Knockbrack

150 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbrack, from 18 m² to 62,940 m² (6.29 ha, 15.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockbrack 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.

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  For development consisting of refurbishment and upgrading works [including (where necessary) replacement of existing poles along the existing overhead electricity line, minor ground works e.g. replacement or installation of stays, and maintenance or improvement works]; and all associated ancillary works including the provision of temporary accessways. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Planning permission is sought for a 10 year period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360510

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  to (1) demolish existing front and rear extensions to existing dwelling house, (2) construct new rear/side elevation extension, new front elevation extension as well as increase the existing roof height of existing dwelling house, (3) external elevational alterations and internal modifications to the existing house as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works 181.30 sq m.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260903

• 14 Jul 2022Conditional

  to construct a new agricultural shed and access road as well as all ancillary site works and site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 144.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2260722

• 12 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a new boat house/storage shed as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: 70 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260477

• 29 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter as well as all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 276.53 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201609

• 24 Apr 2020Unconditional

  to construct a new agricultural building at Knockbrack, Cleggan, Co. Galway. The development will consist of the construction of a new pitched roof slatted shed with creep area and associated site works (gross floor space 93 sqm) Previous Planning Ref 14/663

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 20507

• 27 Nov 2019Conditional

  to (1) construct two semi-detached dwelling houses with separate effluent treatment systems and polishing filters (2) new site entrances as well as all ancillary site works and site services. This planning application is accompanied by a NIS, as required by Article 239 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended). Gross floor space of proposed works: 161.82 sqm (House 1) + 161.82 sqm (House 2)

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 191837

• 30 May 2019N/a

  of (1) alterations made to existing fish equipments store previously granted under PL Ref No. 53930 (2) permission to raise the pitch of the existing roof to allow for additional storage space and install Velux roof windows as well as all associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 86.04 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19820

• 21 Nov 2018Refused

  of ground works to facilitate vehicle parking associated with Cleggan Riding Centre complete with proposed storm water gully, grit trap and 3 stage grit and oil interceptor; and with proposed uses and traffic movements demarcated

  Retention · Galway County Council, 181664

• 20 Apr 2017Refused

  and retention permission of ground works to facilitate private and commercial vehicle parking. Retention is sought to keep all ground levels as they exist on site currently. Permission is sought for the completion of the same carpark, works to include placing of kerbs, construction of boundary walls and landscaping.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17537

• 13 Apr 2017Conditional

  to carry out building alterations, to erect signage and for change of use of a commercial feed store to a ticket sales office. (Gross floor space of proposed works: 44.2 sqm.)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17502

• 6 Mar 2017Conditional

  of external alterations made to existing dwelling house, previously granted under Pl Ref No 43068 on revised site boundaries. Gross floor area 140sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17298

• 16 Feb 2017N/a

  for change of use of a commercial feed store to a ticket sales office. (Gross floor area 44.2sqm)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17182

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: West Connacht Coast SAC 002998

Recorded monuments

• GA022-048 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Close to the seashore on E side of Sellerna Bay. The monument consists of a small narrow chamber (L c. 2.3m, Wth c. 0.8m) aligned E-W, and covered by a roofstone supported at W by a large slab. The N and S sides are each formed of three stones. The sides extend beyond the single orthostat which closes E end. The monument is incorporated in a fence. The remains are insufficient to allow classification. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 5) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c.1870, comprising fluted cylindrical shaft with moulded neck and base, fluted cap with acorn finial. Broken riveted pail stand to base of shaft.

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

At the centre of the townland of Knockbrack, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

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 Knockbrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Knockbrack · An Cnoc Breac

Area

808,694 m² (80.87 ha, 199.83 acres)

Civil parish

Omey, and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Cleggan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

304 people lived in 112 households in the Cleggan electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Moorneen, Trean

Placenames

Knockbrack 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.