Knockyhena
Townland in the civil parish of Nohavaldaly, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc Uí Chianaigh
- Area
- 240.9 ha
- 595 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 21,948 m² (2.19 ha, 5.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockyhena, from 66 m² to 275,692 m² (27.57 ha, 68.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Knockyhena 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
12 Sept 2016Conditional
The development will consist of the demolition of the single storey kitchen, the construction a new, lean-to roofed, single storey extension and a barrel roofed, two storey extension to the existing house, alterations to the existing south elevation and attendant site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6261
17 Aug 2016Incompleted application
The development will consist of the demolition of the single storey kitchen and the construction of a lean-to roofed, single storey extension and a barrel roofed, two storey extension to the existing house and attendant site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6055
25 Jul 2011Conditional
[a] Permission to erect a single storey extension to side of existing two storey dwellinghouse, complete with new ramped pedestrian approach to existing primary entrance and new septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works, [b] retention of existing dwellinghouse, [c] retention of existing vehicular entrance, and [d] retention of new site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5606
24 May 2010Withdrawn
Single storey extension to side of existing two-storey dwelling house, complete with new ramped pedestrian approach to existing primary entrance & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5258
16 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse,garage & wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6076
25 Jan 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4461
25 Jan 2006Refused
Construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4302
15 Nov 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8392
11 Nov 2004Refused
Dwelling House and waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8347
4 Oct 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7501
17 Jun 2004Conditional
Construction of silage base and slatted cattle unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4418
23 Dec 2003Conditional
Dwelling and waste water treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/6815
17 Dec 2003Conditional
Construction of a 38kv line from an existing ESB structure in the townland of Nohoval Upper to a proposed 38kv station in the townland of Lackanastooka and construction of a 38kv line from a point crossing the Blackwater river in the townland of Scrahan to a proposed 38kv station in the townland of Lackanastooka
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6522
10 Oct 2003Incompleted application
Dwelling and waste water treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/5083
25 Sept 2003Incompleted application
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4783
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO029-001 Kiln - lime
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockyhena.
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 Knockyhena.
- 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 Knockyhena with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockyhena · Cnoc Uí Chianaigh
- Area
- 2,409,182 m² (240.92 ha, 595.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Nohavaldaly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Knocknagree, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knocknagree electoral division: 610 people in 257 households; 84% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Lisheen (Co. Kerry), Mountinfant, Reanasup (Co. Kerry), Scrahan, Shanbally, Tooreenclassagh, Tooreenglanahee, Tooreenreaghy
- Placenames
- Knockyhena 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.