Knockroe
Townland in the civil parish of Monaghan, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Cnoc Rua
- Area
- 6 ha
- 15 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 307 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe, from 5 m² to 10,688 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential B (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 May 2025Conditional
planning permission for amendments to the previously approved permission (MCC Planning Ref: 24/60364) to include amended site boundaries, relocation of 4no. dwellings and associated garages together with all ancillary works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560179
30 Sept 2024Conditional
permission for the construction of 4 no. two- storey detached dwellings together with 4 no. single storey detached domestic garages, new individual vehicular access, connections to mains services including water & foul sewage, on site storm water treatment, new boundary treatments together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460364
24 Sept 2024N/a
planning permission for the construction of 4 no. two- storey detached dwellings together with 4 no. single storey detached domestic garages, new individual vehicular access, connections to mains services including water & foul sewage, on site stormwater treatment, new boundary treatments together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460356
22 Nov 2021Refused
Permission to: (1) Remove existing concrete foundations to plot Nos 25-33 (inclusive) - previously constructed or approved under register ref. 0530018, 1139001 and 15381. (2) Omission of 9No. detached houses (Types A & B) on plot Nos 25-33 (inclusive) and replacement with 13No. dwellings (10 semi detached and 3 semi detached) and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 219038
28 Apr 2021Conditional
permission for a development consisting of alterations/revised layout to previously granted planning permission ref: 16420 by the provision of 9. No. single storey dwellings in lieu of 9 no. 2 storey houses and for the removal of existing concrete foundations to plot No.'s 25-33 (inclusive) - previously constructed/approved under register ref. 0530018, 1139001, 15381 and 16420. The proposed 9 No. single storey dwellings will provide for: (a) 2 no. House type A (semi-detached, 2 bed), (b) 4 no. House type B (semi-detached, 3 bed), (c) 1 no. House type C (detached, 2 bed), (d) 2 no. House type D (semi-detached, 2 bed). All associated boundary treatments and site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21226
9 Apr 2021Conditional
Permission to construct a two-storey extension to rear of existing house and all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21183
20 Feb 2020Conditional
Permission to 1. Demolish existing single storey domestic garage and ancillary utility room and store to side of existing two storey dwelling house to facilitate construction of new single storey extension consisting of sitting room, utility room and wc, also internal renovation works to existing two storey dwelling house; 2. Elevational treatment to existing two storey dwelling house consisting of increased depth of window to side elevation and replacement of existing window opes to side and rear elevation with door openings; 3. Increase the width of existing site entrance onto N54 roadway to include removal of existing front boundary wall and hedge and construct new boundary wall set back into existing garden and all other associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2065
19 Dec 2017Conditional
Outline planning permission to construct 2 No. proposed new 2 storey detached dwelling houses, connections to existing public water, public storm and sewer services; construct new entrance onto public road and all associated site works. Significant further information relates to a revised site layout plan.
Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17604
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockroe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockroe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockroe.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2302 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Knockroe, Clones Rd8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Knockroe · An Cnoc Rua
- Area
- 60,471 m² (6.05 ha, 14.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monaghan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Monaghan
- Electoral division
- Monaghan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Monaghan Rural electoral division: 6,411 people in 2,320 households; 62% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cornecassa Demesne, Killyconigan, Mullaghadun, Mullaghcroghery
- Placenames
- Knockroe 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.