Knockrobin
Townland in the civil parish of Clontead, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc Roibín
- Area
- 78 ha
- 193 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 44
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockrobin, from 96 m² to 6,280 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Knockrobin 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
13 Jul 2026Grant with conditions
Demolition of an existing shed and construction of a single storey domestic storage shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1869
13 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for demolition of an existing shed and construction of a single storey shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1575
28 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a 2 storey dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1080
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
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
25 Nov 2019Conditional
Retention of a two storey dwelling unit attached to existing bungalow and wastewater treatment unit and percolation area as constructed (change of plan from that permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 16/7313).
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6813
5 Nov 2019Incompleted application
Retention for extension to dwelling house, wastetreatment unit and percolation area as constructed (previously granted permission under PL Reg No. 16/7313.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6638
2 Aug 2019Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5944
29 Aug 2018Refused
The construction of an agricultural entrance to a field and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6273
11 Oct 2017Conditional
Construction of a new single storey extension to a dwellinghouse, to the south, and construct a new entrance porch to the north and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6652
29 Sept 2017Incompleted application
Construction of a new single storey extension to the south, a new entrance porch to the north and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6523
1 Sept 2017Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6274
9 Aug 2017Conditional
Demolition of an existing shed and the construction of a dwellinghouse, serviced by secondary waste water treatment unit, associated polishing filter and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6068
23 Dec 2016Conditional
Construction of two storey dwelling unit attached to existing bungalow and incorporation of part of bungalow into new dwelling unit, alterations to bungalow and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7313
4 Nov 2016Refused
To construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6764
17 Oct 2016Refused
Demolition of an existing shed and construction of a dwellinghouse, waste water treatment unit and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6565
15 Jul 2016Conditional
Change of use of part of the first floor from commercial kitchen associated with former licenced premises to use as part of the domestic dwelling (amendments to the planning application as granted,Pl. Reg. No. 14/5136), Retention of works completed including the demolition of porch to the western elevation, alterations to the fenestration to the northern elevation, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5770
14 May 2015Conditional
Conversion of existing attic to habitable accommodation and storage including the construction of a dormer window to the front slope of roof of dwelling and the addition of 2 no. velux rooflights to the rear slope and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5000
22 Apr 2015Incompleted application
Conversion of existing attic including construction of a dormer to the front slope of the roof as well as the addition of 2 no. velux to the rear slope along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4823
29 May 2014Conditional
Change of use from existing public house and restaurant to a single occupancy domestic dwelling with separate commercial kitchen for use as an artisan food business, including alterations to the existing elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5136
7 Feb 2014Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, connection to the public water main and all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4219
21 Aug 2013Refused
Construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, connection to the public water main and all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5623
4 Oct 2012Conditional
Construction of two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of waste water treatment system together with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6092
3 Dec 2009Conditional
Single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, bored well & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7817
The 25 most recent of 44 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 Knockrobin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockrobin.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockrobin.
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 high, 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 Knockrobin.
- 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 Knockrobin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockrobin · Cnoc Roibín
- Area
- 780,475 m² (78.05 ha, 192.86 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
- Ballinrichard, Brownsmills, Gortnalicky, Gortnalusheen, Knocknahilan, Mitchelstown East, Mitchelstown West, Screhaneroe, Spital-Land
- Placenames
- Knockrobin 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.