Knockcahill

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockcahill, from 30 m² to 794,543 m² (79.45 ha, 196.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockcahill 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.

• 2 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  full planning permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, along with elevational changes to the front and side elevations of existing dwelling, construction of domestic garage, upgrade of wastewater treatment system, demolition of outbuilding, together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6647

• 28 Mar 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a hard surfaced runway (740m in length) and taxiway (147.6m in length) with associated ground level lighting, associated interceptors, along with the demolition of an existing hangar to the east of the site and construction of a replacement hangar of approximately the same size and design to the west of the site; the demolition of the existing operations building and paramedic base building to the east of the site, and construction of a new operations and paramedic base building to the west of the site; and the demolition of an existing helipad to the east of the site, and construction of a new helipad to the west of the site, all associated with the HSE Air Ambulance. The development is to be served by a new proprietary waste water treatment system and includes the closure of an existing vehicular entrance onto the L-5215-0 road and its relocation further west along the same road, the upgrade of an existing entrance onto the L-5215-0 road, site landscaping and all other associated site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the offices of the Planning Authority. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the offices of the Planning Authority.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4538

• 24 Oct 2022Refused

  Construction of a hard surfaced runway, taxiway and helipad with associated ground level lighting, associated interceptors along with relocation of existing hanger, paramedic prefab base, crew prefab base all associated with the Irish Community Air Ambulance, all of which to be serviced by a new proprietary waste water treatment, new vehicle entrance and associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6397

• 25 Jul 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a hard surfaced runway, taxiway, helipad and associated interceptors along with the relocation of existing hanger, paramedic prefab base, crew prefab base all to be serviced by a new proprietary waste water treatment plant, new vehicular entrance and associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5752

• 27 Jun 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a hard surfaced runway, taxiway, helipad and associated interceptors along with the relocation of existing hanger, paramedic prefab base, crew prefab base all to be serviced by a new proprietary waste water treatment plant, new vehicular entrance and associated site works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5500

• 20 May 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for the construction of a hard surfaced runway, taxiway, helipad and associated interceptors along with the relocation of existing hanger, paramedic prefab base, crew prefab base, all to be serviced by a new proprietary waste water treatment plant, new vehicle entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5170

• 9 Aug 2019Conditional

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

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6001

• 9 Jul 2019Incompleted application

  Construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by a mechanical aeration unit and sand polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5730

• 11 Dec 2018Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7267

• 13 Dec 2016Refused

  Construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment unit, vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7108

• 25 Jun 2015Conditional

  Construction of 1 no. building to include (a) conference / training room / CCTV equipment area and meteorological briefing area, (b) customs and Irish Aviation Authority records office, (c) first aid equipment room, and (d) sanitary accommodation and installation of septic tank / percolation area and water well and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5370

• 9 Jan 2008Conditional

  Bungalow, garage and installation of proprietary treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4057

• 26 May 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7538

• 6 Apr 2005Conditional

  Domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2127

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockcahill.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockcahill.

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 Knockcahill, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockcahill.

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 Knockcahill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockcahill · Cnoc Chathail

Area

1,184,681 m² (118.47 ha, 292.74 acres)

Civil parish

Dromtarriff, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Rathcool, the unit of the census

Census 2022

563 people lived in 201 households in the Rathcool electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dromahoe, Killetragh, Prohus, Rathcool

Placenames

Knockcahill 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.