Lecarrow
Lecarrow is a townland in the civil parish of Killaspugbrone, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is An Leithcheathrú.
Parcel 736640
- Area
- 1,511 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 165 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Lecarrow
Planning applications on this parcel
18 Jun 2021Conditional
development consisting of the demolition of the existing dwelling, decommissioning and removal of the existing on-site treatment system, construction of a new single detached domestic dwelling and proprietary treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21237
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 43.4 ha
- 107 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 2,682 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lecarrow, from 164 m² to 131,224 m² (13.12 ha, 32.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lecarrow 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 May 2025Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on site, together with all ancillary site works and services. This site is adjacent to a protected structure – RPS No. 336
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560198
15 Nov 2024Conditional
1. Convert covered car port into habitable accommodation 2. Demolish and replace central block ‘A’ gable roof with an increased ridge height of 0.55m 3. Demolish existing chimney structure to rear elevation. 4. Form a single storey flat roof along rear elevation of the central block 5. Form new storey & half height window to front elevation & glazed front entrance porch 6. Demolish and replace 2nr link corridors to connect the existing dwelling blocks. 7. Form 3nr roof windows on front elevation. 8. Construct a single storey extension onto the existing eastern gable of the central block to accommodate 2nr bedrooms and a corridor space. 9. Internal reconfiguration works which will include alterations to fenestrations on all elevations & 10. All associated site development works deemed necessary.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460417
18 Jun 2021Conditional
development consisting of the demolition of the existing dwelling, decommissioning and removal of the existing on-site treatment system, construction of a new single detached domestic dwelling and proprietary treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21237
21 May 2018Conditional
Development consisting of permission for a revised house design from that granted under planning permission PL17/264.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18194
7 Jul 2017Conditional
for the development consisting of the construction of a storey and a half dormer style dwelling, proprietary effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter; together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17264
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lecarrow.
Recorded monuments
- SL014-077 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- SL014-078 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- SL014-079 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- SL014-080 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lecarrow.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Lecarrow, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lecarrow.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lecarrow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Lecarrow · An Leithcheathrú
- Area
- 434,457 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaspugbrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Knockaree, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,077 people lived in 1,522 households in the Knockaree electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cartron (Honoria Duff), Larass or Strandhill, Rathcarrick, Scardan Beg, Tully
- Placenames
- Lecarrow 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.