Knockmonalea West
Knockmonalea West is a townland in the civil parish of Clonpriest, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Mhuine Léith Thiar.
Parcel 4918109
- Area
- 3,458 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 394 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
- Knockmonalea West
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 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.
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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
- 107.2 ha
- 265 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 4,334 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmonalea West, from 37 m² to 152,871 m² (15.29 ha, 37.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockmonalea West 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
10 Jun 2024Withdrawn
Permission for the demolition of existing fire damaged dwelling and outbuilding, partial demolition of out building, construction of new dwelling house, conversion of existing out building to form utility room and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5074
1 May 2024Conditional
Permission for Retention for alterations to shape, size and location of window and door layout on front, side and rear elevations to dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4774
5 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the demolition of existing fire damaged dwelling and outbuilding, partial demolition of outbuilding, construction of new dwelling house, conversion of existing outbuilding to form utility room and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4590
12 Oct 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a proposed single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, new rooflights to front, rear and side roofs, material alterations to rear and side elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6292
30 Aug 2022Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a proposed single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, new roof lights to front, rear and side roofs, material alterations to rear and side elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5969
19 Aug 2019Conditional
Installation of a wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6058
10 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of a cubicle house and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6119
6 Apr 2018Conditional
Construction of domestic garage and also to convert existing dwelling loft space for use as part of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4850
18 Nov 2014Conditional
Permission Consequent on the grant of Outline Planning Permission Ref. No. 12/5772 for construction of dwelling, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 14/6452
5 Nov 2014Incompleted application
Dwelling, detached garage, new site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 14/6358
17 Sept 2014Conditional
Retention of additional rooflight to rear of dwellinghouse and conversion of attic space to living accommodation, the wall plaster band to the front and side elevations and new sunroom to the east of the dwelling. Retention is also being sought for plastered piers and side wing walls to the entrance gateway and the detached garage along with its location/orientation on site
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5987
16 Aug 2012Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, new entrance and a wastewater treatment system along with all other associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/5772
17 Jun 2011Conditional
Construction of sunroom extension to front of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5320
28 Feb 2007Conditional
Sunroom extension to dweling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5500
14 Nov 2006Conditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12252
4 Sept 2006Conditional
Retention of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10272
2 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5202
3 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2940
3 May 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2925
21 Jul 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5595
25 Feb 2004Conditional
Extension to dwelling and re-location of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1110
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 Knockmonalea West.
Recorded monuments
- CO067-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on level ground, above steep S-facing slope. Roughly circulararea (29.3m N-S; 26.4m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m) NW->E; scarp (H 1.8m) SE->W. Field fence replaces bank E->SE. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO067-032 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front (S) of 4-bays; central door. Buttress against W wall. Roof thatched: E end hipped, W end gabled with chimney. Occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO067-033 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front (W) of 4-bays; off-centre doorway to left. Roof thatched: hipped to right, gabled to left; off-centre chimney to left. Occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having L-plan extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped and pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Battered and buttressed roughcast rendered walls with recent date plaque. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and square-headed opening with timber battened half-door.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c. 1820, now disused. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and square-headed opening with timber panelled door. Rendered square-profile piers with wrought-iron gate to site.
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 Knockmonalea West, 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 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 Knockmonalea West.
- 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 Knockmonalea West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockmonalea West · Cnoc an Mhuine Léith Thiar
- Area
- 1,071,882 m² (107.19 ha, 264.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonpriest, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Clonpriest, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,234 people lived in 402 households in the Clonpriest electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykilty, Burges Lower, Inchiquin, Knockmonalea East, Kyle
- Placenames
- Knockmonalea West 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.