Knockarasser

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockarasser, from 234 m² to 324,006 m² (32.4 ha, 80.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockarasser 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.

• 1 Feb 2024Conditional

  chun mo Theach Cónaithe agus córas séarachais a fuair cead pleanala faoi uimhir thagairt 00/5585 a choinneáil, chomh maith le cead chun gach obair eile a thógáil agus a chríochnú. Spás urláir comhlán na hoibre atá le coinneáil: 220.5 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2426

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  for the development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360511

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

  to revise the position of a domestic garage as per planning application (P18/170). Gross floor space of proposed works: 72 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201457

• 16 Feb 2018Conditional

  to construct a single storey domestic garage and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 72 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18170

• 5 Feb 2018N/a

  of a shed and the revised location of a proprietary treatment system and percolation area serving a dwelling constructed under PL. Ref. 03/6044 on a site with revised site boundaries from this previously approved under PL. Ref. 03/6044. Gross floor area 85.2m2

  Retention · Galway County Council, 18105

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Moycullen Bogs NHA 002364

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockarasser.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockarasser.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockarasser.

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.

No address of the register names Knockarasser with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Knockarasser · Cnoc ar Easair

Area

3,295,121 m² (329.51 ha, 814.24 acres)

Civil parish

Moycullen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Furbogh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Furbogh electoral division: 1,634 people in 534 households; 78% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derryloughaun East, Knock, Laughil, Lettergunnet, Pollnaclogha

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Knockarasser 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.