# Knockieran Lower, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Blessington, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cnoc an Chaorthainn Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,249,464 m² (124.95 ha, 308.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Blessington, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/blessington.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division: Blessington, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,588 people lived in 1,608 households in the Blessington electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54632
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250948
- Centre: latitude 53.165834, longitude -6.518218 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockieran Lower, from 10 m² to 234,242 m² (23.42 ha, 57.88 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1298448: 234,242 m² (23.42 ha, 57.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298448.md
- Parcel 5217679: 121,815 m² (12.18 ha, 30.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217679.md
- Parcel 1287591: 105,337 m² (10.53 ha, 26.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287591.md
- Parcel 1287590: 96,669 m² (9.67 ha, 23.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287590.md
- Parcel 1286036: 75,870 m² (7.59 ha, 18.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286036.md
- Parcel 1292275: 71,476 m² (7.15 ha, 17.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292275.md
- Parcel 1268265: 60,567 m² (6.06 ha, 14.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268265.md
- Parcel 1269295: 44,002 m² (4.4 ha, 10.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269295.md
- Parcel 4832386: 38,497 m² (3.85 ha, 9.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4832386.md
- Parcel 1275094: 35,104 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275094.md
- Parcel 1261209: 25,128 m² (2.51 ha, 6.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261209.md
- Parcel 1259532: 19,095 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259532.md
- Parcel 1250910: 18,949 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250910.md
- Parcel 1280577: 18,167 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280577.md
- Parcel 1293486: 12,560 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293486.md
- Parcel 5651028: 11,980 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5651028.md
- Parcel 1259835: 10,172 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259835.md
- Parcel 1260339: 8,122 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260339.md
- Parcel 1259403: 6,752 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259403.md
- Parcel 1262392: 5,149 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262392.md
- Parcel 1298277: 5,144 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298277.md
- Parcel 1263790: 4,820 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263790.md
- Parcel 1259756: 4,186 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259756.md
- Parcel 1299542: 4,067 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299542.md
- Parcel 1294107: 4,013 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294107.md
- Parcel 1272459: 3,725 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272459.md
- Parcel 1261839: 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261839.md
- Parcel 5650966: 3,540 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5650966.md
- Parcel 1285099: 3,492 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285099.md
- Parcel 5217682: 3,476 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217682.md
- Parcel 1295156: 3,260 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295156.md
- Parcel 1262646: 2,921 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262646.md
- Parcel 1274544: 2,921 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274544.md
- Parcel 1283366: 2,848 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283366.md
- Parcel 1295795: 2,820 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295795.md
- Parcel 1267380: 2,802 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267380.md
- Parcel 1279790: 2,490 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1279790.md
- Parcel 1278380: 2,477 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278380.md
- Parcel 1290462: 2,455 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290462.md
- Parcel 1259672: 2,421 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259672.md
- Parcel 5217591: 2,205 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217591.md
- Parcel 1264174: 2,167 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264174.md
- Parcel 1292896: 2,087 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292896.md
- Parcel 1297824: 2,084 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297824.md
- Parcel 5105498: 1,996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105498.md
- Parcel 1264367: 1,996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264367.md
- Parcel 1264758: 1,921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264758.md
- Parcel 1291849: 1,914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1291849.md
- Parcel 1293680: 1,869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293680.md
- Parcel 1274157: 1,720 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274157.md
- Parcel 1282873: 1,390 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282873.md
- Parcel 1270714: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270714.md
- Parcel 1283845: 1,141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283845.md
- Parcel 5105516: 1,138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105516.md
- Parcel 1288649: 1,097 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288649.md
- Parcel 1269143: 1,094 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269143.md
- Parcel 1289860: 1,091 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289860.md
- Parcel 1263415: 1,071 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1263415.md
- Parcel 1299672: 1,050 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299672.md
- Parcel 1288387: 974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288387.md
- Parcel 1287686: 828 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1287686.md
- Parcel 5105535: 816 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105535.md
- Parcel 1277015: 797 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277015.md
- Parcel 1266381: 769 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266381.md
- Parcel 5108100: 741 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5108100.md
- Parcel 5105530: 725 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5105530.md
- Parcel 1290981: 689 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290981.md
- Parcel 1295545: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295545.md
- Parcel 5240450: 679 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240450.md
- Parcel 1266511: 664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1266511.md
- Parcel 1289558: 509 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289558.md
- Parcel 5240449: 367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240449.md
- Parcel 5217633: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5217633.md
- Parcel 1298715: 258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298715.md
- Parcel 1250326: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250326.md
- Parcel 1262877: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262877.md
- Parcel 1262764: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262764.md
- Parcel 1271327: 138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271327.md
- Parcel 1256068: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1256068.md
- Parcel 1295391: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1295391.md
- Parcel 1261593: 65 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261593.md
- Parcel 1293405: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293405.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockieran Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

13 applications, newest first.

- 30 May 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560406: Conditional. Permission. demolish the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing cottage & construction of a new pitched roof ground floor extension (circa 62 Sq/M) to the rear & side along with a new pedestrian access gate at the front boundary wall and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560406/0
- 22 May 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560382: N/a. Permission. permission to demolish the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing cottage & construction of a new pitched roof ground floor extension (circa 62 Sq/M) to the rear & side along with a new pedestrian access gate at the front boundary wall and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560382/0
- 17 Feb 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560095: Conditional. Retention. conversion of attic space to that granted under PRR:89/4874 and for 2 No. single storey rear extensions and for the upgrade of existing effluent disposal system to current EPA standards. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560095/0
- 28 Jan 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560044: N/a. Retention. conversion of attic space to that granted under PRR:89/4874 together with retention permission for 2 No. single storey rear extensions and permission for the upgrade of existing effluent disposal system to current EPA standards. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560044/0
- 11 May 2021, Wicklow County Council 21543: Conditional. Permission. upgrade existing septic tank to a wastewater treatment plant with sand polishing filter and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21543/0
- 29 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21489: N/a. Permission. upgrade existing septic tank to a waste water treatment plant with sand polishing filter and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21489/0
- 17 Sept 2020, Wicklow County Council 20914: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the sub-division and conversion of an existing single and two storey agricultural outbuilding to provides 5 no. holiday cottages (3 no. one bedroomed and 2 no. two bedroomed) to include modifications to existing elevations and provision of roof lights, relocate the existing entrance, replace the Waste Water Treatment System with an Integrated Constructed Wetland System to treat wastewater generated from the existing dwelling and the holiday cottages and all associated site works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20914/0
- 14 Aug 2018, Wicklow County Council 18923: Conditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. extend the appropriate period of a permission - 12/6921 - relocate dwelling granted under planning ref 08/628 by a distance of 35 mts to the north east, also relocate the granted entrance by 10mts to the south west. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18923/0
- 15 May 2018, Wicklow County Council 18514: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. part single storey, part storey and a half dwelling with a single storey garage along with a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18514/0
- 19 Jun 2017, Wicklow County Council 17720: N/a. Permission, 1 home. private dwelling with attic space including bedroom / bathroom and velux roof windows together with on site wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17720/0
- 23 Mar 2017, Wicklow County Council 17307: Unconditional. Permission. greenway. Construct a new crushed stone track in order to create a walking & cycling greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with the upgrading of the existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan, Carrig, Knockieran Upper, Knockieran Lower, Blessington and Burgage More and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgrading works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface, placement of apprx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17307/0
- 18 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1739: N/a. Permission. new crushed stone track in order to create a walking and cycling Greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with upgrading of existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgarding works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. placement of approx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1739/0
- 16 Jan 2017, Wicklow County Council 1726: Refused. Permission, 1 home. subdivision and conversion of an existing single and two storey agricultural outbuilding to provide 5 no holiday home / self catering units (3 no one bedroomed and 2 no two bedroomed) to include modifications to existing elevations, the provision of rooflights, a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/1726/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA, site code 004063, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004063
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI005-051: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-051----. Situated on the summit of a low hill with extensive views over the now flooded Liffey Valley to the N, W and S. Rectangular block of shale (H 1.48m; Wth 0.7m x 0.5m) with a rectangular cross-section. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knockieran Lower, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2946, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2946.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockieran-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockieran-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockieran-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockieran Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Blessington: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blessington.md
- Burgage More: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/burgage-more.md
- Butterhill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/butterhill.md
- Carrig: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/carrig.md
- Crosscoolharbour: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/crosscoolharbour.md
- Haylands: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/haylands.md
- Knockieran Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockieran-upper.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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