Knockgorm

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockgorm, from 23 m² to 153,617 m² (15.36 ha, 37.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockgorm 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.

• 17 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission for construction of a new vehicular entrance & access road for commercial use and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1910

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional permission

  Construct an extension to the existing Whitegate Regional Water Treatment Plant. These works will include the construction of a single storey treatment building with solar PV roof panels, 9 no. above-ground tanks, 3 no. below-ground tanks, 1 no. ESB substation building, 1 no. control kiosk building, 1 no. attenuation pond, 1 no. generator and fuel storage tank, the realignment of the existing access from the public road with road markings and road signs, boundary fence and security gate, drainage network and all other site development works including existing container to be relocated.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6829

• 9 May 2022Conditional

  To erect a 2 storey dwelling, an on-site sewage treatment system, and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5041

• 13 Dec 2021Conditional

  To extend the existing plant maintenance facility.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7336

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  To extend the existing plant maintenance facility.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6871

• 14 Apr 2020Conditional

  Permission for retention of the existing external yard area for storage, and demonstration for sale or hire, of plant and equipment; 4 No. containers for machine parts storage; Portacabin for office use; stables; compressor room and earth mound.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4738

• 3 Mar 2020Incompleted application

  Permission to retain the existing external yard area for storage of plant and equipment, 4 No. containers, Portacabin, stables and compressor room.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4444

• 20 May 2019Withdrawn

  A new sandstone quarry, portacabin (office/toilet/canteen), waste water treatment plant and percolation area, bored well, site entrance, access roadway and ancillary works. The Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5266

• 11 Apr 2019Incompleted application

  A new sandstone quarry, portacabin (office/toilet/canteen), waste water treatment plant and percolation area, bored well, site entrance, access roadway and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement is included with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4890

• 8 Dec 2016Conditional

  To construct new cheese production facility and a significant upgrade of the existing Dairygold Food Ingredients (DFI) facility. The proposed development consists of: 1. Construction of the following Buildings or structures and associated services and site works:- • Cheese Production Building – predominantly single-storey with 3-storey middle section and 2-storey administration block • Single storey part Open sided, roofed, Milk Intake Unit and piperack structure • Single storey Workshop • Single storey Box Store • 2-storey Reception and Staff Facilities Building • Single storey Boiler House • Single storey RO and Pasteurisation Building • Single storey Weighbridge Security Building • Single storey Water Treatment and Fire Pumphouse Building • Electrical Sub-station and Switchroom • 2-bay Loading Bay structure attached to the northern end of the existing cheese factory • 2 No. water storage tanks (12.6m and 9.6m high); 1 No. Salt Saturation Storage Tank (5.1m high) 2. Closure of 3 entrances and the construction of new entrance for HGV traffic off the L3627 on the northern site boundary. Closure of the existing HGV entrance and construction of new entrance for staff and visitor car traffic only off the L3805 Mogeely-Castlemartyr Road on the eastern site boundary 3. Demolition of the following Buildings or Structures and associated services: a) Dairy and Maintenance Workshop Building; b) Packaging Store; c) Boiler House and 3 No. stacks (33.9m high); d) Canteen; e) Reception and Office Building; f) Generator Building and removal of all associated Redundant Tankage. 4. Upgrade of an existing bund and construction of new adjoining bund to accommodate existing tanks and the following new tankage, (height listed in brackets) and all services associated with the tankage: 6 No. Milk Silos(14.0m), 2 No. Milk Silos(18.5m), 3 No. Cream Storage Tanks(5.8m), 5 No. Cleaning Tanks(8.0m),4 No. Cleaning Tanks(5.0m), 2 No. Whey Silos(12.7m), 2 No. Whey Silos(13.2m), 2 No. Bulk Chemical Tanks(5.45m) 5. Construction of a 124 space Car Park, Internal Roads accessing the site from the new Entrances / Exits, Covered Pedestrian Walkway and mounded Berms, Boundary Walls, Fencing and all Associated Landscaping Works. 6. Upgrade and expansion of the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant including new Balance Tank, Anaerobic and Aerobic Tanks, Clarifier, Picket Fence Thickener, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Plant, Pumping Station, Control Room, Filters and Concrete Plinths. The propo

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7031

• 30 Nov 2016Incompleted application

  1. Construction of the following Buildings or structures and associated services and site works:- • Cheese Production Building – predominantly single-storey with 3-storey middle section and 2-storey administration block • Single storey part Open sided, roofed, Milk Intake Unit and piperack structure • Single storey Workshop • Single storey Box Store • 2-storey Reception and Staff Facilities Building • Single storey Boiler House • Single storey RO and Pasteurisation Building • Single storey Weighbridge Security Building • Single storey Water Treatment and Fire Pumphouse Building • Electrical Sub-station and Switchroom • 2-bay Loading Bay structure attached to the northern end of the existing cheese factory • 2 No. water storage tanks (12.6m and 9.6m high); 1 No. Salt Saturation Storage Tank (5.1m high) 2. Closure of 3 entrances and the construction of new entrance for HGV traffic off the L3627 on the northern site boundary. Closure of the existing HGV entrance and construction of new entrance for staff and visitor car traffic only off the L3805 Mogeely-Castlemartyr Road on the eastern site boundary 3. Demolition of the following Buildings or Structures and associated services: a) Dairy and Maintenance Workshop Building; b) Packaging Store; c) Boiler House and 3 No. stacks (33.9m high); d) Canteen; e) Reception and Office Building; f) Generator Building and removal of all associated Redundant Tankage. 4. Upgrade of an existing bund and construction of new adjoining bund to accommodate existing tanks and the following new tankage, (height listed in brackets) and all services associated with the tankage: 6 No. Milk Silos(14.0m), 2 No. Milk Silos(18.5m), 3 No. Cream Storage Tanks(5.8m), 5 No. Cleaning Tanks(8.0m),4 No. Cleaning Tanks(5.0m), 2 No. Whey Silos(12.7m), 2 No. Whey Silos(13.2m), 2 No. Bulk Chemical Tanks(5.45m) 5. Construction of a 124 space Car Park, Internal Roads accessing the site from the new Entrances / Exits, Covered Pedestrian Walkway and mounded Berms, Boundary Walls, Fencing and all Associated Landscaping Works. 6. Upgrade and expansion of the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant including new Balance Tank, Anaerobic and Aerobic Tanks, Clarifier, Picket Fence Thickener, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Plant, Pumping Station, Control Room, Filters and Concrete Plinths. The proposed upgrade will include the demolition of the existing works including the existing 9.5m high Biotower. 7. Installation of an underground Pipeline

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6979

• 15 Sept 2016Conditional

  Permission for conversion of existing cottage to domestic shed. Construction of a dwelling, relocation of site entrance and new wastewater treatment system along with all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6296

• 6 Apr 2016Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house with an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4762

• 11 Nov 2014Refused

  Construction of dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance and sewage treatment system and all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6403

• 23 Oct 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, new site entrance and sewage treatment system and all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6276

• 8 Oct 2007Withdrawn

  Construction of light industrial building to facilitate repair and storage of fencing products, new site entrance and installation of treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11492

• 13 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construction of sunroom extension to dwelling and retention of porch

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8635

• 31 May 2006Refused

  Construction of 1 no. industrial unit, treatment system, relocation of site entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7702

• 3 May 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. industrial unit, treatment system, change of location of entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6829

• 7 Feb 2006Withdrawn

  2 no. buildings for storage and maintenance of agricultural machinery with associated office, washroom and canteen

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4602

• 10 Jan 2006Incompleted application

  2 no. agricultural maintenance buildings incorporating associated office, washroom and canteen and associated works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4067

• 20 Dec 2005Conditional

  Alterations to dwelling, provision of first floor bedroom with dormer windows to front elevation, installation of 1 no. first floor and 3 no. ground floor windows and retention of chimney shaft

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9500

• 6 Dec 2005Incompleted application

  Construction of 2 no. agricultural maintenance buildings incorporating associated office, washroom and canteen, entrance, access road and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/9017

• 5 May 2004Conditional

  Domestic garage and extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3033

• 15 Jul 2003Conditional

  Retention and completion of 2 no. reconstructed and extended dwellinghouses

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3490

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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 Knockgorm.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockgorm.

Architectural heritage

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

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

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 Knockgorm.

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.

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

Name

Knockgorm · An Cnoc Gorm

Area

658,100 m² (65.81 ha, 162.62 acres)

Civil parish

Middleton, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Cloyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cloyne electoral division: 4,730 people in 1,639 households; 72% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigagour, Innygraga, Kilva, Knockasturkeen, Knocknamadderee, Scarriff, Sculleen

Placenames

Knockgorm 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.