# Knockachur, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballincuslane, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnoc an Choir. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,919,172 m² (291.92 ha, 721.34 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,587 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballincuslane, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/ballincuslane.md - Barony: Trughanacmy - Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 304 people lived in 120 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24630 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71876 - Centre: latitude 52.26933, longitude -9.374506 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockachur, from 73 m² to 1,108,262 m² (110.83 ha, 273.86 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1193409: 1,108,262 m² (110.83 ha, 273.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193409.md - Parcel 1209280: 354,568 m² (35.46 ha, 87.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209280.md - Parcel 1223178: 279,503 m² (27.95 ha, 69.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223178.md - Parcel 1155068: 258,293 m² (25.83 ha, 63.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155068.md - Parcel 1215449: 246,559 m² (24.66 ha, 60.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215449.md - Parcel 1182221: 217,927 m² (21.79 ha, 53.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182221.md - Parcel 1142208: 120,381 m² (12.04 ha, 29.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142208.md - Parcel 1143225: 92,101 m² (9.21 ha, 22.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143225.md - Parcel 1245185: 33,411 m² (3.34 ha, 8.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245185.md - Parcel 1239477: 24,855 m² (2.49 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239477.md - Parcel 1245632: 20,798 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245632.md - Parcel 1201814: 9,500 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201814.md - Parcel 1162414: 5,641 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162414.md - Parcel 1151808: 5,486 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151808.md - Parcel 1191327: 4,670 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191327.md - Parcel 1191328: 4,403 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1191328.md - Parcel 4035769: 4,103 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4035769.md - Parcel 1198884: 3,976 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198884.md - Parcel 3038646: 3,823 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3038646.md - Parcel 1247892: 3,448 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247892.md - Parcel 1207797: 3,425 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207797.md - Parcel 4035809: 2,700 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4035809.md - Parcel 2599767: 2,474 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2599767.md - Parcel 1199909: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199909.md - Parcel 4650122: 2,223 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650122.md - Parcel 1208487: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208487.md - Parcel 4835693: 2,158 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4835693.md - Parcel 1243362: 2,138 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1243362.md - Parcel 1234756: 1,861 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234756.md - Parcel 3959542: 1,832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3959542.md - Parcel 3019876: 1,664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3019876.md - Parcel 1229625: 1,657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229625.md - Parcel 1184304: 1,352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184304.md - Parcel 1141197: 1,231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141197.md - Parcel 1223734: 1,196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223734.md - Parcel 1199222: 1,059 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199222.md - Parcel 5839636: 1,032 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839636.md - Parcel 1205542: 729 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205542.md - Parcel 4835696: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4835696.md - Parcel 3959552: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3959552.md - Parcel 5839627: 180 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839627.md - Parcel 5839524: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839524.md - Parcel 5839649: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839649.md - Parcel 5839588: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839588.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockachur in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 4 Dec 2024, Kerry County Council 2460944: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. Retention Permission to retain the 2 no. sheds as constructed on site and Planning Permission to (a) extend and renovate the existing dwelling (b) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area (c) install a new septic tank and percolation area (d) construct a new domestic shed and (e) all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460944/0 - 7 May 2021, Kerry County Council 21493: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE PERVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITY REF NO. 14/508 TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS AND SECURITY FENCING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21493/0 - 25 Mar 2021, Kerry County Council 21315: N/a. Retention. RETENTION PERMISSION OF AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITY REF NO 0973 (AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL 08.233353) TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPTMENT CONTAINERS AND SECURITY FENCING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21315/0 - 19 Jan 2021, Kerry County Council 2128: Conditional. Retention. (A) UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK (B) PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HAY BARN AND MILKING PARLOUR (C) CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO INCLUDE CUBICLES AND STRAW BEDDING AREA (D) CONSTRUCTION OF A MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY AND ANCILLARY ROOMS, LIVESTOCK WAITING YARD, LIVESTOCK HANDLING FACILITIES WITH UNDERGROUND FLOW CHANNEL AND AN UNDERGROUND SOILED WATER TANK (E) ERECTION OF A MEAL BIN AT WATER STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2128/0 - 15 Mar 2017, Kerry County Council 17221: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE DWELLINGHOUSE AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17221/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 - Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockachur. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockachur. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knockachur, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockachur. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockachur.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockachur.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockachur.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockachur with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Glanlarehan: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glanlarehan.md - Lackanoneen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lackanoneen.md - Lackbrooder: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lackbrooder.md - Leamydoody: https://everytownland.com/kerry/leamydoody.md - Lyre: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lyre-72180.md - Meenleitrim South: https://everytownland.com/kerry/meenleitrim-south.md - Tooreenagowan: https://everytownland.com/kerry/tooreenagowan.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockachur - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/knockachur