Knockavoreen

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockavoreen, from 11 m² to 340,879 m² (34.09 ha, 84.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockavoreen 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.

• 24 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1052

• 30 Mar 2026Awaiting validation sro

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0794

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5049

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  Retention planning permission to retain domestic storage shed as constructed and associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5452

• 16 Jun 2023Withdrawn

  i) To refurbish and extend existing dwelling house including partial demolition of the existing dwelling house, extension at ground and first floor level and alterations to the elevations, ii) Installation of new effluent treatment system with tertiary filter, iii) Entrance walls and pillars and iv) All associated services and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5230

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  Existing domestic garage.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5128

• 10 May 2023Incompleted application

  To i) Refurbish and extend existing dwelling house including partial demolition of the existing dwelling house ii) Installation of new effluent treatment system with tertiary filter, iii) Entrance walls and pillars and iv) All associated services and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4917

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional permission

  To construct I)Dwelling house with secondary effluent treatment system & polishing filter, II)Domestic garage, III)Entrance & roadside boundary IV)All associated services & site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4335

• 24 Mar 2022Application withdrawn

  To construct (I) dwelling house with secondary effluent treatment system & polishing filter, (II) domestic garage, (III) entrance & roadside boundary (IV) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4635

• 24 Feb 2022Withdrawn

  Retention permission to a dwelling house to (a) retain kitchen, bathroom, office, hallway extension as constructed and (b) retain domestic shed as constructed at the above address

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4400

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  The construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, detached dwelling with associated detached single storey garage which will be connected to the dwelling by a sheltering canopy. The development will include a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, anew site entrance and all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7328

• 6 Dec 2021Incompleted application

  Retention permission to (A) retain kitchen, bathroom, office extension as constructed, (B) retain attic conversion as constructed, (C) retain shed as constructed.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/7249

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  The construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6084

• 5 Aug 2020Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5668

• 16 Dec 2016Conditional

  Construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic, intermittent peat filter and polishing filter.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7175

• 16 Nov 2016Incompleted application

  Construct dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by septic tank, intermittent peat filter and polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6862

• 25 May 2016Refused

  Construction of dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by septic tank, intermittent peat filter and polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5264

• 29 Jun 2015Conditional

  Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and change of design to that granted under Planning Reg. No. 07/11723 and permission to construct a domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5408

• 25 Feb 2015Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by septic tank, intermittent peat filter and polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4358

• 26 Sept 2014Conditional

  Construction of a domestic garage (change of plan from that already granted Ref. No. 13/5643)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6070

• 25 Feb 2014Conditional

  Removal of front boundary wall of existing dwelling and installation of vehicle driveway, access ramp, handrails and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4364

• 23 Aug 2013Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance and installation of a proprietary treatment unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5643

• 26 Jul 2013Incompleted application

  Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and installation of a proprietary treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5446

• 26 Aug 2011Conditional

  Construction of dwelling (change of house plan at above ground floor level from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 09/8047)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5848

• 22 Dec 2009Application finalised

  Dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, sewage treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8047

The 25 most recent of 51 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO021-077 Kiln - lime
  Description

  On W side of road. Random-rubble stone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H 3.95m; Wth 4.8m) faces E, slightly set forward from walls on either side; lintelled recess (H 2.2m; Wth 1.53m) with sloping slabs at rear. Top of kiln overgrown, funnel infilled. Ramp (L 12.7m) to rear. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO021-117 Stone row
  Description

  In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Bowman (1934, 460-6) records 'stone alignment', aligned E-W, comprising five stones; only one was standing. Westernmost, recumbent, measured 8ft 2in by 4ft 10in by 2ft 9in; second, 5ft 10in from last, was 5ft 8in by 4ft 4in x 2ft 2in, inclining; third, 3ft 10in from last, was 4ft 2in by 2ft 9in by c. 1ft, fallen; fourth, 3ft 8in from third, was 4ft 3in by 3ft 10in by 1ft 4in, inclining; fifth, 4ft from last, was 3ft 1in by 2ft 1in by 1ft 8in, standing. Another recumbent stone (4ft 1in by 1ft 2in by c. 11in) was 4ft S of fourth stone. Stones were removed in 1960s or 1970s. Local informant recalled arrangement of three stones. Exact nature of site uncertain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO021-162 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In flat pasture on shoulder of SE-facing slope; possible stone row (9845) in same townland. Ó Ríordáin (1989, 16, 18) records a 'collapsed Dolmen' known as the 'big stones'. Stones removed many years ago. No visible surface trace. Exact nature of site uncertain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Knockavoreen.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Knockavoreen, 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 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 Knockavoreen.

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.

• Knockavoreen, Kiskeam5 sales

Name

Knockavoreen · Cnoc an Bhóithrín

Area

1,635,025 m² (163.5 ha, 404.02 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Kilmeen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

344 people lived in 121 households in the Kilmeen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glenreagh, Kishkeam Lower, Knockeenacurrig West, Knockeenadallane, Meentyflugh

Placenames

Knockavoreen 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.