Ballyknockan
Townland in the civil parish of Fennagh, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish Baile an Chnocáin
- Area
- 141.8 ha
- 350 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 626 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Village Core
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknockan, from 31 m² to 238,945 m² (23.89 ha, 59.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M2Village Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Fennagh Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Fennagh Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Fennagh Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Fennagh Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Village Expansion Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Carlow County Development Plan 2022 - 2028 Fennagh Larger Serviced Village, Carlow · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 May 2026N/a
an existing terraced cottage which is a Protected Structure RPS No. CW22. Proposed works to include demolition of a single storey shed adjoining the rear of existing cottage, restoration works to cottage, construction of a two-storey extension to the rear, external and internal alterations, single storey detached garage in rear garden and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660158
2 Mar 2026Conditional
the as-built extension to the rear of dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2660058
21 May 2024Conditional
to construct a two storey & part single storey dwelling, appropriate waste water treatment system, new entrance, domestic garage, connection to existing mains water and all ancillary site works and landscaping
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2460135
16 Dec 2022Refused
Permission is sought for the construction of 2 no. semi-detached houses, connection to existing public foul sewer, stormwater sewer and watermain with all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2260003
17 Oct 2022Refused
development will consist of the construction of a housing development of 42 dwellings, consisting of 36 No. two storey semi-detached dwellings, 6 No. two storey terrace dwellings, new site entrance, internal site roads, connections to services, public open space, landscaping, boundaries, a small memorial park with seating to part of the roadside boundary and all associated siteworks
Permission · Carlow County Council, 22354
6 Sept 2021Conditional
Permission for development consisting of alterations and additions to a protected structure RPS No. CW16, consisting of internal alterations to the existing dwelling and a two-storey extension to rear along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21336
26 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission is sought for revisions to previous grant of planning permission granted on foot of planning reference 17/132, the revisions relate to House Numbers 1, 2 & 3 include (a) revised finished floor levels (b) revised dwelling orientation (c) revised elevations with the omission of chimneys
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21289
16 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission to (a) refurbish existing dwelling (b) construct dormer style extension to side and rear of existing dwelling (c) raise roof profile of existing dwelling and adjoining outhouses (d) material alteration to existing front façade (e) refurbish existing adjoining outhouses (f) material change of use for existing adjoining outhouse to proposed dwelling use (g) material change of use for existing adjoining outhouse to proposed granny flat (h) internal and external alterations (i) connection to existing mains and foul water and all ancillary site works and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20458
11 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission to consist of the following (a) demolition of existing single storey extension & partial demolition of existing storage shed, all to rear of existing dwelling. (b) construct new single storey extension to rear of dwelling (c) minor internal and external alterations and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20450
29 Apr 2019Conditional
works to provide an internal access between two separate semi-detached dwellings, creating one single dwelling unit all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19167
15 Jan 2019Conditional
internal alterations to the existing dwelling and a two storey extension to rear along with all associated site works. This is a Protected Structure RPS NO. CW17.
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 195
25 Apr 2017Conditional
Permission sought for the construction of 3 no. two storey terraced dwellings, 6 no. two storey semi-detached dwellings, the connection to local watermain, public foul, and stormwater sewers, with all associated site development works
Permission, 8 homes · Carlow County Council, 17132
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 Ballyknockan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyknockan.
Architectural heritage
- Worker's house, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Group of six terraced three-bay single-storey rubble granite built estate cottages, c. 1862, with hood mouldings to window openings. Refenestrated. Designed by W. Butler.
- Worker's house, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Group of nine terraced three-bay single-storey rubble granite built estate cottages, dated 1862, with two-storey house to centre and canted facades to centre and end houses. Individually renovated and refenestrated. Designed by W. Butler.
- Worker's house, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Group of six terraced three-bay single-storey rubble granite built estate cottages, dated 1859, with hoodmouldings to window openings. Individually renovated.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Ballyknockan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyknockan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyknockan · Baile an Chnocáin
- Area
- 1,417,549 m² (141.75 ha, 350.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fennagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Idrone East
- Electoral division
- Fennagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Fennagh electoral division: 857 people in 275 households; 79% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghaderneen, Ballytimmin, Boghouse, Clonegah, Fennagh, Lumcloon, Mountpleasant, Rathercan, Upton or Ballyhubbock
- Placenames
- Ballyknockan 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.