# Ballyknock, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamona, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile na gCnoc. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 840,751 m² (84.08 ha, 207.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 43,608 m² (4.36 ha, 10.78 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): N1.1 Infrastructure Safeguard, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnamona, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilnamona.md - Barony: Inchiquin - Electoral division: Kilnamona, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 959 people lived in 318 households in the Kilnamona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6357 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30211 - Centre: latitude 52.860055, longitude -9.08339 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknock, from 732 m² to 215,925 m² (21.59 ha, 53.36 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1500298: 215,925 m² (21.59 ha, 53.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500298.md - Parcel 1500043: 178,827 m² (17.88 ha, 44.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500043.md - Parcel 1500172: 129,660 m² (12.97 ha, 32.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500172.md - Parcel 2453339: 112,466 m² (11.25 ha, 27.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453339.md - Parcel 1458967: 102,747 m² (10.27 ha, 25.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458967.md - Parcel 1459114: 59,816 m² (5.98 ha, 14.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459114.md - Parcel 1500000: 27,401 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500000.md - Parcel 1453326: 5,083 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453326.md - Parcel 1476765: 4,573 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1476765.md - Parcel 5376935: 1,148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5376935.md - Parcel 1490007: 1,079 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1490007.md - Parcel 5376873: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5376873.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - N1.1 Infrastructure Safeguard (Road): Not Applicable, Clare; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 24 Apr 2026, Clare County Council 268004: Unconditional. Permission. to carry out the following development: N85 National Road VRS (Vehicle Restraint System) Installations in the townlands of Mweelagarraun, Knockatemple, Ballyknock, Kilnamona, Co. Clare consisting of: • Installation of 3 No. vehicle restraint systems, totalling the installation of 630m of vehicle restraint system comprising of: - safety barriers with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier transitions with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier terminals with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) • The Removal of 100m of existing vehicle restraint systems. • Alterations to ground levels to accommodate the development. • All ancillary site works to include vegetation and tree removal. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. It has been concluded that the project is not predicted to result in any likely significant effects on any European Site(s) within the zone of influence of the proposed project, either alone or in combination with any other plans and, accordingly, an Appropriate Assessment is not required. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/268004/0 - 10 Apr 2026, Clare County Council 268003: N/a. Permission. to carry out the following development: N85 National Road VRS (Vehicle Restraint System) Installations in the townlands of Mweelagarraun, Knockatemple, Ballyknock, Kilnamona, Co. Clare consisting of: • Installation of 3 No. vehicle restraint systems, totalling the installation of 630m of vehicle restraint system comprising of: - safety barriers with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier transitions with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier terminals with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) • The Removal of 100m of existing vehicle restraint systems. • Alterations to ground levels to accommodate the development. • All ancillary site works to include vegetation and tree removal. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. It has been concluded that the project is not predicted to result in any likely significant effects on any European Site(s) within the zone of influence of the proposed project, either alone or in combination with any other plans and, accordingly, an Appropriate Assessment is not required.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/268003/0 - 10 Mar 2022, Clare County Council 22220: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22220/0 - 20 Jun 2019, Clare County Council 19487: Conditional. Permission. to construct a non-commercial indoor horse arena with storage area and associated ancillary siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19487/0 - 23 Nov 2018, Clare County Council 18948: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a new dwelling, the installation of a waste water treatment plant and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18948/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyknock. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL033-005: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL033-005----. On top of a low hill. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.3m N-S; 27.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m at S) NE-SW and a scarp (H 0.6m at W to 1.4m at N) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse but there is a ramp entrance at SE which may be recent. It is overlain by an E-W stone wall, the N part being on a pitch and putt course. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April 2016 - CL033-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL033-008----. Situated on top of a hillock. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.4m E-W; 32.7m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7-0.8m generally to 1.2m at E), except SW-N where there is a drystone wall with some coniferous trees growing outside it. There is no visible fosse, but there are ramp entrances at NNE (Wth 6m) and SSW (Wth 3m), both of which are used as modern entrances. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 April 2016 - CL033-199: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL033-199----. On top of a small drumlin in pasture. A circular platform (diam. c. 45m) defined by a scarp. Visible on Google Earth (Imagery date: 19 Jan 2020). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 July 2023 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyknock. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyknock, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyknock. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyknock.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyknock.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyknock.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyknock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Croaghaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30905.md - Croaghaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30904.md - Islandgar: https://everytownland.com/clare/islandgar.md - Kilnamona: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilnamona.md - Knockatemple: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockatemple.md - Mweelagarraun: https://everytownland.com/clare/mweelagarraun.md - Rushaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/rushaun.md - Tullassa: https://everytownland.com/clare/tullassa.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyknock - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/ballyknock