Ballyknockan
Ballyknockan is a townland in the civil parish of Kilrane, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Baile Cnocáin.
Parcel 2562982
- Area
- 589 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 376 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 Light Industry (Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Ballyknockan
Planning applications on this parcel
7 May 2024Refused
Permission for the retention of the change of use from farm yard and farm sheds
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240515
4 Oct 2022Refused
Permission for 1. retention for part change of existing agricultural shed
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221303
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 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 low, partly inferred.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 32.3 ha
- 80 acres
- Land parcels
- 127
- registered freehold, median 413 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential & Infill
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyknockan, from 9 m² to 55,642 m² (5.56 ha, 13.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential & Infill (Existing residential)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 106 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential Phase 2 (New/proposed residential)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Public Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential Phase 1 (New/proposed residential)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Aug 2026N/a
Permission for development consisting of: the proposed construction
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20261105
14 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a domestic outbuilding for use as a garden room
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260934
2 Mar 2026Refused
Permission for proposed timber frame dwelling house to replace an existing
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260252
23 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, new
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250597
2 May 2025N/a
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, new dua
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250514
2 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development at this site, The Outdoor Recreation Area
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241213
7 May 2024Refused
Permission for the retention of the change of use from farm yard and farm sheds
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240515
28 Mar 2024Refused
Permission to amend condition 14 of Planning Ref. 20044687
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240337
4 Oct 2022Refused
Permission for 1. retention for part change of existing agricultural shed
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221303
5 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for a mobile home as temporay accommodation,
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211716
20 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of change of use of the existing storage units into a m
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211334
6 Aug 2021N/a
Permission for retention for the retention of the change of use of existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211258
25 May 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed demolition of an existing shed and the proposed erec
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210804
17 May 2021N/a
permission for the retention of alterations to dwelling house and also the reten
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210743
4 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING: (A) INSTALLATION OF APPROX. 600 SQ.M. OF SOLAR PAN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200118
22 Jan 2020N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING: (A) INSTALLATION OF APPROX 600SQ/M OF SOLAR PANE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200064
14 Jan 2019Refused
PERMISSION TO ERECT 97 NO. DWELLING UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:
Permission, 97 homes · Wexford County Council, 20190031
12 Nov 2018N/a
PERMISSION TO ERECT 97 NO. DWELLING UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING
Permission, 97 homes · Wexford County Council, 20181545
21 May 2018Granted (conditional)
(A) PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING WAREHOU
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180669
9 May 2017Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING TRUCK AND TRAILER PARK, THE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170571
27 Apr 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING TRUCK AND TRAILER PARK, THE
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170525
2 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR PROPOSED EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160196
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 Ballyknockan.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyknockan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyknockan.
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 Ballyknockan, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyknockan.
- 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 Ballyknockan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyknockan · Baile Cnocáin
- Area
- 323,359 m² (32.34 ha, 79.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilrane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- St. Helen's, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,719 people lived in 1,005 households in the St. Helen's electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyaddragh, Ballygillane Big, Harristown
- Placenames
- Ballyknockan 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.