Knocknagoug
Townland in the civil parish of Quin, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Cnoc na gCabhóg
- Area
- 54.1 ha
- 134 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 2,785 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknagoug, from 84 m² to 72,866 m² (7.29 ha, 18.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S2Community (Health and related)
Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 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
8 May 2024Conditional
to Retain entrance wall and gates, abutment wall and elevational changes and Permission to construct an extension to the dwelling house, remove offsite an existing container and construct a new domestic garage along with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460197
20 Sept 2023Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house with garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360384
10 May 2023Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23273
23 Feb 2022Refused
is sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, shared entrance, effluent treatment system including all ancillary site works and services
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22164
23 Feb 2022Refused
is sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, shared entrance, effluent treatment system including all ancillary site works and services
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22165
3 Feb 2022Unconditional
Proposes to carry out the following development. The development consists of a flood defence protecting three properties in Quin Co Clare. The defence consists of two sections of earthen embankment and a reinforced concrete wall. The reinforced concrete wall section is approximately 120m long, with a maximum height of 2.2m. To the south a 2m high embankment extends approximately 80m to higher ground. To the north a less than 1m high embankment extends approximately 20m to highter ground. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project and has determinined that a full Appropriate Assessment is not required in respect of the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of signigicant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development.
Permission · Clare County Council, 228000
22 Mar 2021Conditional
the development will consist of an extension to an existing stable / garage and to change the use to a home office
Permission · Clare County Council, 21249
28 Feb 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and the utilisation and upgrading of existing entrance including ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19143
25 Jul 2018Conditional
to provide windows to rear façade of outbuildings.
Permission · Clare County Council, 18603
18 May 2018Conditional
for proposed works which will consist of construction of a new dwelling house, garage, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system, a well and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18407
18 May 2017Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17379
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 Knocknagoug.
Recorded monuments
- CL034-133 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknagoug.
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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_692 (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 Knocknagoug with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknagoug · Cnoc na gCabhóg
- Area
- 541,238 m² (54.12 ha, 133.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Quin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Quin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Quin electoral division: 1,524 people in 533 households; 79% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhickey, Commons, Creevagh More, Madara, Quinville North, Quinville South, Rinneen
- Placenames
- Knocknagoug 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.