# Ballyfad, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnenor, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Baile Fada. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,464,076 m² (146.41 ha, 361.78 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,568 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnenor, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/kilnenor.md - Barony: Gorey - Electoral division: Coolgreany, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,199 people lived in 420 households in the Coolgreany electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/52953 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240272 - Centre: latitude 52.772379, longitude -6.267249 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyfad, from 272 m² to 191,949 m² (19.19 ha, 47.43 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 425171: 191,949 m² (19.19 ha, 47.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/425171.md - Parcel 363255: 125,931 m² (12.59 ha, 31.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/363255.md - Parcel 398414: 122,504 m² (12.25 ha, 30.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398414.md - Parcel 2562758: 106,759 m² (10.68 ha, 26.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2562758.md - Parcel 425170: 101,509 m² (10.15 ha, 25.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/425170.md - Parcel 422578: 88,858 m² (8.89 ha, 21.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/422578.md - Parcel 386804: 83,562 m² (8.36 ha, 20.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386804.md - Parcel 406947: 65,800 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406947.md - Parcel 402283: 59,595 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/402283.md - Parcel 2639594: 48,393 m² (4.84 ha, 11.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2639594.md - Parcel 389705: 48,117 m² (4.81 ha, 11.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/389705.md - Parcel 378029: 41,786 m² (4.18 ha, 10.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/378029.md - Parcel 372382: 37,262 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372382.md - Parcel 407712: 35,520 m² (3.55 ha, 8.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407712.md - Parcel 2562757: 30,715 m² (3.07 ha, 7.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2562757.md - Parcel 1541716: 30,613 m² (3.06 ha, 7.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541716.md - Parcel 391184: 23,142 m² (2.31 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/391184.md - Parcel 2675057: 21,961 m² (2.2 ha, 5.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2675057.md - Parcel 2676330: 20,687 m² (2.07 ha, 5.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676330.md - Parcel 422032: 20,333 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/422032.md - Parcel 1541525: 19,868 m² (1.99 ha, 4.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541525.md - Parcel 388829: 19,015 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388829.md - Parcel 430311: 12,236 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/430311.md - Parcel 4882858: 6,997 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4882858.md - Parcel 4882867: 6,622 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4882867.md - Parcel 386820: 6,182 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386820.md - Parcel 4883107: 5,660 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4883107.md - Parcel 401199: 5,644 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/401199.md - Parcel 4967760: 5,568 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967760.md - Parcel 4926048: 5,489 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926048.md - Parcel 404215: 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404215.md - Parcel 420849: 5,068 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/420849.md - Parcel 394043: 4,641 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394043.md - Parcel 376159: 4,232 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/376159.md - Parcel 2406455: 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2406455.md - Parcel 386166: 4,158 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386166.md - Parcel 372381: 3,232 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372381.md - Parcel 411589: 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/411589.md - Parcel 421154: 3,149 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421154.md - Parcel 395378: 3,114 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/395378.md - Parcel 5664466: 3,100 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5664466.md - Parcel 4967752: 3,045 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967752.md - Parcel 2431571: 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2431571.md - Parcel 412323: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/412323.md - Parcel 2721840: 2,385 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721840.md - Parcel 1541300: 2,135 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541300.md - Parcel 405143: 2,097 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/405143.md - Parcel 384218: 2,016 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/384218.md - Parcel 5888575: 1,869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888575.md - Parcel 5626398: 1,820 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5626398.md - Parcel 5698479: 1,757 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5698479.md - Parcel 4967753: 1,266 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967753.md - Parcel 367495: 1,251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/367495.md - Parcel 1541301: 829 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1541301.md - Parcel 4967759: 593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967759.md - Parcel 389789: 523 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389789.md - Parcel 5888601: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888601.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballyfad in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 26 Nov 2024, Wexford County Council 20241457: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to erect a dwelling house with services and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128149 - 5 Nov 2024, Wexford County Council 20241367: N/a. Permission. Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/128047 - 30 Jul 2024, Wexford County Council 20240910: Refused. Permission. Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/127556 - 8 Apr 2024, Wexford County Council 20240372: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for the construction of a dwelling and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126930 - 21 Nov 2023, Wexford County Council 20231394: Refused. Permission. Permission for the construction of a dwelling and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126298 - 7 Jun 2022, Wexford County Council 20220765: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to demolish an existing extension to the rear of dwelling and erect. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123672 - 23 Nov 2020, Wexford County Council 20201400: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117902 - 10 Jun 2019, Wexford County Council 20190809: Granted (conditional). Permission, 5 homes. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSES, GARAGES. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108725 - 11 Mar 2019, Wexford County Council 20190309: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A SPLIT LEVEL TWO-STOREY DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/108128 - 13 Feb 2017, Wexford County Council 20170145: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION TO CONVERT ROOF SPACE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION AND ALSO FOR PERMISS. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/103193 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyfad. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WX003-002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX003-002----. Situated on a SE-facing slope, near the headwaters of a WNW-ESE stream, which is c. 180m to the SW. This is a very eroded subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 40m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by severely denuded earthen bank (Wth 4m-m; H 0.2-6m). The entrance (Wth c. 7m) is at NW, but there is no visible fosse. 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: 14 February 2012 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyfad. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyfad, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Ballyfad. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyfad.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyfad.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyfad.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballyfad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Askinch Lower: https://everytownland.com/wexford/askinch-lower.md - Coolgreany Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolgreany-demesne.md - Glenoge: https://everytownland.com/wexford/glenoge.md - Gorteen Lower: https://everytownland.com/wexford/gorteen-lower.md - Moneyribbin: https://everytownland.com/wexford/moneyribbin.md - Newtown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wexford/newtown-lower-241815.md - Oulart: https://everytownland.com/wexford/oulart-241839.md - Rathpierce Upper: https://everytownland.com/wexford/rathpierce-upper.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyfad - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/ballyfad