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

Townland in the civil parish of Clonenagh and Clonagheen, barony of Maryborough West, Co. Laois; in Irish Na Cnoic.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 679,863 m² (67.99 ha, 168 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,374 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonenagh and Clonagheen, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/clonenagh-and-clonagheen.md
- Barony: Maryborough West
- Electoral division: Ballyfin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballyfin electoral division: 711 people in 225 households; 94% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/28318
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100778
- Centre: latitude 53.052172, longitude -7.453272 (WGS 84)

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

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocks, from 443 m² to 68,538 m² (6.85 ha, 16.94 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 267416: 68,538 m² (6.85 ha, 16.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/267416.md
- Parcel 257335: 60,764 m² (6.08 ha, 15.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257335.md
- Parcel 250956: 56,381 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250956.md
- Parcel 228001: 48,409 m² (4.84 ha, 11.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228001.md
- Parcel 257119: 47,851 m² (4.79 ha, 11.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257119.md
- Parcel 264803: 38,780 m² (3.88 ha, 9.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264803.md
- Parcel 237410: 30,802 m² (3.08 ha, 7.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237410.md
- Parcel 224982: 30,800 m² (3.08 ha, 7.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224982.md
- Parcel 229404: 27,478 m² (2.75 ha, 6.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229404.md
- Parcel 254971: 25,788 m² (2.58 ha, 6.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254971.md
- Parcel 238131: 21,463 m² (2.15 ha, 5.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238131.md
- Parcel 259965: 21,421 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259965.md
- Parcel 257063: 20,447 m² (2.04 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257063.md
- Parcel 260869: 16,208 m² (1.62 ha, 4.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260869.md
- Parcel 258489: 15,441 m² (1.54 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258489.md
- Parcel 259980: 13,939 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259980.md
- Parcel 239499: 13,711 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239499.md
- Parcel 259824: 11,625 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259824.md
- Parcel 5805617: 10,765 m² (1.08 ha, 2.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5805617.md
- Parcel 258883: 9,984 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258883.md
- Parcel 229306: 8,719 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229306.md
- Parcel 258241: 8,482 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258241.md
- Parcel 249455: 7,652 m² (0.77 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249455.md
- Parcel 227299: 7,209 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227299.md
- Parcel 243588: 6,819 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243588.md
- Parcel 265489: 5,303 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265489.md
- Parcel 266562: 5,220 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266562.md
- Parcel 242140: 5,200 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242140.md
- Parcel 225595: 5,169 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225595.md
- Parcel 251715: 4,669 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251715.md
- Parcel 246736: 4,253 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246736.md
- Parcel 4174008: 4,042 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4174008.md
- Parcel 246053: 3,291 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246053.md
- Parcel 4955746: 2,627 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955746.md
- Parcel 261323: 2,358 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/261323.md
- Parcel 2473695: 796 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473695.md
- Parcel 4174228: 574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4174228.md
- Parcel 2473651: 443 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2473651.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knocks 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)

9 applications, newest first.

- 8 Jul 2026, Laois County Council 2660452: N/a. Outline permission. construct new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and use existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660452/0
- 6 Jul 2026, Laois County Council 2660439: N/a. Outline permission. outline planning permission to construct new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and use existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660439/0
- 1 Jul 2026, Laois County Council 2660428: N/a. Outline permission. construct new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and use existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660428/0
- 14 Aug 2024, Laois County Council 2460473: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolish the existing shed and outbuildings, the demolition of elements of the existing dwelling, the construction of single storey extensions to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, the construction of a single storey garage / gym with associated car port to the rear of the existing dwelling, associated internal and external alteration works to the existing dwelling, modifications to the existing front boundary wall to form a courtyard area and new septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460473/0
- 28 Feb 2024, Laois County Council 2460094: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct new dwelling house, with domestic garage, new vehicular access from public road, new bored well, domestic wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460094/0
- 19 Feb 2024, Laois County Council 2460073: N/a. Permission. construct one new dwelling house, with domestic garage, new vehicular access from public road, new bored well, domestic wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460073/0
- 21 Jul 2020, Laois County Council 20374: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. extend and alter existing dwelling house and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20374/0
- 15 Jul 2020, Laois County Council 20358: N/a. Permission. an extension and alterations to existing dwelling house. The development will also include an outdoor covered area, retention of existing site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20358/0
- 13 Jul 2020, Laois County Council 20350: N/a. Permission. permission for an extension and alterations to existing dwelling house. The development will also include an outdoor covered area, retention of existing site entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/20350/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC, site code 000412, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000412
- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains, site code 000412

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocks.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

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

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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 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 Knocks.
- 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/knocks.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/knocks.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/knocks.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knocks 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)

- Ballyfin Demesne: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfin-demesne.md
- Ballyfin Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyfin-upper.md
- Brockra: https://everytownland.com/laois/brockra.md
- Cavansheath: https://everytownland.com/laois/cavansheath.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.

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