Inch
Inch is a townland in the civil parish of Killila, barony of Ballaghkeen South, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is An Inis.
Parcel 416053
- Area
- 28,292 m² (2.83 ha, 6.99 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,487 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
- Inch
Planning applications on this parcel
10 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to (1) erect an extension to existing clubhouse consisting of
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250270
19 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the following a) Indoor Training Hall (part of the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240432
6 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the existing 15-metre high monopole support
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230632
3 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a new 21m high monopole telecommunications support structure
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221296
17 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission retention of the existing 18m telecommunications monopole together
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211990
31 Aug 2016Refused
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 4 FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES ALL WITH ANCILLARY SITE
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20110533
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3162 (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
- 311.9 ha
- 771 acres
- Land parcels
- 303
- registered freehold, median 2,003 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 57
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
303 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Inch, from 23 m² to 297,493 m² (29.75 ha, 73.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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 Inch 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
2 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of proposed replacement dwelling
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20210303
29 Apr 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for development at Inch, Blackwater, Co. Wexford, Y21H7X3.
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260530
7 Apr 2026Refused
Permission for development. The development will consist of proposed erection
Permission, 4 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260412
2 Apr 2026N/a
Permission for a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260399
18 Feb 2026Refused
Permission for the development consisting of the
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260195
24 Nov 2025Refused
Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251539
12 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251459
19 Sept 2025Refused
Permission for a single house dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251189
28 Jul 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced single storey
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250928
10 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect an agricultural machinery shed and all associated site works
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250691
8 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention to rectify unauthorised works to include the cutting
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250527
10 Mar 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to (1) erect an extension to existing clubhouse consisting of
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250270
29 Nov 2024Refused
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241487
19 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the following a) Indoor Training Hall (part of the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240432
16 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240163
16 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240164
17 Jan 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for modifications and an extension to dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240025
21 Dec 2023Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling with domestic garag
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231570
10 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of the extension
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231203
23 Aug 2023N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230979
8 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations carried out to previously approved
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230917
11 Jul 2023N/a
Permission for retention of alterations carried out to previously approved
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230798
6 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the existing 15-metre high monopole support
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230632
15 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for Retention of 1. Construction modifications & alterations to
Retention, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230251
13 Mar 2023Refused
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced dwelling with domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230236
The 25 most recent of 57 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Inch.
Recorded monuments
- WX027-046 Enclosure
Description
Marked as a circular enclosure with a wide bank or two banks (ext. diam. c. 75m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a quarry (diam. c. 50m) on the 1924 ed. It is situated on a prominent W-E spur with a NW-SE stream c. 200m to the N, and the sea-shore is c. 1.9km to the SE. This is a raised grass and scrub-covered D-shaped area (dims of top 40m N-S; 26m E-W) occupying the top of a hillock, with an earthen bank (Wth 3m; H 0.5m), perhaps modern, at the straight E side and scarps (H 3-4m) elsewhere. The perimeter at NW has been quarried. The enclosure has been identified as the 'Ardladhru' of Irish mythology (Sexton 1925). The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2012
- WX033-006 Castle - motte
Description
Located on a slight rise in a flat, low-lying landscape with the N-S River Blackwater c. 600m to the E and the sea-shore c. 900m to the SE. This is a flat topped but overgrown mound (diam. of top 17m; diam. of base 28m; H 4m) defined by the remains of a fosse (Wth of top 11-13m; D c. 0.4m), with the remains of a possible triangular bailey (dims. 30m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) just to the NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 5 September, 2012
- WX033-026 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a slight N-S ridge. The faint cropmark of circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a slight fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 96, 20-27). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 5 September, 2012 Amended: 1 May, 2014
Architectural heritage
- The Barracks House, garda station/constabulary barracks, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey Garda Síochána station, "surveyed" 1924; rebuilt 1925, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey side elevations; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Closed, ----. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six sash windows having exposed sash boxes replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set back from line of road in relandscaped grounds with roughcast stepped boundary wall to perimeter having rounded coping.
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 Inch, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3194 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Inch, Blackwater21 sales
The townland
- Name
- Inch · An Inis
- Area
- 3,119,461 m² (311.95 ha, 770.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killila, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen South
- Electoral division
- Castle Ellis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,284 people lived in 454 households in the Castle Ellis electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballina Lower, Ballina Upper, Ballyconnigar Lower, Ballynaclash, Ballynaglogh, Crosshue, Garryvadden Upper, Knockbaun
- Placenames
- Inch 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.