Ballybeg
Townland in the civil parish of Ferns, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Baile Beag
- Area
- 797.4 ha
- 1,970 acres
- Land parcels
- 172
- registered freehold, median 5,295 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
172 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybeg, from 40 m² to 867,798 m² (86.78 ha, 214.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballybeg 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
10 Jul 2026N/a
Permission to erect a steel framed building consisting of a mechanics workshop
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260921
25 Jun 2026N/a
Permission to erect a steel framed building
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260832
26 May 2026Refused
Permission for the construction of a new single storey detached house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260678
5 May 2026Refused
Permission to erect a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260558
11 Dec 2025Refused
Permission to erect a steel framed building consisting of a mechanics workshop
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251644
16 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a dwelling house with services, domestic garage and all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250727
22 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250464
14 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of agricultural shed as a dry store with associated
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241402
27 Feb 2023Refused
Permission for retention of existing granny flat with services as a change of
Retention, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230187
9 Feb 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development which will consist of (1) the demolition of the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230124
23 Jan 2023N/a
Permission for development which will consist of The demolition of the existing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230052
1 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associa
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221455
3 Aug 2022Refused
Permission for development which will consist of (1) The demolition of the
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221052
30 Mar 2022Refused
Permission to erect a light engineering workshop, offices and canteen etc and to
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220417
15 Mar 2022N/a
Permission to erect a light engineering workshop, offices and canteen etc
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220340
18 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a dwelling house with domestic garage, new effluent disp
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220209
20 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for Retention of existing dwelling and domestic garage repositioned c
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211478
3 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Retention Permission of an existing telecommunications support structure
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210294
19 Feb 2021N/a
Retention Permission of an existing telecommunications support structure (previo
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210231
11 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for extension and works to the existing cottage as buil
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210014
15 May 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all associa
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200510
27 Apr 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to demolish existing 10 sqm side extension to existing dwelling and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200470
20 Apr 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a light engineering workshop and to carry out all ancillary
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200442
6 Jun 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING APPLICATION (REF:201
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190784
18 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190519
The 25 most recent of 42 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 Ballybeg.
Recorded monuments
- WX010-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight E-W spur of the N-S ridge associated with Slieveboy Hill. This is a circular grass and fern-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.4m at W to 0.8-1.2m generally; ext. H 0.9m at W to 1.1-1.4m generally) with an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; ext. D 1.2-2m) and external bank (Wth 5-6.8m; ext. H 0.6-1.2m). The present entrance and causeway (Wth 5m) at WSW may be original (max. Ext. diam. 55m E-W; 51.6m N-S). Archaeological testing (06E1208) c. 160m to the SE produced no related material (McLoughlin 2010). 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: 10 April, 2012.
- WX010-035 Enclosure
Description
Located on a SW-facing slope at the head of a NE-SW valley. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims. c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a slight fosse is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The fosse can barely be traced W-N-E. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2020
- WX010-038 Burial ground
Description
Located on a S-facing slope and in the NW angle of the Bull Ring cross-roads where the N-S road from Carnew to Ferns is crossed by a minor E-W road. There is a local tradition that the dead rebels from the Battle of Kilthomas, which took place on 27th May 1798 c. 2km to the S, are buried here. This is a subrectangular grass-covered area (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 5m N-S at W to 23m N-S at E) that is depicted as a small copse on the 1839 and 1902 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The interior has two N-S grass-covered earthen banks (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.5m) demarcating a plot (int. dims c. 15m N-S; c. 12m E-W) where a commemorative cross was erected in 2002 to the memory of those thought to be buried there, including victims of the Great Famine. There are no grave-markers or recognisable grave mounds, although the ground is uneven. It was first reported by Joan Browne. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27/05/2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballybeg.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballybeg.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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
- Ballybeg, Ferns10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballybeg · An Baile Beag
- Area
- 7,974,095 m² (797.41 ha, 1,970.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ferns, and its townlands
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Electoral division
- Ballybeg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballybeg electoral division: 630 people in 198 households; 87% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aska Beg, Ballyandrew, Ballycadden Lower, Ballycadden Upper, Ballyduff, Ballytarsna, Bolinrush, Boolnadrum, Clonee Upper, Curralane Oldtown, Kilthomas, Lackendarragh, Monasootagh, Tinnashrule
- Placenames
- Ballybeg 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.