Knocknahilan
Townland in the civil parish of Clontead, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc na hAidhleann
- Area
- 54.6 ha
- 135 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 2,969 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahilan, from 176 m² to 273,846 m² (27.38 ha, 67.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Knocknahilan 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
28 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for construction of new split-level dwelling house and new detached domestic garage together with installation of new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new site entrance and all other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2007
13 Jul 2022Unconditional
Retention permission for a single storey conservatory extension to the west elevation of unit 4 (dwellinghouse) at the former Mill Building - a Protected Structure (Ref: 00727)
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5642
15 Jun 2022Incompleted application
Retention permission for a single storey conservatory extension to the West elevation of unit 4 at the former Mill Building - a protected structure (ref: 00727)
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5392
19 Apr 2022Conditional
Retention of the dwelling house as constructed and permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4883
16 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Permission for retention of the dwelling house as constructed and permission to install a new wastewater treatment and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4593
30 Dec 2021Conditional
To construct dwelling, attached garage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7518
24 Jun 2021Conditional
1. The construction of a new one and a half storey dwelling house. 2. The construction of a new domestic garage. 3. The installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. 4. Create a new entrance to private road and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5762
28 May 2021Incompleted application
1. The construction of a new one and a half storey dwelling house. 2. The construction of a new domestic garage. 3. The installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment unit, percolation area. 4. Create a new entrance to private road and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5487
7 May 2021Incompleted application
1. The construction of a new one and a half storey dwelling house. 2. The installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment unit, percolation area and surface water soakway. 3. Create a new entrance to private road and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5248
25 Jan 2021Conditional
To construct a new entrance and driveway to the existing dwelling , reinstate the existing driveway to agricultural use, allowing access to the dwelling and to the adjoining agricultural field.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4133
6 Jul 2016Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5672
11 Apr 2014Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4730
3 Aug 2012Withdrawn
Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house with detached double garage, modifications to existing site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5694
27 Aug 2010Conditional
Dwelling house & associated site works including treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6138
13 Apr 2010Refused
Dwelling & associated site works including new treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4855
15 Mar 2010Incompleted application
Dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4585
25 May 2009Withdrawn
Construction of 4 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works including wastewater treatment systems
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5708
7 Dec 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12937
19 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwelling & associated site works including new septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11102
3 Sept 2007Refused
Residential development of 5 no. dwellinghouses with treatment units
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10703
27 Aug 2007Refused
One and half storey dwellinghouse, double garage and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10543
7 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Residential development of 5 no. dwellinghouses
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10142
27 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Òne and half storey dwellinghouse and double garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9907
13 Mar 2007Conditional
Alterations and construction of 2nd floor extension to dwellinghouse incorporating alterations to roof
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5966
6 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4779
The 25 most recent of 30 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knocknahilan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknahilan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknahilan.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocknahilan.
- 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
No address of the register names Knocknahilan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknahilan · Cnoc na hAidhleann
- Area
- 546,200 m² (54.62 ha, 134.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontead, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinsale Rural electoral division: 5,605 people in 1,855 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbey-Lands, Brownsmills, Coolvallanane Beg, Gortnalusheen, Knockrobin, Liscahane Beg, Mullendunny, Spital-Land
- Placenames
- Knocknahilan 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.