Blackstoops
Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary'S Enniscorthy, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish Na Stoilp Dhubha
Parcel 415247
- Area
- 5,213 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 287 m² on the ground
- 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
- Blackstoops
Planning applications on this parcel
12 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOUSE AND PART BED AND BREAKFAST TO USE AS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181244
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.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
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
- 74.7 ha
- 185 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 1,291 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackstoops, from 52 m² to 200,739 m² (20.07 ha, 49.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Blackstoops 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
15 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a granny flat attached to existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251310
26 Aug 2025Refused
Permission to construct 3 number fully serviced dwelling
Permission, 3 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251052
22 Jul 2025Refused
Permission to construct an entrance to lands with associated site works
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250904
25 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for an entrance with associated works
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250477
10 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of dwelling house as built
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221323
27 Apr 2022N/a
Permission to change the use of existing domestic outbuildings to apartments, co
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220550
8 Jun 2020Refused
Permission for a commercial entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200587
8 Apr 2020Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic gara
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200425
12 Mar 2020N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling and domestic garage and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200304
17 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR EXTENSON TO EXISTING STORAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181260
17 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR 2 NO STORAGE UNITS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181261
12 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOUSE AND PART BED AND BREAKFAST TO USE AS
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181244
6 Dec 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR 1. RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE/ CAR PORT/ STORES.
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20171598
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 Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781
Recorded monuments
- WX020-067001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight knoll just above the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Slaney which is c. 150m to the SE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single fosse feature with a small annexe (diam. c. 20m) attached to the S is visible on aerial photographs (MM (13) 27–30). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018) 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: 7 June, 2012 Amended: 30 April, 2014, 26 July 2021
- WX020-067002 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight knoll just above the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Slaney which is c. 150m to the SE. The cropmark enclosure of a rath (WX020-067001-) has a small annexe (diam. c. 20m) attached to the perimeter at S and is visible on aerial photographs (MM (13) 27-30). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 June, 2012
- WX020-122 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at outer edge of a shelf and at the crest of a slope down to the E and S to a NNE-SSW section of the River Slaney which is c. 120m to the E. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 38nm NE-SW) defined by a single fosse feature that is only traceable SSW-N-E is visible only on Goole Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 September 2019
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Blackstoops, Enniscorthy8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Blackstoops · Na Stoilp Dhubha
- Area
- 746,900 m² (74.69 ha, 184.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Mary'S Enniscorthy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Electoral division
- Enniscorthy Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clonhasten, Enniscorthy, Kilcannon, Moyne Upper, Templeshannon
- Placenames
- Blackstoops on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.