Rocker
Townland in the civil parish of Loughmoe West, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Rocar
- Area
- 50.1 ha
- 124 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 6,756 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rocker, from 158 m² to 103,082 m² (10.31 ha, 25.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rocker 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
14 Mar 2022Conditional
construction of a new part two storey, part single storey 4 bedroom dwelling house, new single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, on site wastewater treatment system, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 22217
7 Mar 2022N/a
construction of a new part two storey, part single storey 4 bedroom dwelling house, new single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, on site wastewater treatment system, together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22194
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 Rocker.
Recorded monuments
- TN035-014 Chapel
Description
No surface remains visible. Situated on E bank of river Suir with nearby church site (TN035-015) to E. Depicted as Chapel (in Ruins) on 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map. Possible penal church. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rocker.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rocker with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Rocker · Rocar
- Area
- 500,653 m² (50.07 ha, 123.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughmoe West, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Loughmore, the unit of the census
- Placenames
- Rocker on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.