Knocks
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork; in Irish Na Cnoic
- Area
- 76.5 ha
- 189 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 6,022 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocks, from 2,169 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 372,260 m² (37.23 ha, 91.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Knocks 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
14 Mar 2017Conditional
Partial demolition, construction of extension and conversion of existing dwelling to domestic/store-workshop, alterations to existing entrance and construction of new dwelling house including treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/147
31 Jan 2017Incompleted application
Conversion of existing dwelling house to domestic garage, alterations to existing entrance and construction of new dwelling house including treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/46
13 Jul 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/781
30 Apr 2009Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/504
19 Sept 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1703
14 Mar 2008Refused
Construction of a dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage/stable block and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/493
9 Feb 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/347
2 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct milking parlour, dairy, plant room, roofed holding yard, holding yard, dungstead, soiled water tank, walled silo, concrete aprons/dry yards and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/266
11 May 2006Conditional
Dwelling, install sewage treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/831
3 Mar 2006Withdrawn
Construct a dwelling house and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/328
6 May 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and alterations to entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3034
29 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1918
23 Mar 2005Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1773
21 Feb 2005Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/914
6 Apr 2004Conditional
Construction of dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2276
4 Jul 2002Conditional
Alterations,garage conversion, ground floor and first floor extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2885
15 Feb 2002Conditional
Dormer style dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/625
21 Jun 2000Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 00/3739
26 Apr 1999Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/2073
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 Knocks.
Recorded monuments
- CO121-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Slight scarp on downslope survives; no other visible surface traces. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-071 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ENE facing slope, N of the Argideen river. Circular area (diam. 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m), stone faced externally in parts. Gap to E blocked by stones. Interior saucer shaped. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-072 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on OS 6-inch map (1842) but as polygonal enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1900). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Knocks.
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 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 Knocks.
- 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 Knocks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knocks · Na Cnoic
- Area
- 764,657 m² (76.47 ha, 188.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Argideen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Argideen electoral division: 382 people in 139 households; 90% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bealad West, Coolnaconarty, Gearagh, Knockatlowig, Knocks
- Placenames
- Knocks 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.