Knockduff Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Cnoc Dubh Íochtarach
- Area
- 327.5 ha
- 809 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 4,123 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 40
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockduff Lower, from 318 m² to 488,315 m² (48.83 ha, 120.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
No zone of a development plan covers Knockduff Lower 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
9 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for (1) The construction of a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (2) The construction of an advanced domestic wastewater treatment system, (3) The decommissioning of an existing septic tank, and (4) All associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4637
10 Dec 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of dwelling house, pump house, wood store, garden shed, solid fuel store, domestic garage and entrance & permission for decommissioning of septic tank and installation of wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6358
29 Nov 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of dwelling house, pump house, wood store, garden shed, solid fuel store, domestic garage and entrance & permission for decommissioning of septic tank and installation of wastewater treatment plant and percolation and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6262
6 Nov 2024Incompleted application
Permission for Retention of dwelling house, pump house, wood store, garden shed, solid fuel store, domestic garage and entrance & Permission for decommissioning of septic tank & installation of wastewater treatment plant & percolation area & ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6107
14 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for 1) the construction of a new cattle shed,2) the construction of a new slatted underground slurry tank and 3) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5115
3 Dec 2021Conditional
The construction of a new dwelling house and adjacent new domestic Garage, The installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7256
27 Oct 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a new dwelling house and adjacent new domestic garage, the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6920
23 Oct 2018Refused
To construct a dwellinghouse and garage with related site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6809
17 May 2018Conditional
The construction of a new part single storey part two storey detached dwelling and single storey detached garage including a new waste water treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5258
26 Apr 2017Refused
To construct a dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5013
7 Aug 2015Conditional
[1] Permission to construct a milking parlour and dairy complete with cattle holding areas including all associated ancillary works, and [2] permission to demolish existing low-level millking parlour, dairy and store
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5760
11 Mar 2015Unconditional
Dwelling house, garage, septic tank and related site works, extension of duration of permission granted under planning reg. no. 10/4664
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/4471
19 Mar 2014Conditional
Retention as constructed alterations and extensions consisting of self-contained apartment to existing two-storey dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4557
19 Feb 2014Incompleted application
Retention as constructed alterations and extensions consisting of a self-contained apartment to existing two-storey dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/4325
20 Dec 2013Conditional
Construction of a new two storey dwelling with detached garage and store area, a new potable well, a new waste water treatment unit, a new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6462
18 Feb 2013Conditional
Construction of dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4264
14 Jun 2010Conditional
Dwelling, domestic garage, biocycle unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5463
31 Mar 2010Conditional
Dwelling, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4720
24 Mar 2010Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage, septic tank and related site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4664
7 Nov 2008Conditional
Two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9612
16 Apr 2008Conditional
Extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6094
26 Mar 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/5650
29 Feb 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5103
26 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of garage/fuel store
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4991
6 Nov 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/12182
The 25 most recent of 40 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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO014-062 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map as mound adjacent to well and c. 60m N of stream. Access to site not gained. According to local information, mound still remains. 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
- CO014-137 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (25m E-W; 19m N-S); roughly circular depression (4.4m N-S; 3.3m E-W; D 0.7m) in NE quadrant. 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 Knockduff Lower.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockduff Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockduff Lower · An Cnoc Dubh Íochtarach
- Area
- 3,274,620 m² (327.46 ha, 809.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Barleyhill, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Knockduff Upper, Meeneeshal, Meengorman, Meens, Mountkeeffe, Scarteen Upper
- Placenames
- Knockduff Lower on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.