Knockduff
Townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (west Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Cnoc Dubh
- Area
- 85.9 ha
- 212 acres
- Land parcels
- 57
- registered freehold, median 4,791 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 47
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockduff, from 113 m² to 207,116 m² (20.71 ha, 51.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 67 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
19 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Permission for retention of storage shed for the storage of vintage machinery and associated siteworks
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/327
17 Apr 2020Conditional
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/210
5 Jul 2017Conditional
10 year permission for proposed development consisting of: (1) A 110kV electricity substation including 2 no. control buildings associated electrical plant and equipment, underground electricity cabling, fencing, alterations to a previously permitted borrow pit and temporary construction compound at the Carrigarierk Wind Farm (An Bord Pleanala Ref. PL04.246353, Cork County Council Ref. 15/730) in the townland of Carrigdangan; (2) 110kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the existing Dunmanway ESB substation in the townlands of Carrigdangan, Inchincurka, Kilnadur, Aultaghreagh, Aultagh, Ardcahan, Knockduff, Gurteennasowna and Ballyhalwick; (3) 33kV underground electricity cabling connecting the proposed substation to the permitted Carrigarierk Wind Farm through the townlands of Carrigdangan and Gortatanavally and the permitted Shehy More Wind Farm (ABP Ref. PL04.243486; Cork County Council Ref. 13/551), through the townlands of Shehy More, Coolcaum, Coolmountain, Tullagh, Lackabaun, Clogher, Farrannahineeny, Crushterra, Gurteen and Carrigdangan. Together with all ancillary works and apparatus. The proposed development is located north of Dunmanway, Co. Cork. This application is accompanied by An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/431
20 May 2016Refused
Permission for the sitting of a mobile home and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/307
28 Oct 2014Conditional permission
The quarrying of stone with an extraction area of approximately 6 hectares and to a ground (quarry floor) level of 77 metres over datum (MOD) and all associated site works. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/616
18 Jun 2013Conditional
Construct agricultural building for use as stables and construct dungstead and soiled water tank and construct new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/346
11 Jun 2013Incompleted application
Construct agricultural building for use as stables and construct dungstead and soiled water tank and construct new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/326
20 Mar 2013Refused
Construct agricultural building for use as stables and to construct dungstead and soiled water tank and to construct new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/164
19 Oct 2012Conditional
Construction of 3 no. stables with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/656
16 Oct 2012Unconditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/644
12 Feb 2010Conditional
Construction of a sun-room extension to the rear of existing dwelling and a porch extension to the side of existing and permission to construct a new vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/82
1 Feb 2008Conditional
Erection of domestic garage, store and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/186
11 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Erection of domestic garage, store and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3073
7 Dec 2007Conditional
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3057
17 May 2007Refused
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1286
14 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1263
13 Apr 2007Refused
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1004
12 Apr 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/993
8 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/638
18 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2771
4 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2595
13 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2369
6 Nov 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2314
17 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2148
29 Sept 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1992
The 25 most recent of 47 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Bandon River SAC 002171
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockduff.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockduff.
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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockduff.
- 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
- Knockduff, Dunmanway6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Knockduff · An Cnoc Dubh
- Area
- 858,513 m² (85.85 ha, 212.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (west Division)
- Electoral division
- Manch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Manch electoral division: 598 people in 197 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcahan, Derreens, Dromerk, Gurteennasowna
- Placenames
- Knockduff 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.