Knockmeane
Knockmeane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmeane, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 2909781
- Area
- 8,508 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Knockmeane
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
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 5 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1403 (ZIP).
- 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
- 94.5 ha
- 233 acres
- Land parcels
- 24
- registered freehold, median 10,414 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmeane, from 105 m² to 217,080 m² (21.71 ha, 53.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockmeane 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
22 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for a) Construction of a new flat-roof single-storey extension to the rear measuring 39.5 sq.m.; b) Construction of new flat-roof single-storey extension to the rear of the existing garage measuring 30.5 sq.m. comprising a Home Gym; c) Replacement of the existing pitched roof to conservatory room to the Western elevation with a new flat roof; d) Construction of a new open sided semi-covered external terrace to the rear of the existing house; e) Construction of a new open sided carport to the side and rear of the existing house, set back 60.5 metres from the front boundary; f) Internal and elevational alterations; g) All associated site and landscaping works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460344
11 Mar 2024Conditional
Retention Permission for: (a) Reduction in overall site area from 5556 sq.m. to 2769 sq.m. and change of boundary location to the rear (north-east). (b) Change in position of detached dwelling. Dwelling is moved 4414mm towards the front (south-west) and 7197mm to the side (north-west), measurements taken from south-west corner of house. (c) Change in position of detached garage from behind the dwelling to the side of the dwelling. Garage is moved 20913mm towards the front (south-west) and 25564mm to the side (south-east Window ), measurements taken from south-west corner of house. (d) Changes to house design as follows: Increase in floor area from 248 sq.m. to 274 sq.m., width of house increased by 57mm and depth of house increased by 1165mm, minor internal layout changes, minor elevational alterations, increase in roof pitch resulting in a rise of ridge height by 1865mm. (e) Changes to garage design as follows: Increase in floor area from 24 sq.m. to 49 sq.m., width of garage increased by 2266mm and depth of garage increased by 2076mm, minor elevational alterations, increase in roof pitch resulting in a rise of ridge height by 1796mm, at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460121
19 Dec 2023N/a
Retention Permission for a) Reduction in overall site area from 5556 sq.m. to 2769 sq.m. and change of boundary location to the rear (north-east). b) Change in position of detached dwelling. Dwelling is moved 4414mm towards the front (south-west) and 7197mm to the side (north-west), measurements taken from south-west corner of house. c) Change in position of detached garage from behind the dwelling to the side of the dwelling. Garage is moved 20913mm towards the front (south-west) and 25564mm to the side (south-east Window ), measurements taken from south-west corner of house. d) Changes to house design as follows Increase in floor area from 248 sq.m. to 274 sq.m. Width of house increased by 57mm and depth of house increased by 1163mm. Minor internal layout changes Minor elevational alterations. Increase in roof pitch resulting in a rise of ridge height by 1865mm. e) Changes to garage design as follows; Increase in floor area from 24 sq.m. to 49 sq.m. Width of Garage increased by 2266mm and depth of Garage increased by 2076mm. Minor elevational alterations. Increase in roof pitch resulting in a rise of ridge height by 1796mm at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2360281
22 Aug 2023N/a
Permission for a) Construction of a new carport canopy to the side and rear of the existing house, b) Construction of a new covered external terrace to the rear of the existing house, c) Increasing the height of the existing conservatory room to the Western elevation, d) Construction of a new single storey extension to the rear, e)Construction of new single storey extension to the rear of the existing garage, f) Internal and elevational alterations, g) All associated site and landscaping works. The proposed works will increase the total habitable floor area from 314 sq.m to 384 sq.m at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360068
27 Jul 2023N/a
Permission for a) Construction of a new carport canopy to the side and rear of the existing house b) Construction of a new covered external terrace to the rear of the existing house c) Increasing the height of the existing conservatory room to the Western elevation d) Construction of a new single storey extension to the rear e) Construction of new single storey extension to the rear of the existing garage f) Internal and elevational alterations g) All associated site and landscaping works The proposed works will increase the total habitable floor area from 314 sq.m to 384 sq.m at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360029
20 Aug 2021Refused
Permission to construct single storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21479
22 Jul 2021N/a
construct single storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area associated site development works and services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21419
14 Mar 2019Conditional
development consisting of a single storey extension, comprising of an open plan kitchen, living and dining room, two bedrooms, w.c., study and utility areas to the rear of the existing dwelling, demolition of the existing flat roof extension, alterations to the existing front elevation, new waste treatment system and ancillary works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19123
6 Mar 2019N/a
the development will consist of a single storey extension, comprising of an open plan kitchen, living and dining room, two bedrooms, w.c., study and utility areas to the rear of the existing dwelling, demolition of the existing flat roof extension, alterations to the existing front elevation, new waste treatment system and ancillary works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19106
20 Feb 2018Conditional
to construct single storey dwelling, domestic garage, fuel store and general store, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1867
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 Knockmeane.
Recorded monuments
- RO041-041 Quarry
Description
Marked as circular feature (diam. c. 10m) on the 1890 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and the OS 25-inch map. This is a limestone quarry, now overgrown. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockmeane.
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 Knockmeane, about 1 in 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1372 (ZIP).
- 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 Knockmeane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Knockmeane
- Area
- 944,909 m² (94.49 ha, 233.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Electoral division
- Athleague East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 510 people lived in 184 households in the Athleague East electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Lisnalannow, Moydow, Scardaun, Skrine, Tromaun
- Placenames
- Knockmeane 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.