Knocknacree

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknacree, from 20 m² to 249,700 m² (24.97 ha, 61.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Knocknacree 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.

• 9 Dec 2025Conditional

  Construction of a detached, part single/ part two-storey dwelling, a detached garage, the provision of a new shared vehicular entrance and driveway; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561401

• 9 Dec 2025Conditional

  Construction of a detached, part single/ part two-storey dwelling, a detached garage, the provision of a new shared vehicular entrance and driveway; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561400

• 1 Aug 2025Refused

  for construction of a detached, part single/part two storey dwelling, a detached garage, the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructure, and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560870

• 1 Aug 2025N/a

  for construction of a detached, part single/part two-storey dwelling, a detached garage, the provision of a new vehicular entrance and driveway, and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560869

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission for; a) changes to layout of a portion of storage yard permitted by planning references 19/948, 22/1158 and 23/60313 b) relocation of wastewater treatment system and polishing filter previously permitted by planning reference 22/1158. c) new petrol / oil interceptors and associated silt traps d) attenuation/infiltration pond, e) new boundary treatments, and Permission for; f) extension to existing machinery repairs workshop, g) change of use of agricultural lands to new storage yard, h) new retaining walls i) new access ramp j) new wash bay area k) new wash bay storage shed l) new storage bays and associated concrete apron m) all other associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461396

• 18 Sept 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of: Material alterations to previously approved development Pl. Ref. 22/1158. The proposed changes include: a. An increase in building height by 1.770 meters from 8 to 9.770 meters. b. Increase in Ground Floor Level by .275 meters and First Floor Level by .885 meters. c. Internal alterations. d. Changes to External Elevations to include the redesign of building façade and main entrance. e. Company signage located at existing entrance to premises.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460925

• 17 Sept 2024N/a

  for Material alterations to previously approved development Pl. Ref. 22/1158. The proposed changes include: a. An increase in building height by 1.770 meters from 8 to 9.770 meters. b. Increase in Ground Floor Level by .275 meters and First Floor Level by .885 meters. c. Internal alterations. d. Changes to External Elevations to include the redesign of building façade and main entrance. e. Company signage located at existing entrance to premises

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460919

• 13 Aug 2024Conditional

  for a single-storey four-bedroom detached dwelling with new recessed road entrance; the provision of a new septic tank and percolation area; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460784

• 8 Mar 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of a single storey extension to the side and rear of an existing two storey office/machinery repair building permitted by PI Ref. 06/151, and all ancillary site development works including revisions to the site boundaries. The extension will be used for the maintenance and repair of the company’s vehicles

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460204

• 26 Sept 2022Conditional

  alterations to existing site layout, parking, and hardstanding areas; the construction of a new split-level two-storey storey and office building, proposed new wastewater treatment system; the provision of landscaping, including boundary treatments; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221158

• 21 Aug 2019Conditional

  extension of existing commercial site area by an additional 1.43ha to allow for (a) Excavation of existing ground level to new formation levels, (b) Provision of new vehicle parking area, (c) Provision of new open storage area, (d) Provision of landscape screening to site boundaries, and all ancillary site development works. Revised by significant information consisting of; revised site layout, covered cycle parking and external lighting

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19948

• 15 Mar 2019Conditional

  a bungalow, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Revised by significant information consisting of; the relocation of proposed site entrance to the side of an existing recessed entrance which is to be widened to facilitate the proposed dwelling. Amended red line boundary to the application site

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19269

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  to change house plans type reference PL 09/888 and PL 14/444, erect domestic garage, secondary effluent treatment system, double splayed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181576

• 4 May 2018Refused

  a new two storey dwelling, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18521

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 Knocknacree.

Recorded monuments

• KD040-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Circular area surrounded by an earthen bank and shallow external fosse (max diam. c. 40m). Entrance not identifiable. Site is heavily overgrown with scrub. Situated in flat pasture land. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

• KD040-033001 Mound
  Description

  Shown on 1907 OS 6-inch map as a small circular mound (max. diam. c. 15m) close to a well (No.***), which is named 'Tobernarath', the 'well of the fort'. No visible trace of either feature. No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

• KD040-033002 Well
  Description

  Shown on 1907 OS 6-inch map as a well near a small circular mound (No.***). No visible trace of either feature. The name means 'the well of the fort'. No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2608 (ZIP).

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 Knocknacree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Knocknacree · Cnoc na Craoibhe

Area

1,293,735 m² (129.37 ha, 319.69 acres)

Civil parish

Graney, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Castledermot, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castledermot electoral division: 1,853 people in 664 households; 70% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bigbog, Coltstown, Davidstown Lower, Davidstown Upper, Newtown

Placenames

Knocknacree 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.