Ballyknock

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknock, from 36 m² to 120,892 m² (12.09 ha, 29.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyknock 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III development - construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660834

• 31 Oct 2025N/a

  RED III development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development (renewable energy development) with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561099

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional

  the extension of a concrete yard, alterations to building wall details, alterations to boundary treatments (including fencing) and landscaping (all comprising revisions to the development previously permitted under planning permission reference 0994)and PERMISSION for a change of use and operation of the building from an ancillary warehouse / light industrial building to an independent warehouse/ light industrial building separate to the neighbouring warehouse / light industrial building; an extension of its operating hours (both of which comprise amendments to the operation / use of the development as previously permitted and conditioned under planning permission reference 20859, 0994 and 06297); and associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560856

• 25 Aug 2025N/a

  development consisting of the extension of a concrete yard, alterations to building wall details, alterations to boundary treatments (including fencing) and landscaping (all comprising revisions to the development previously permitted under planning permission reference 0994). Permission is sought for development comprising a change of use and operation of the building from an ancillary warehouse / light industrial building to an independent warehouse/ light industrial building separate to the neighbouring warehouse / light industrial building; an extension of its operating hours (both of which comprise amendments to the operation / use of the development as previously permitted and conditioned under planning permission reference 20859, 0994 and 06297); and associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560830

• 22 Jul 2025Conditional

  1) extensions to the original dwelling house and including material alterations to the original dwelling house, 2) existing foundations and rising blockwork walls as constructed, to facilitate a future extension, 3) a pergola, 4) a children's playhouse and PLANNING PERMISSION for 5) the completion of an extension to the dwelling house which will be constructed upon the foundations and rising blockwork walls which are the subject of item no. 2 of retention permission portion of this application, 6) the construction of an additional domestic extension to the dwelling house and including all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25145

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  construction of replacement two storey dwelling, domestic garage, new site entrance, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360565

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  change of design of proposed dwelling and domestic garage as originally granted under planning reference number 211383 and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2360566

• 25 Aug 2022Conditional

  boundary fence and gates

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260436

• 4 May 2022Refused

  a replacement dwelling with garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area with all associated and ancillary siteworks, and for the change of use of existing dwelling on site to use as a garage/store. Previously granted under pl. ref. 17/600588

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 22331

• 29 Sept 2021Refused

  construction of a replacement dwelling with garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area with all associated and ancillary siteworks, and for the change of use of existing dwelling on site to use as a garage/store

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 211445

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, alterations to existing site entrance, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 211383

• 3 Sept 2021N/a

  new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, alterations to existing site entrance, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211318

• 13 May 2021Refused

  a HGV & LGV workshop and repair centre with entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21667

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  (i) excavated area within application boundary as well as Planning Permission for (ii) the construction of a storage warehouse and (iii) the construction of a concrete yard and all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20859

• 16 Jun 2020N/a

  (i) excavated area within application boundary as well as Planning Permission for (ii) the construction of a storage warehouse and (iii) the construction of a concrete yard and all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20603

• 24 May 2017Conditional

  construction of a replacement dwelling with garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area with all associated and ancillary siteworks, and for the change of use of existing dwelling on site to use as a garage/store

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600588

• 25 Apr 2017N/a

  the demolition of existing dwelling and construct a new replacement dwelling with garage, new entrance septic tank and percolation area with all associated site works and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600428

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 the townland of Ballyknock.

Recorded monuments

• TS061-007001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope; Scrub on hillside to immediate SE. Oval area (dims. 26m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by broad, flat-topped bank (overall Wth 5.65m; Wth at top 2.2m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m) NNE-WNW. Scarp (Wth 2.75m; H 1.5m) WNW-NNE, where monument has been raised on NW-side to compensate for hillslope. Fosse (overall Wth 6.65m; basal Wth 1.5m; D 1.15m) ESE-SW has been re-cut SW-WNW where it is partially truncated by field boundary (long axis N-S). Oval shaped area (dims. 9.5m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW) cut into ground and abutting bank at NE. Defined by a bank of earth and stone NW-SE. Entrance (Wth 1.3m) at N has a possible causeway (Wth 3.5m) at N. Breach (Wth 2.5m) at S. Possible remains of outer bank (overall Wth 2.2m; Wth at top 0.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.18m) WNW-NNE. Interior has a steep NE-facing slope and W-half is obscured by dense overgrowth. Enclosure (TS061-007002-) is 10m to ENE. Area separating the two monuments is poorly drained and is defined by a small water channel (long-axis c. N-S) where run-off from the hillside flows downslope. Recently constructed factory to WNW. Enclosure (TS061-007003-) is c. 30m to ENE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-007002 Enclosure
  Description

  Conjoined to enclosure (TS061-007003-) to E via shared fosse. Roughly rectangular area (dims. 18m E-W; 14m N-S) defined by linear bank, reduced to scarp (max. Wth 1.75m; max. H 1.15m) which is best preserved to E (L 14m), S (L 18m) and W (L 14m). Scarp low and eroded to N, is best preserved at W-end short return (L 4m). Corners rounded to SW and NW where possibly eroded by fluvial activity of hillside run-off. Shared fosse (overall Wth 4.7m; basal Wth 1.75m; D 1.7m) to E, where small stream flows from hillside to SE. Interior slopes down to NW with prevalent slope and is obscured by overgrowth in centre and along N-side. Linear, earthen field boundary (long axis WSW-ENE) is c. 4m to S. Enclosure (TS061-07001-) is c. 10m to WSW. Area separating the two monuments is poorly drained and is defined by a small water channel (long-axis NW-SE) where run-off from the hillside flows downslope. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-007003 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope; Scrub on hillside to immediate SE. Conjoined to enclosure (TS061-007002-) to W via shared fosse. Circular area (dims. 21m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by well preserved flat-topped earthen bank (overall Wth 3.95m; Wth at top 1.75m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m). Entrance (Wth 4m) at NNW which is eroded but appears to be causewayed. Fosse (overall Wth 4.7m; basal Wth 1.75m; D 1.7m) is shared SW-NW and is absent NW-NNW. Fosse (overall Wth 6.05m; basal Wth 1.75m; D 1.7m) NNW-SW. Interior slopes down to NW. Enclosure (TS061-007001-) is c. 30m to WSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Just off the summit of Ballyknock Hill, on a S-facing slope, in pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. 42.3m N-S; 47.3m E-W) enclosed by grass-covered bank with a high stone content (Wth crest 2m; base 5.1m; H above int. 0.67m; H above ext. 2-2.3m) and shallow, U-shaped outer fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.28m). The fosse is most pronounced in the N half of the ringfort, the S side is obscured by brambles. Interior slopes to S. Foundations of a structure in interior with much denuded wall (Wth 1.7m; H 0.35m) running N-S (L 15m) from the inner face of the N bank. Immediately E of this there is a slightly raised area (dims. 15m N-S; 13m E-W) with stones protruding above the surface. Deep tractor/JCB ruts run E-W in the N part of the interior. The original entrance appears to be in the SSW (Wth 2.5m). A gap in the NW quadrant has been machine widened recently (Wth 5.8m) to provide tractor access to the monument. The bank material has been pushed into the fosse to provide a ramped causeway. In the N-NW sectors dead wood/scrub has been dumped in the fosse, with a small stone dump against the external face of the bank in the N. A post and wire fence runs E-W up to the external face of the bank in the E quadrant and the area immediately S of this has been dug away. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On S-facing slope of Ballyknock Hill in pasture. Monument levelled with no visible trace above ground. Ground disturbed, with wide ridges running N-S in area of monument. Post and wire fence, with gorse, replaces earlier field boundary which ran N-S along E side of monument. A sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 depict an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank (OS Field Memorandums), as indicated on the 1952-54 ed. OS 6-inch map (overall dims. 60m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, in fenced-off area of small quarry. Circular area (dims. 26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by earthen bank (Wth at top 2.75m; total Wth 8.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) which is best preserved SW-N. Bank (Wth at top 3.6m; total Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.15m) is lower N-SW and exterior truncated by field boundary to NE and SE. Steep drop to retaining wall of recently constructed development, which is built up against cut ground along SE-side of monument. Interior slopes down sharply to SSE and has an uneven area off-centre to SSE, which may have been excavated and backfilled. Large oblong quarried area (long-axis NNE-SSW) flanked by bank along WNW-side, is c. 4m to SW. On the 2nd (1952-54) ed. OS 6-inch map (overall dims. 63m N-S; 48m E-W) and on a sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 there is a wide external fosse (OS Field Memorandums). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-151 House - prehistoric
  Description

  Excavation carried out in advance of construction of the N8 Cashel Bypass and N74 Link Road uncovered a circular structure (diam. c. 10m) with an inner circle of post-holes and a partial outer circle projecting from it to the N and NW. Close to the structure were two pits to the immediate S and N; the southern pit showed evidence of burning and may have been an oven or kiln. Associated pottery suggests a possible Bronze Age date for this possible house. Projecting lines and arcs of post- and stake-holes associated with the possible house could be associated paddocks or wind breaks. According to local information extensive field alteration and vegetation clearance had taken place in this area and this could explain the lack of occupation layers within the possible house. (McKinstry 2006, 467). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 August 2014

• TS061-154 Standing stone
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope of Ballyknock Hill, in improved pasture. There are good views from E-NW. An upright limestone stone (0.48m x 0.41; H 1.52m), rectangular in plan and orientated ENE-WSW. It leans to the NNE. There is one large packing stone and others may be obscured by grass tufts. There is a depression around the base of the stone due to cattle erosion. O'Brien (2006, 16-17) describes a number of stones protruding from the ground immediately N of the standing stone as possible packing stones or a possible cist (0.4m x 0.5m) formed by two short side stones and lone long stone, with the base of the standing stone forming the back. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-155 Pit-burial
  Description

  Uncovered during archaeological excavation of the N8 Cashel bypass. A pit (diam. 0.43m; D 0.38m) containing frequent inclusions of burnt bone and charcoal was found under a field boundary (McKinstry 2004, 11-12, 20). A radiocarbon date of 3460±70 BP/2940-1610 cal. BC was obtained for the cremation (Fairburn 2006, 457). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 August 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyknock.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballyknock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Ballyknock · Baile an Chnoic

Area

1,139,569 m² (113.96 ha, 281.59 acres)

Civil parish

St. Patricksrock, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Cashel Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cashel Rural electoral division: 3,083 people in 1,039 households; 62% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballypadeen, Boscabell, Clonmore, Corralough, Gortmakellis, Hughes'-Lot East, Monadreela

Placenames

Ballyknock 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.