Knockshanbo
Knockshanbo is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Cnoc Seanbhotha.
- Area
- 153.3 ha
- 379 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 8,954 m² (0.9 ha, 2.21 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockshanbo, from 139 m² to 377,188 m² (37.72 ha, 93.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockshanbo 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Jan 2026Conditional
1. Demolish existing dwelling house 2. Construct new Dwelling House 3. All ancillary services associated with the development
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660038
5 May 2023Conditional
demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling with sewage treatment system and percolation area, new domestic shed and revisions to existing site entrance together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23249
3 Aug 2022Conditional
UPGRADE OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK TO NEW SEWAGE SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, RELOCATION OF SITE ENTRANCE TOGETHER WITH REVISIONS TO SITE BOUNDARIES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22654
14 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21483
15 Apr 2020Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20262
15 May 2019Conditional
RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED AND FUEL STORE, CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS AND INTERNAL LAYOUT OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED DWELLING, REVISED SITE LAYOUT AND SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Mayo County Council, 19355
12 Dec 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18997
10 Sept 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18688
30 Apr 2018Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18297
27 Feb 2018Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18124
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Broadhaven Bay SAC 000472
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Broadhaven Bay 000472
Recorded monuments
- MA010-023 Burial
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockshanbo.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Knockshanbo, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Knockshanbo.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockshanbo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Knockshanbo · Cnoc Seanbhotha
- Area
- 1,533,126 m² (153.31 ha, 378.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Belmullet, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,143 people lived in 809 households in the Belmullet electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Knocknalina, Pollacappul, Shanaghy
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Knockshanbo 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.