Coolbaun
Townland in the civil parish of Ferns, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Chúil Bhán
Parcel 366331
- Area
- 515 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 201 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
- Coolbaun
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 134.5 ha
- 332 acres
- Land parcels
- 87
- registered freehold, median 421 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolbaun, from 14 m² to 385,408 m² (38.54 ha, 95.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 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 Coolbaun 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
31 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for an extension to an existing dwelling, comprising of a single
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251401
17 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct an extension to side and rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241564
13 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241558
5 Dec 2024N/a
Permission for a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241512
24 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of existing ground floor extension to existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241155
28 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of a facility for minibus parking
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240606
7 May 2024N/a
Permission for retention of a facility for minibus parking
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240509
29 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240466
23 Apr 2024Refused
Permission to change the use of existing retail unit at ground floor level to
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240445
11 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed change of use of an existing grass playing pitch
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240265
6 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of new all weather pitch and all ancillary site
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231064
30 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 55
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231025
28 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect an extension and domestic garage to the rear of existing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230741
6 Jun 2023N/a
Permission to erect an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house with
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230628
15 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221505
5 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for a 10 year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221309
29 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for (A) the construction of a new recessed walled & gated entrance,
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220406
1 Mar 2022Refused
Permission to demolish existing dwelling and erect a fully serviced dwelling and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220260
4 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission to demolish existing extension to rear of the dwelling and permission
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211707
2 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for (A) the construction of a new recessed, walled and gated entrance
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201130
30 Dec 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AN EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEM TO ILLUMINATE AN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191729
4 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING, INCLUDIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181204
14 Aug 2018N/a
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STOREY DWELLING, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF AN EXIST
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181111
30 Jul 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF FLOOD LIGHTING TO AN EXISTING PLAYING PITCH, AT
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181029
16 Jul 2018N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF FLOOD LIGHTING TO AN EXISTING PLAYING PITCH,
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180971
The 25 most recent of 26 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 Coolbaun.
Recorded monuments
- WX015-055 Burnt mound
Description
Situated on a slight S-facing slope. An area of burnt and broken stones (diam. 11m) is visible when it is ploughed. 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: 2 May, 2012
- WX015-056001 Burnt mound
Description
Situated in a slight NNW-SSE valley. An area of burnt and broken stones (dims. 10m x 8m) is visible in the valley bottom when the area is ploughed. Burnt mound (WX015-056002-) is c. 30m to the S. 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: 2 May, 2012
- WX015-056002 Burnt mound
Description
Situated in a slight NNW-SSE valley. Two areas of burnt and broken stones (diam. 8m) is visible in the valley bottom when the area is ploughed. Burnt mound (WX015-056001-) is c. 30m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 May, 2012
- WX015-082 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a broad, low N-S spur. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 35m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by James Eogan, and was also noted by Simon Dowling. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 October, 2019 Amended: 3 March 2020
Architectural heritage
- Father John Murphy Monument, monument, 1925–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding rope twist-detailed cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, ----, on cut-granite pedestal on cut-granite stepped base. Road fronted on a wedge-shaped site.
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 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 Coolbaun.
- 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
No address of the register names Coolbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Coolbaun · An Chúil Bhán
- Area
- 1,345,445 m² (134.54 ha, 332.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ferns, and its townlands
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Electoral division
- Ferns, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ferns electoral division: 1,598 people in 608 households; 58% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castleland, Craan, Crory, Ferns Upper, Lodgewood, Tombrackwood
- Placenames
- Coolbaun 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.