Knockcommon

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockcommon, from 290 m² to 222,032 m² (22.2 ha, 54.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 66 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Jun 2023Conditional

  a ten year permission and 35 year operation life for a solar farm described herein. The total site area for the proposed development is 188.9 hectares consisting of the following: solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames and associated hard standing, inverter/transformer stations, underground power and communication cables and ducts, boundary security fence, CCTV cameras, upgraded internal access tracks, new internal access tracks, 2 no. new site entrances along the L5608 local road, underground electrical and communications cabling for approximately 700m along the L5608 local road and all associated services and development works including drainage infrastructure, temporary construction compound and landscaing. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application for consent, consent will be sought for the provision of a 110kV onsite electrical substation and associated works from An Bord Pleanala. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information/revised plans sbumitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23576

• 11 May 2023N/a

  a ten year permission and 35 year operation life for a solar farm described herein. The total site area for the proposed development is 188.9 hectares consisting of the following: solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames and associated hard standing, inverter/transformer stations, underground power and communication cables and ducts, boundary security fence, CCTV cameras, upgraded internal access tracks, new internal access tracks, 2 no. new site entrances along the L5608 local road, underground electrical and communications cabling for approximately 700m along the L5608 local road and all associated services and development works including drainage infrastructure, temporary construction compound and landscaing. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application for consent, consent will be sought fo rthe provision of a 110kV onsite electrical substation and associated works from An Bord Pleanala. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23499

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of an uprate of the existing Gorman to Platin 110 kV Overhead line (OHL) (19.76 km long and comprising 109no. supporting structures between the existing Gorman substation in the townland of Causetown, Co. Meath and the existing Platin 110kV substation in the townland of Platin, Co. Meath). The proposed project is located within the townlands of Graigs, Ardmulchan, Dollardstown, Dunmoe, Carranstown, Platin, Haystown and Carnuff, Stackallan, Harmanstown, Causetown, Garballagh, Commons, Downestown, Gillinstown, Longford, Rathdrinagh, Painestown, Thurstianstown, Knockcommon, Drumman, Laugher, Newtown and Platin.The proposed uprate project will comprise: • the replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of 42no. existing polesets - any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, will be along the same alignment as existing, and will be of a similar height and appearance; • the replacement of steel members at 8no. steel angle masts; • replacement of hardware and fittings at all structure locations; • replacement and relocation of fibre communication structures; • all associated site development works; • Earthwire to be replaced between Angle Mast 94 and End Mast 108; • Tower painting at 10no. steel Angle/End masts; • foundation strengthening works at 4no. Angle Masts; • Anti-climbing guards to be installed at lno. location; • all associated works within the existing Gorman substation and Platin 110 kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV overhead line including alterations to existing apparatus; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems and temporary watercourse crossings .....

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23458

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 Knockcommon.

Recorded monuments

• ME026-010 Church
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small WSW-ENE stream c. 200m to the S. A church at Cnockcaman is amongst the possessions of the Cistercian abbey of Mellifont in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 254). At the Suppression (1540) the abbey had over 150 acres at Dromenhall, also known as the Newton of Knokamothan, where the abbey supplied the chaplain, Peter Rus (White 1943, 218 9). Ussher (1622) describes the church at Knockaman as indifferently repaired while the chancel was repaired (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxvii). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Regal (1693) visitations the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Knockommon had been out of repair since 1641. The walls of the church were still standing, but the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellison 1971, 36). The small rectangular graveyard (dims c. 35-50 N-S; c. 30m E-W) is defined by earthen banks and hedges on every side except on the N where it has been extended by a strip (dims c. 80m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE), which extends off to the N and E. The old graveyard contains the remains of an ivy-covered rectangular undivided church (int. dims 17.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) that survives almost complete, except much of the N wall. There are opposing doorways towards the W end of the N and S walls, that at S (Wth 1m) is pointed and has an external chamfer, although the apex is missing. The N doorway opposite survives to a height of c. 1m but there is no external chamfer. There is a square stoup in a niche inside the S doorway on the E side and an ogee-headed window (H 0.96m; Wth 0.3m) with glazing bar-holes is in the S wall further to the E. There is evidence of another destroyed window further E and an aumbry at the E end of the S wall. A large window in the E wall is destroyed, but there is a cupboard internally on the N side of the window. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 22 December, 2014

• ME026-010001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small WSW-ENE stream c. 200m to the S. The parish church of Knockcommon (ME026-010----) is at the N side of a small rectangular graveyard (dims c. 35-50 N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by earthen banks and hedges on every side except the N where the graveyard has been extended by a strip (dims c. 80m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE), which extends off to the N and E. Archaeological testing (98E0023) prior to the extension produce no related material (Murphy 2000). According to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) the graveyared was not enclosed (Ellison 1971, 36). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 March, 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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 low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockcommon.

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.

No address of the register names Knockcommon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Knockcommon · Cnoc Comáin

Area

1,328,769 m² (132.88 ha, 328.35 acres)

Civil parish

Knockcommon, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

Painestown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,260 people lived in 414 households in the Painestown electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumman, Gilltown, Kellystown, Lougher, Rahill, Rathdrinagh, Sicily

Placenames

Knockcommon 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.