Knockbrack Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Cnoc Breac Íochtarach
- Area
- 67.8 ha
- 168 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 4,888 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbrack Lower, from 71 m² to 435,811 m² (43.58 ha, 107.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Monaskeha Cluster, Clare · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare · 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
5 Sept 2025Refused
of existing front boundary security fence and entrance gate and for PERMISSION to lower height of fence to 1.2m, remove existing double side entrance gates and replace with matching fencing and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25282
2 Apr 2025N/a
of security fence and entrance gate on the front boundary of dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2597
4 Oct 2024Conditional
a 10-year planning permission for a solar array. The development will consist of c. 330,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 13 no. single storey control cabins with associated electrical transformer units and hardstand areas, 2 no. ring main units, underground cabling within the solar array site and within the R471 public road to connect solar array field parcels, security fencing, internal CCTV, access tracks (upgrade of existing and new), upgrade to 1 no. existing agricultural field entrance and creation of 2 no. new entrances on the R471 and 1 no. new entrance on the L70382, 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities), landscaping and all associated ancillary apparatus and development works. The proposed development provides for minor modifications to the solar array permitted under Clare County Council Reference P22/591 / An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-316043-23. These modifications comprise the omission of 1 no. single storey control cabin and associated electrical transformer unit, omission of solar panels and access track, and reconfiguration of internal cabling. The solar array will connect to the national grid and will have an operational lifespan of 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460485
2 Oct 2024Refused
of security fence and entrance gate on the front boundary of their dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24312
22 Nov 2021Conditional
for the construction of three single storey detached houses, each with a single storey detached garage and a waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works, in accordance with the proposed master plan to complete and terminate the existing 'cluster' submitted with approved planning application, P09/743, to include extending the existing private road and footpaths, surfacing to match existing and providing additional street lighting
Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 211238
13 Oct 2017Conditional
for the construction of 9 no. dwelling houses with access road, public lighting and all associated ancillary site development works
Permission, 9 homes · Clare County Council, 178006
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 Knockbrack Lower.
Recorded monuments
- CL053-037 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 Knockbrack Lower.
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1017 (ZIP).
- 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 Knockbrack Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knockbrack Lower · An Cnoc Breac Íochtarach
- Area
- 678,182 m² (67.82 ha, 167.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltenanlea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Kiltenanlea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kiltenanlea electoral division: 1,987 people in 660 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonlara, Coollisteige, Dromintobin South, Knockbrack Upper, Monaskeha, Ruanard
- Placenames
- Knockbrack Lower 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.