# Knockboha, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lackan, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cnoc Botha. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 929,772 m² (92.98 ha, 229.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 53,022 m² (5.3 ha, 13.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lackan, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/lackan.md - Barony: Tirawley - Electoral division: Lackan North, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 306 people lived in 139 households in the Lackan North electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34587 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152183 - Centre: latitude 54.285776, longitude -9.297879 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockboha, from 1,368 m² to 206,961 m² (20.7 ha, 51.14 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 985704: 206,961 m² (20.7 ha, 51.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985704.md - Parcel 2726963: 140,821 m² (14.08 ha, 34.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2726963.md - Parcel 2711628: 134,303 m² (13.43 ha, 33.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2711628.md - Parcel 940814: 130,164 m² (13.02 ha, 32.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940814.md - Parcel 3464847: 81,040 m² (8.1 ha, 20.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464847.md - Parcel 2726960: 55,107 m² (5.51 ha, 13.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2726960.md - Parcel 2731828: 53,265 m² (5.33 ha, 13.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2731828.md - Parcel 890508: 52,779 m² (5.28 ha, 13.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890508.md - Parcel 2726970: 36,936 m² (3.69 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2726970.md - Parcel 2692796: 14,276 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2692796.md - Parcel 886593: 9,839 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/886593.md - Parcel 942849: 9,341 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942849.md - Parcel 2448677: 2,969 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2448677.md - Parcel 3549838: 1,368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3549838.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockboha 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 20 Oct 2023, Mayo County Council 2360440: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of a 3 metres high extension on top of the existing 30 metres lattice telecommunications support structure previously granted permission (Pl. Ref. 14422) to give an overall height of 33 metres, together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU’s), dishes, supporting fixtures and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360440/0 - 16 Mar 2023, Mayo County Council 2360060: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, (3) Demolish existing agricultural shed, (4) Construct replacement agricultural shed (to include garage, workshop & storage areas), together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360060/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockboha. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA007-031: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA007-031----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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 Knockboha. ## 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 Knockboha, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockboha. - 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/mayo/knockboha.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockboha.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockboha.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockboha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Beltra: https://everytownland.com/mayo/beltra-150393.md - Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowmore-150708.md - Castlelackan Demesne: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castlelackan-demesne.md - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castletown-150839.md - Conaghra: https://everytownland.com/mayo/conaghra-151082.md - Doonadoba: https://everytownland.com/mayo/doonadoba.md - Lackanhill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackanhill.md - Rathlackan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathlackan.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/mayo/knockboha - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/knockboha