Forth Commons
Forth Commons is a townland in the civil parish of St. Peter's, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Coimín Fhothart.
Parcel 375954
- Area
- 1,868 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 169 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Forth Commons
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260901
3 Mar 2026Refused
Permission for proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260258
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 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2986 (ZIP).
- 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
- 183.1 ha
- 452 acres
- Land parcels
- 148
- registered freehold, median 2,885 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forth Commons, from 43 m² to 313,527 m² (31.35 ha, 77.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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
No zone of a development plan covers Forth Commons 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
8 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260901
20 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260347
3 Mar 2026Refused
Permission for proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260258
1 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of an extension to the side of an existing dwelling
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260249
18 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a porch to the front of house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260193
25 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the re-use of existing 33 sq.m. disused
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251050
13 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of minor alterations to the dwelling house and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240137
6 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of the construction
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231342
11 Oct 2023N/a
Permission for development which will consist of the construction
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231209
8 Sept 2023N/a
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced storey and a half dwelling
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231078
12 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for upgrade of existing septic tank to new proprietary onsite
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230800
30 May 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the erection of 2 no. extensions to the side and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230604
27 Apr 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of site boundaries, kitchen extension, front porch area
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230449
21 Mar 2023Refused
Permission for retention of the erection of 2 no. extensions to the side and rea
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230276
26 May 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for erection of an extension to dwelling to include car port, games r
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210815
8 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the change of house location on site and revisions to the permitt
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210506
14 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a two storey dormer style extension to the rear e
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201547
11 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a 15m freestanding slimline lattice mast for the erection of
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201049
27 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a garden room associated with the existing main d
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200836
9 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the following items, namely a rear extension to the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200762
27 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200236
19 Feb 2020N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200202
10 Feb 2020Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND ASSOCIATE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200144
28 Jan 2020Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200088
21 Nov 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191551
The 25 most recent of 41 applications.
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Forth Mountain 000761
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Forth Commons.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Forth Commons.
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 Forth Commons, about 1 in 5 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 Forth Commons.
- 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 Forth Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Forth Commons · Coimín Fhothart
- Area
- 1,830,873 m² (183.09 ha, 452.42 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Peter's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Carrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,831 people lived in 630 households in the Carrick electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolree, Forth Commons, Hayestown Great, Larkinstown, Mullanour, Shelmaliere Commons, Shelmaliere Commons, Staplestown (Greaves)
- Placenames
- Forth Commons 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.