Knockroe
Knockroe is a townland in the civil parish of Inishannon, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Cnoc Rua.
Parcel 2190016
- Area
- 28,328 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 326 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Knockroe
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bandon Valley Below Inishannon 001515
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 243.8 ha
- 602 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 4,209 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe, from 23 m² to 428,333 m² (42.83 ha, 105.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockroe 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 May 2025Conditional
Permission for the construction of a detached two-storey dwelling, creation of a new site entrance from an existing private lane, including the provision of a waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4996
14 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for extraction of sand & gravel over an area c3.5 ha; extraction by dry working to a level 2 metres above ground water level at a maximum rate of 100,000 tonnes per year; transport of the extracted sand & gravel to the adjacent Dromkeen pit (plan ref. 23/04780) for use in concrete production; upgrading of the existing internal access road and use of the existing access onto the local road L3204; provision of wheelwash and welfare unit (c8.3sqm) and restoration of the lands to agricultural and natural habitat use, all within an application area of c4.0 hectares. Permission is sought for 15 years plus two years for final restoration (total duration of seventeen years). The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4666
23 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6465
25 Oct 2024Withdrawn
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6029
23 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6616
26 Oct 2022Refused
Construction of a dwelling house, septic tank, percolation area and all associated siteworks for the purpose of housing a farm manager
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6420
26 Oct 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a livestock underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6419
29 Jul 2022Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, installation of on-site wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5795
21 Jul 2020Conditional
(a) Construction of a milking parlour (b) construction of a handling area (c) extension to existing collecting yard (d) demolition of part of existing straw bedding shed (e) demolition of part of existing milking parlour and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5545
23 Jun 2020Incompleted application
(a) Construction of a milking parlour, (b) construction of a handling area, (c) extension to existing collecting yard, (d) demolition of part of existing straw bedding shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5285
9 Mar 2020Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, on-site wastewater treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4480
13 Feb 2020Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse, installation of on-site wastewater treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4270
28 May 2019Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5363
17 Jan 2019Withdrawn
The demolition of existing single storey sunroom, (south side), and existing plant room, (west side) and construction of new single storey extensions to replace these, incorporating proposed link on the west side to existing single storey utility building, together with proposed single storey extension, to the north west / rear elevation, together with fenestration alterations and installation of new waste water treatment system, all to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4067
21 Nov 2017Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and dormer type garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/7008
15 Mar 2017Conditional
The construction of a split level two storey dwelling house with garage, waste water treatment unit and new site entrance, access lane & landscape and ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4616
16 Aug 2016Refused
Construction of a split level two storey dwellinghouse, garage, waste water treatment unit and new site entrance, access lane and landscaping and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6039
27 Jul 2016Incompleted application
To construct a split level two storey dwellinghouse with garage, waste water treatment unit and new site entrance, access lane and landscaping and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5875
25 Apr 2016Conditional
Construction of an agricultural building (cubicle live stock housing) along with a silage pit, a slurry store and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4927
23 Nov 2015Refused
Construction of a part single part two-storey dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system, creation of a new vehicular access lane off the existing permitted entrance (Planning Reg. No. 11/4492), closure of existing roadway access and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6645
1 Nov 2013Unconditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and septic tank, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/6609
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6073
26 Oct 2012Conditional
Construction of a domestic boiler house/garden shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6229
21 Sept 2012Incompleted application
Construction of a domestic boiler house/garden shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6006
1 Jun 2012Refused
Construction of a dwellinghouse incorporating a carport and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5217
11 Mar 2011Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4492
The 25 most recent of 45 applications.
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bandon Valley Below Inishannon 001515
Recorded monuments
- CO111-006 Fulacht fia
Description
Grass-covered spread of burnt material in pasture on N-facing slope. Spring to S. Mound levelled in 1982. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO111-009 Castle - unclassified
Description
On bend on W bank of Bandon River. Poulnalong Tower House (CO111-010----) on bend on E bank to NE. MacCarthy Riabhach castle (Ó Murchadha 1985, 54). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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
- At the centre of the townland of Knockroe, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockroe.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockroe · An Cnoc Rua
- Area
- 2,437,945 m² (243.79 ha, 602.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishannon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Knockroe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 767 people lived in 254 households in the Knockroe electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dromkeen, Farranagow, Kildarra, Knocknacurra, Rockhouse
- 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.