Knocknahowla Beg
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmonoge, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc an Chabha Léith Beag
- Area
- 91.4 ha
- 226 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 4,479 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahowla Beg, from 161 m² to 179,579 m² (17.96 ha, 44.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Knocknahowla Beg 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
22 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for retention of a Timber Frame Dwelling and all associated site works including a septic tank and percolation area and permission for the construction of new site entrance and closing of existing site entrance
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1664
9 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for Retention of a Timber Frame Dwelling and all associated site works including a septic tank and percolation area. Construction of a new site entrance and closing of existing entrance.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0887
24 Nov 2023Refused
Permission for retention (i) of Timber frame dwelling and (ii) Associated site works and permission for sewage treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6359
7 Sept 2022Conditional
Permission is sought for; 1) construct a new ground floor extension to the south and west of existing dwelling house; 2) carry out internal modifications to the existing dwelling house and relocate windows to suit; 3) existing concrete roof tiles to be replace with slate; 4) carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6029
23 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission is sought to (1) construct a stand-alone garage, utility room, home office and a stand alone small granny flat - cabin. (2) Retention sought for existing new waste water treatment system and percolation area. (3) Carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4385
19 Apr 2021Unconditional
Construct an extension and alterations to a detached dwellinghouse & retention of dwellinghouse as constructed incl. all site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5017
3 Mar 2021Incompleted application
Construct an extension and alterations to an existing dwellinghouse incl. all site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4522
7 Dec 2018Unconditional
Retention of dwelling, garage, septic tank and percolation area, revised site boundaries and associated site works (change of design, layout and boundaries form that permitted under PL. Reg 98/2152)
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/7227
22 Oct 2018Incompleted application
Retention for : i) Revised site boundaries, ii) Revised house location, iii) Revised septic tank and percolation area location, iv) Revised domestic garage design and location along with all associated site works from that permitted under previous planning Reference 98/2152
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6791
20 Jul 2017Conditional
Construction of dwelling (change of design from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 16/6120 to include change from stone façade to plastered façade and raising of ridge height) and construction of detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5876
26 Jun 2017Incompleted application
Permission for alterations to dwelling, which include change from stone façade to plastered façade, raising of ridge height of dwelling and construction of attached garage (change of plan and site plan) from that which was permitted under planning reference 16/6120 with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5603
24 Aug 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6120
13 Nov 2006Conditional
Extension to existing open silage pit and construction of shed with slatted unit and underground tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12207
8 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10420
21 Jul 2006Conditional
Construction of dairy unit and slurry storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9138
27 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Construction of dairy unit and slurry storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8414
19 Oct 2005Refused
Demolition of dwellinghouse, construction of dwellinghouse and replacement of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7650
4 Oct 2005Conditional
Construction of dairy shed and concrete silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7220
16 Mar 2005Conditional
Construction of dwelling incorporating existing derelict building
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1607
14 Dec 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse and stables
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/9172
1 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and stables
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8822
12 Dec 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6401
15 Aug 2003Conditional
Domestic garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4120
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 Knocknahowla Beg.
Recorded monuments
- CO112-009 Standing stone
Description
In pasture atop knoll. Roughly rectangular stone (H 1.5m; 1.4m x 0.55m), long axis NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Knocknahowla Beg.
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, 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 Knocknahowla Beg.
- 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 Knocknahowla Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknahowla Beg · Cnoc an Chabha Léith Beag
- Area
- 913,548 m² (91.35 ha, 225.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmonoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Kinure, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinure electoral division: 395 people in 134 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindeenisk, Bawnagoynig, Curra, Killehagh, Knockleigh, Knocknahowla More
- Placenames
- Knocknahowla Beg 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.