Knockboy

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockboy, from 2,655 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) to 305,439 m² (30.54 ha, 75.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockboy 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.

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for construction of dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4204

• 22 Dec 2023Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse and domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6619

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  Demolition of eastern section of existing dwelling, alterations and extension to same and permission for demolition of separate ruined outbuilding and ancillary site works including the provision of waste water treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4341

• 20 Jan 2017Incompleted application

  Demolition of Eastern section of existing ruins/outbuildings, alteration and extension of Western section of existing ruins/outbuildings and ancillary site works including the provision of a waste water treatment unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4097

• 9 Dec 2016Incompleted application

  Demolition of eastern section of existing dwelling, Retention, alteration and extension of western section of existing dwelling and ancillary site works including the provision of a waste water treatment unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7080

• 31 Mar 2016Refused

  Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and construction of a new single storey dwelling with garage, and relocation of well and installation of new wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4722

• 9 Mar 2016Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a single storey dwelling with garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4548

• 15 Dec 2011Unconditional

  Completion of construction of 18 wind turbines, 18 transformers, a 110 KV substation, 110 KV switch station, 70 metres wind monitoring mast, construction and upgrading of site entrances, site tracks and associated works as permitted under ABP ref. no. PL 04.219620 (Pl. reg. no. 05/5907)

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6605

• 3 Nov 2009Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, garage and septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/7525

• 19 Nov 2008Unconditional

  Completion of wind farm to include 5 no. turbines, control housing and electrical compound, anemometer mast, anemometer, service roadways and associated works granted under Pl. Reg. No. 03/2047 (new permission to expire on 01/11/2011)

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 08/9783

• 6 Oct 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/11240

• 2 Jun 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7806

• 15 May 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of effluent treatment system to serve existing dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/7171

• 11 Apr 2006Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6302

• 17 Aug 2005Conditional

  18 no. wind turbines, 18 no. transformers, 110kV substation, 110kV switch station, 1 no. 70m high wind monitoring mast, construction and upgrading of site entrances, site tracks and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5907

• 16 Aug 2004Withdrawn

  Construction of 110 kV electrical substation and 110 kV switch station including control buildings

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6264

• 13 Aug 2004Conditional

  Demolition of dwellinghouse, construction of dwellinghouse, installation of treatment unit and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6217

• 20 May 2003Conditional

  Windfarm to include 23 no. turbines, 60m meteorological mast, 110kv substation and switch station, entrances,site tracks & associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2365

• 1 May 2003Conditional

  Wind farm to include 5 no. turbines, control housing and electrical compound anemometer mast, anemometer, service roadways & assoc. works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2047

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockboy.

Recorded monuments

• CO083-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in SE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 20.8m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) to SW, NW and N; scarp (H 0.9m) to E and S; top of scarp slopes gently down towards interior. Bank stone-faced and incorporated into field fence system to NW. Interior level; partially covered in ferns. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-081 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture. Quartzite stone (H 1.3m; 1.15m x 0.66m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO083-082 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (24.7m NE-SW; 23.4m NW-SE) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m). Interior bisected by field boundary running NW-SE; heavily overgrown, especially SW half; slopes down to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Knockboy.

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 Knockboy, about 1 in 5 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 Knockboy.

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.

No address of the register names Knockboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockboy · An Cnoc Buí

Area

809,514 m² (80.95 ha, 200.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmurry, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Greenville, the unit of the census

Census 2022

309 people lived in 99 households in the Greenville electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clearagh, Curraclogh, Garranereagh, Knockacareigh, Knocknaneirk, Lackareagh

Placenames

Knockboy 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.