Knockavallig

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockavallig, from 103 m² to 120,904 m² (12.09 ha, 29.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 21 Aug 2026N/a

  We, Circal Trienearagh Solar Limited, intend to apply for permission for development on lands in the townlands of Ballygarret, Gortanimerisk, Knockaderren, Knockavallig, Knockundervaul, Lacka West, Lisroe, Toor and Trienearagh, near Listowel, Co. Kerry (the Proposed Development) which comprises a renewable energy development as defined by The European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The Proposed Development comprises the following: I. Construction and operation of up to 576,850 sqm of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.79 metres. II. Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. III. Up to 23 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. IV. Construction and operational access to the site by 16 no. site entrances using 14 no. existing field access points and 2 no. new access points. V. 7 no. temporary construction compounds and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. VI. Construction of a 110kV / 33 kV transformer compound including an IPP Control Module of 33 sqm, a MV Switchgear Module of 33 sqm, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, 2 no c.18m lightning masts, lighting columns, fencing, parking, wastewater holding tank, rainwater harvesting unit, 33kV underground cabling, and a 110kV under the fence cable connection to the existing Trien 110 kV Substation. VII. 33 kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. VIII. Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. IX. The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life, including proposed transformer compound. The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 40 years from the date of commissioning of the entire solar farm is being sought. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the Proposed Development and accompanies the planning application. Refer to enclosed statutory notices for full development description.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660792

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  Full planning permission to A), demolish existing side extension, B), construct new front / side and rear extensions onto existing dwelling house, C), construct a new front and rear canopy, elevation changes and internal alterations to existing house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660172

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORGAGE SHED, (B) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW, SINGLE STOREY, CRECHE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE A CRECHE ROOM, SLEEP ROOM, SMALL KITCHENETTE, TOILETS AND STORE ROOM, (C) THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE THE NEW CRECHE BUILDING ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25137

• 22 Sept 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of (1) Retention Permission to retain alterations to the existing shop front glazing and (2) Planning Permission for the change of use of existing convenience shop to include part off-licence use, (gross floor area for off-licence use 17 sq.m) and the construction of a single storey extension to existing building (gross floor area of extension 22 sq.m) and all associated works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2360182

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING OUT BUILDING, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION ONTO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (C) INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (D) ELEVATION CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23470

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING SLATED ROOF, ROLLER DOORS AND WINDOWS AT THE EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20100

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH OUTBUILDINGS, (B) DEMOLISH EXISTING REAR FLAT ROOF EXTENSION, (C) RENOVATE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING, (D) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY FRONT AND SIDE EXTENSION, (E) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONS CHANGES TO EXISTING AND (F) INSTALL MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17416

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockavallig.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockavallig.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Knockavallig.

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 Knockavallig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Knockavallig · Cnoc an Bhealaigh

Area

788,381 m² (78.84 ha, 194.81 acres)

Civil parish

Duagh, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Duagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Duagh electoral division: 521 people in 194 households; 81% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygarret, Duagh, Gortanimerisk, Islandboy, Lisroe, Trienearagh

Placenames

Knockavallig 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.