Knockanoran

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanoran, from 31 m² to 171,810 m² (17.18 ha, 42.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Knockanoran 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.

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling house, entrance, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22578

• 9 Sept 2022Conditional

  construct new single storey dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22559

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, new site entrance, septic tank, change of boundaries from previously granted and all associated site works. Ref. No. of outline permission: 20/306

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21893

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  construct dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation system and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20306

• 10 Sept 2020Conditional

  alter the two storey dwelling house which was previously granted planning permission with 13/359, and granted extension of duration no. 19/4. The alterations to consist of changing the single storey element into two storey to the east side, relocate garage to facilitate a car port between the house and garage, alterations to roof over the living room to include removal of chimney and change fenestration to the side and rear of house and all associated site works and a Natura Impact Statement was submitted to the planning authority with previous application on foot of which planning permission 13/359 was granted and the Natura Impact Statement previously submitted

  Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20459

• 12 Mar 2020Refused

  retain extension to existing shed with attached open car port and with connection to all services and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20138

• 9 Jan 2020N/a

  retain extension to existing shed with attached open car port and with connection to all services and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 208

• 6 Jan 2020N/a

  extend existing shed with attached open car port and with connection to all services and associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 202

• 2 Sept 2019Conditional

  construct a new dormer style dwelling house, new domestic garage, site entrance, septic tank & percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19502

• 14 Jun 2019Conditional

  develop a Blueway along the River Erkina through the townlands of Castle Durrow Demesne, Knockanoran, Ballygauge Beg, Derreen and Carrowreagh, Ballygarvin Glebe, Ballyboodin, Kyletilloge, Braccas, Oldglass and Kilnaseer, Co.Laois. The development will consist of the construction of a floating pontoon at Castle Durrow Demesne, a foot bridge on the River Goul at its confluence with the River Erkina, car park at the Wooden Bridge, access steps at Boson Bridge, 3 no. information signs, partial removal of in river silt deposits, stockpiling of silt on adjacent lands, lopping of overhanging tree branches as necessary and all associated ancillary works. A Natura iImpact Statement has been prepared in respect of the project and is being submitted with the application

  Permission · Laois County Council, 19337

• 4 Jan 2019Unconditional

  extend time on planning permission 13359

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Laois County Council, 194

• 11 Jun 2018Conditional

  construct dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is being submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18347

• 8 Jun 2018N/a

  construct dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is being submitted.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18346

• 6 Apr 2018N/a

  construct dwellinghouse, domestic garage, entrance, septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18209

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Curragh And Goul River Marsh 000420

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockanoran.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockanoran.

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 Knockanoran, 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 Knockanoran.

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 Knockanoran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Knockanoran · Cnoc an Fhuaráin

Area

1,903,945 m² (190.39 ha, 470.48 acres)

Civil parish

Durrow, and its townlands

Barony

Clarmallagh

Electoral division

Durrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,383 people lived in 501 households in the Durrow electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygauge Beg, Ballygauge More, Castledurrow Demesne, Castleview, Coolnabehy, Derreen and Carrowreagh, Moyne

Placenames

Knockanoran 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.