Knocknacran West

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknacran West, from 1,359 m² to 144,818 m² (14.48 ha, 35.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knocknacran West 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.

• 11 Apr 2023Conditional

  ****APPEALED - ABP - Decision: Granted****(1) Excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant. (4) Further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) and associate works. Please see copy of site notice for more details.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360045

• 27 Jan 2022N/a

  permission for a development consisting of (1) excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction at Knocknacran (East & West) and Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan. Development will include the construction of a Cut-and-Cover Tunnel under the Carrickmacross to Kingscourt regional road (R179) for the transport of gypsum (by haulage truck and covered conveyor) to the existing processing plant area at Knocknacran, and for the transport of overburden and interburden (by haulage truck) to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine site for ongoing restoration purposes. The construction of the proposed tunnel will necessitate a temporary realignment of the R179 during the tunnel construction period to allow the R179 to remain in constant use. Development will also include: the demolition of one house and three unoccupied houses and sheds in the townlands of Knocknacran (East & West), Co. Monaghan; and the pumping of water from the existing Drumgoosat underground workings via an existing borehole on the Knocknacran West Mine site. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine located in the townlands of Derrynascobe, Derrynaglah, Enagh, Knocknacran (East & West) and Drummond, Co. Monaghan, permitted under Reg. Ref. 17/217 and operating subject to Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence P0519-04 and Mining Lease M139. The proposed development includes a modification to the existing (approved) restoration plan to return the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine to near ground levels. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant area, including water treatment facilities and associated infrastructure (including discharge pipeline to the River Bursk) in the townlands of Enagh, Derrynaglah, Drummond, Derrynascobe and Clontrain, Co. Monaghan. The proposed development will include a replacement vehicular access to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine and Knocknacran Processing Plant area site from the L4816. (4) The further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) located in the townlands of Drummond, Derrynaglah and Knocknacran West, Co. Monaghan which provided for a playing pitch, dressing rooms, welfare facilities, ….View Scanned Files for complete description. Significant further information received in relation to the submission of technical reports.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2234

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  permission to erect two advertisements on structures at entrance of approved development under reg. ref. 20/365

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21698

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  permission for the construction of a new playing pitch, goalposts, ballstops, dugouts, pitch fencing, single storey dressing rooms & toilets, parking area, wastewater treatment system, percolation & attenuation areas, boundary fencing, new entrance onto R179 public road, and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20365

• 28 Apr 2017Conditional

  permission for the continuation of extraction of gypsum from a permitted open cast mine previously permitted under planning 07/430 to 2033 over an area of 54.86 hectares including progressive restoration and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17217

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 Knocknacran West.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknacran West.

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Knocknacran West.

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 Knocknacran West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Knocknacran West · Cnoc na Cranncha Thiar

Area

733,200 m² (73.32 ha, 181.18 acres)

Civil parish

Magheracloone, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Enagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Enagh electoral division: 819 people in 236 households; 90% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrynaglah, Derrynascobe, Drummond, Knocknacran East, Stranatona, Tullylougherny

Placenames

Knocknacran West 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.