 homes · Offaly County Council, 2099

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRAINING BUILDING COMPRISING OF A SINGLE-STOREY TRAINING WORKSHOP AND A TWO STOREY CLASSROOM BLOCK WITH TOILETS AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION WITH ASSOCIATED UPGRADE TO ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18411

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 Drumcaw or Mountlucas.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Drumcaw or Mountlucas.

Architectural heritage

• Bord na Móna, office, 1955–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey office building, built in 1961, with flat roof. Built as part of the briquette factory complex.

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 high, 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 Drumcaw or Mountlucas.

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 Drumcaw or Mountlucas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Drumcaw or Mountlucas · Droim Cáithe

Area

5,049,649 m² (504.96 ha, 1,247.8 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill, and its townlands

Barony

Coolestown

Electoral division

Esker, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycon, Brackagh, Clonarrow or Riverlyons, Derrycricket, Esker Beg, Killoneen

Placenames

Drumcaw or Mountlucas 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.