Knocknalun
Knocknalun is a townland in the civil parish of Tedavnet, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na Lon.
Parcel 337007
- Area
- 7,559 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 227 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
- Knocknalun
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 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 low.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 111 ha
- 274 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 24,357 m² (2.44 ha, 6.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknalun, from 388 m² to 108,517 m² (10.85 ha, 26.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Knocknalun 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
23 Jan 2024Conditional
permission to carry out the following works on a previously approved site ref. P14/346 & P19/9017 namely...demolish remaining mushroom tunnels (3no.), modify site boundaries, extend existing as constructed poultry unit to facilitate increased capacity, construct 1 no. poultry house (in lieu of The Second Poultry Unit Not Yet Constructed But Approved Under P19/9017), construct new larger ancillary general purpose store, increase existing hardened area and relocate LPG tank, block up existing agricultural entrance and use single existing approved entrance together with all ancillary site works within existing farmyard complex. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this planning application.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 243
22 Feb 2023Refused
permission to carry out the following works on a previously approved site ref. P14/346 & P19/9017 namely: -Demolish remaining mushroom tunnels (3 no.) -Modify site boundaries -Extend existing as constructed poultry unit to facilitate increased capacity -Construct 1 no. poultry house (in lieu of the second poultry unit not yet constructed but approved under P19/9017) -Construct new larger ancillary general purpose store -Increase existing hardened area & relocate LPG tank -Block up existing agricultural entrance and use single existing approved entrance together with all ancillary site works within existing farmyard complex. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this planning application.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2357
21 Apr 2021Conditional
Permission to retain all elevational changes to as constructed dwelling along with below ground basement to rear of previously approved dwelling Ref P16/332
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21211
3 Dec 2019Conditional
demolish a single mushroom tunnel and construct two poultry units together with underground washings tanks, erect vertical meal bins, use existing domestic entrance at existing farmyard, and all associated site works. The Significant additional information / revised plans have been submitted in relation to this application. An EIS was submitted with this application
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 199017
15 May 2019Conditional
permission for the construction of single storey extensions to both side gables of the dwelling house, the retention of a rear extension to the dwelling house, the demolition of the garage to the north west side of the dwelling, the construction of a detached domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19222
12 Mar 2019Conditional
Permission to construct a free range poultry unit together with vertical meal bins, underground washings tank, roof water polishing area, develop existing agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works. Significant Further Information relates to the submission of a 2018 and 2019 fertiliser Plans.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19114
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 Knocknalun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknalun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknalun.
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 Knocknalun, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocknalun.
- 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 Knocknalun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknalun · Cnoc na Lon
- Area
- 1,109,714 m² (110.97 ha, 274.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tedavnet, and its townlands
- Barony
- Monaghan
- Electoral division
- Sheskin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 683 people lived in 232 households in the Sheskin electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derrycrossan, Derrynanamph, Derrynasell East, Drumcoo (Foster), Drumscor, Knockballyroney, Tonystackan
- Placenames
- Knocknalun 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.