Ballygillane Big
Ballygillane Big is a townland in the civil parish of Kilrane, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is Baile Ghiolláin Mór.
Parcel 412544
- Area
- 2,883 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 246 m².
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential & Infill (Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
P1 Agriculture (Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Ballygillane Big
Planning applications on this parcel
7 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of a garden shea/store extension to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230788
10 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF SUNROOM EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, CHA
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171457
6 Oct 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF SUNROOM EXTENSION TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, CHANGE
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171316
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
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
- 66.7 ha
- 165 acres
- Land parcels
- 366
- registered freehold, median 350 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential & Infill
- Planning
- 74
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
366 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygillane Big, from 7 m² to 38,439 m² (3.84 ha, 9.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 63 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 · 326 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential Phase 2 (New/proposed residential)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Port Related Activities (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 3 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 - N6Public Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028, Wexford · 0 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
14 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a domestic outbuilding for use as a garden room
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260934
30 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of entrance and associated site works at 4 Bayview
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260854
22 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260805
11 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of an extension and renovations to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260587
25 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission is sought for the proposed construction of 12 number fully serviced
Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260238
30 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling and all associated site
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260106
15 Aug 2025Refused
Permission for the proposed construction of 13 number fully serviced
Permission, 13 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251007
18 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed change of use from previously granted creche to 3 no
Permission, 5 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250739
23 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for completion and permission for retention of alterations to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250599
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 May 2025N/a
Permission for retention and completion of alterations to approved plans granted
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250515
2 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for a mixed residential development of 39 no. dwelling units, to
Permission, 39 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250516
29 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for alterations to facades of an existing dwelling house including
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250496
18 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250199
12 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240675
28 Mar 2024Refused
Permission to amend condition 14 of Planning Ref. 20044687
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240337
19 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for change of use for the commercial unit (Cafe) on the ground floor
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240170
19 Dec 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of extensions and alterations to dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231541
29 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a domestic garage and permission for the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231430
7 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of a garden shea/store extension to an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230788
24 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230300
3 Feb 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed single storey extension & alteration to existing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230103
31 Jan 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for alterations to approved plans granted under planning reference
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230079
10 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of 2 no. fully serviced dwelling houses
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221494
The 25 most recent of 74 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
- Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA 004237
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballygillane Big.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1906–1940 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, extant 1940, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- House, 1906–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, extant 1940, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- House, 1906–1940 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, extant 1940, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- Harbour House, house, 1906–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1940, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to ground floor abutting single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having gabled capping supporting timber gate.
- House, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, built 1923, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- Rosamar, house, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, built 1923, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- House, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, built 1923, on a square plan. Refenestrated, ----. One of a terrace of three. Road fronted.
- Worker's house, 1906–1911 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three- or five-bay single-storey engine drivers' dormitory house with half-dormer attic, occupied 1911, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey advanced porch. Sold, 1984, to accommodate alternative use. Closed, 2004. For sale, 2009. Now disused. Pitched slate roof including flat roofs to window openings to half-dormer attic with clay ridge tiles, paired roughcast central chimney stacks having terracotta cornice capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with timber surround framing timber panelled door. Paired square-headed flanking window openings in camber-headed recesses with concrete sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with timber surrounds framing four-over-four timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Street fronted on a corner site with piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting timber gate.
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 Ballygillane Big, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballygillane Big.
- 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
The townland
- Name
- Ballygillane Big · Baile Ghiolláin Mór
- Area
- 667,163 m² (66.72 ha, 164.86 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
- Ballygillane Little, Ballyknockan, Harristown
- Placenames
- Ballygillane Big 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.