Cappaknockane
Cappaknockane is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ceapach an Chnocáin.
- Area
- 237.4 ha
- 587 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 4,074 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappaknockane, from 6 m² to 348,670 m² (34.87 ha, 86.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Cappaknockane 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
26 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention for extension to rear of dwelling house and porch to front of dwelling house and 2 no. sheds
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1404
17 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for retention for extension to rear of dwelling house and porch to front of dwelling house and 2 No. Sheds.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0972
21 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a roof over existing silage pits, extension to cubicle house, effluent tank and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6541
29 May 2025Incompleted application
1) Change of use of the existing garden centre to a repair depot and storage yard to facilitate the operation of portable cabin hire and sales business. 2) Construction of a new machinery store/workshop which will be used for: i) The servicing and repair of portable cabins. ii) Secure overnight parking of transport vehicles associated with the business. 3) All associated site works, including site layout adjustments, internal circulation arrangements, waste management and service provision necessary to support the proposed use.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5015
23 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for the proposed demolition of an attached shed, alterations and extension to an existing dwelling, the provision of a new detached storage shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5797
2 Sept 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the proposed demolition of an attached shed, alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling, the provision of a new detached storage shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5678
22 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the retention of existing calf house, permission to construct a) an extension to existing milking parlour, b) new roof over existing milking parlour, c) new roof over existing storage building, d) a roof cattle handling yard, e) a roofed cattle holding yard with two no. slatted soiled water holding tanks, f) a walled silo, g) concrete apron, h) soiled water holding tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4916
4 Oct 2023Conditional
Planning permission to construct a cattle underpass with effluent tank and ancillary works on a public road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5998
9 Nov 2020Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage with loft, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6456
20 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of an extension to an existing dairy cubicle house complete with slatted tank and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5598
27 Apr 2018Conditional
a) Construction of a cattle underpass, b) associated wing walls, c) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5062
21 Apr 2017Conditional
a) the decommissioning of an existing out wintering cattle pad, b) the construction of a livestock building comprising of cubicles, feeding passage, and slatted underground slurry storage tank, c) 2 no silage storage bases, d) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4970
29 Jul 2016Withdrawn
Construct 2 no. livestock sheds and 2 no. silage storage bases and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5904
5 Feb 2016Incompleted application
2.no livestock sheds and 2.no silage storage bases and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4205
18 Aug 2014Conditional
Permission for (a) retention of a silage silo, and (b) construction of a calf shed, dungstead and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5753
12 Jul 2012Unconditional
Completion of construction of overground steel slurry storage tank, out wintering pad and all associated site works, under road tunnel and associated soiled water tank -Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 07/5130
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/5516
8 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of single storey domestic stable building for private domestic use only and ancillary site works to rear of existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6276
11 Aug 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/8334
17 Jun 2008Unconditional
completion of planning permission ref.no.99/4372 (Extension to garden centre and provision of restaurant, additional car & coach parking)(new Permission to expire on the 31/12/10)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 08/7341
18 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/9667
25 May 2007Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8120
24 Apr 2007Incompleted application
Retention of alterations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7237
16 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of overground steel slurry storage tank, out wintering pad and all associated site works, under road tunnel and associated soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5130
22 Jan 2007Conditional
Construction of slurry tower with associated sump tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4335
2 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Construction of overground steel slurry storage tank, out wintering pad, under road tunnel and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4026
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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 Cappaknockane.
Recorded monuments
- CO109-036 Enclosure
Description
Shown as oval area (c. 20m N-S; c. 13m E-W) on O.S. 1st. ed map. Site now used as dump for field clearance stones and rubble. Possible bank (H 0.5m) to S; natural scarp to N. Locally known as site of "fort". This may be 'the remains of a very small specimen' referred to by Ó Riordain (1932, 4). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO109-037 Fulacht fia
Description
Horseshoe-shaped mound (16m N-S; 16m E-W; H 1.6m) in pasture beside stream opening to ENE (Wth 3m). Mound surrounded on N, E and S by water-filled 'fosse' feature fed from a stream. Heavily overgrown. (Ó Ríordáin 1932, 4). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO109-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
On top of a hill, in pasture, with extensive view to S and W. No visible surface trace survives. Ó Ríordáin (1932, 14) noted "partially levelled, single ramparted lios, 30 yards in diameter". Remains levelled by landowner c. 1985. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cappaknockane.
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 Cappaknockane, 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 high, 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 Cappaknockane.
- 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 Cappaknockane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cappaknockane · Ceapach an Chnocáin
- Area
- 2,374,051 m² (237.41 ha, 586.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Cashel, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 441 people lived in 145 households in the Cashel electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carhoon West, Cashel Beg, Cashel More, Derrycool, Gaggan, Gurteen, Kilcolman, Mawmore East, Mawmore West
- Placenames
- Cappaknockane 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.