Knockstown

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockstown, from 308 m² to 252,577 m² (25.26 ha, 62.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661061

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  permission to (1) demolish end of life, farm building incorporating hayshed and leanto buildings and for permission to construct within the vicinity of its foot print a Hay and Straw shed, and (2) for permission to construct a machinery shed all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24467

• 12 Dec 2024N/a

  permission to (1) demolish end of life, farm building incorporating hayshed and leanto buildings and for permission to construct within the vicinity of its foot print a Hay and Straw shed, and (2) for permission to construct a machinery shed all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24456

• 24 May 2024Conditional

  permission for an American Barn for horses, Fodder storage shed, a Sand arena, Roofed manure pit, All weather turnout area, Roofed horse walker and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yard areas, hardcore yard areas, Rainwater harvesting and effluent tanks) in a new farmyard area, utilising a new farm access road and creating a new farm entrance at public road. All works are for agricultural purposes only

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460374

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  permission for a change of house type and revised layout from that previously granted under reference number 211982, Septic tank and well to remain unchanged, as previously granted. Permission is also sought for a detached garage

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22728

• 12 Oct 2021Conditional

  a new two-storey detached dwelling and associated landscaping and site works including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and upgrading the existing site entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211982

• 20 Sept 2021N/a

  a new two-storey detached dwelling and associated landscaping and site works including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and upgrading the existing site entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211841

• 10 Sept 2021N/a

  a new two-storey detached dwelling and associated landscaping and site works including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and upgrading the existing site entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211781

• 7 Jul 2021Refused

  construction of a new two-storey detached dwelling with a conservatory and ancillary outbuildings and associated landscaping and site works including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and upgrading the existing site entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211301

• 3 Jul 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: Photovoltaic solar farm on a site of 23.6 hectares (58 acres) with an export capacity of approximately 8MW, comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames; 4 no. inverter stations; 1 no. interface substation; ducting and underground electrical cabling; perimeter fencing; pole mounted CCTV cameras; screen planting/landscaping; closing up of existing vehicular entrance and creation of a new vehicular entrance on the local road (L6215); new internal access track from the new vehicular entrance to connect with existing internal farm tracks, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA170766

• 22 Jun 2017Refused

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA170717

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 Knockstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Susceptibility 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 Knockstown.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Knockstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Knockstown

Area

1,308,817 m² (130.88 ha, 323.42 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Upper

Electoral division

Kilmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmore electoral division: 1,907 people in 588 households; 92% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygortagh, Clarkstown, Kilmore, Moynalvy

Placenames

Knockstown 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.