# Knockbeg, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Sleaty, barony of Slievemargy, Co. Laois; in Irish An Cnoc Beag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 918,072 m² (91.81 ha, 226.86 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,022 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Sleaty, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/sleaty.md
- Barony: Slievemargy
- Electoral division: Shrule, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Shrule electoral division: 316 people in 104 households; 91% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28888
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100766
- Centre: latitude 52.865408, longitude -6.939516 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbeg, from 85 m² to 8,523 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 232079: 8,523 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232079.md
- Parcel 257784: 3,723 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257784.md
- Parcel 265252: 2,022 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265252.md
- Parcel 2453810: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453810.md
- Parcel 2453812: 85 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453812.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockbeg 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.

- 7 Feb 2024, Carlow County Council 2460026: Conditional. Permission. development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works, (ii) Post-Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging, (iii) Back-drain Maintenance, (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works, (v) Trackway Surface Upgrade Works, (vi) 10 no. Temporary Construction Compounds, (vii) Temporary mobile welfare units, and, (viii) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460026/0
- 10 Mar 2023, Carlow County Council 2350: N/a. Permission. permission for development of a c.15.358 ha site at the Barrow Navigation. The development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland's statutory remit, comprising the following; (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works (ii) Post- Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging (iii) Back-Drain Maintenance (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works (v) Trackway Surface Maintenance Works and (vi) A new temporary haul road located at Bestfield and Borris. Bestfield access route is indicative with final route to be agreed with landowner. A 15m haul road approximately 4m wide will be constructed from the access trackway in the Borris Estate to the Barrow track way and (vii) all works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this Planning Application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350/0
- 16 May 2022, Laois County Council 22302: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. retain alterations to my existing dwelling to include retaining the construction of a porch to the front elevation, construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation, internal alterations and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/22302/0
- 12 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1868: Conditional. Permission. construct a single storey dressing room extension together with toilets and store with connection to existing onsite services and all associated site works which are within the curtilage of 4 no. protected structures, RPS NO'S 965, 966, 967, 968. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1868/0
- 9 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1862: N/a. Permission. construct a single storey dressing room extension together with toilets and store with connection to existing onsite services and all associated site works which are within the curtilage of 4 no. protected structures, RPS NO'S 965, 966, 967, 968. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1862/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA032-018004: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA032-018004-. Holy well associated with St. Fiac of Sleaty monastery (LA032-018001-) whose name was anglicized as Feeg (Ó Riain 2011, 315). No well is marked on the 1839 or 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. According to the Ordnance Survey letters this well was known locally as Tober-Feeg and was located near Sleaty church (LA032-018001-) (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 22-40). Described by Comerford as 'There was also a holy well near this church called Tober-Feeg, but it is now stopped up' (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 249). According to local information (pers. comm. Sean Murray) a natural spring well located on flat poorly drained marshy land, 390m to the NE of Sleaty church (LA032-018001-) marks the site of 'Tober Feeg'. A collapsed tree marks the site of the well which is located immediately W of a stream flowing N-S. The well is located on flat poorly drained land with higher dry land immediately to W. The feastday of St. Fiac was commemorated on the 12th of October (Ó Riain 2011, 315). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2015

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility 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_2458, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2458.zip (ZIP).
- 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/laois/knockbeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockbeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/knockbeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bestfield or Dunganstown (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/bestfield-or-dunganstown.md
- Hollymount: https://everytownland.com/laois/hollymount.md
- Newgarden (Co. Carlow): https://everytownland.com/carlow/newgarden.md
- Rathduff: https://everytownland.com/laois/rathduff.md
- Shrule: https://everytownland.com/laois/shrule.md
- Sleaty: https://everytownland.com/laois/sleaty.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.

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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/laois/knockbeg
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/knockbeg