Coolcots
Townland in the civil parish of Carrick, barony of Shelmaliere West, Co. Wexford; in Irish Na Botha Fuara
Parcel 418808
- Area
- 5,398 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 309 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
- Coolcots
Planning applications on this parcel
31 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for a mixed residential development of 15 no. dwelling units
Permission, 15 homes · Wexford County Council, 20241350
16 Oct 2024N/a
Permission for a mixed residential development of 15 no. dwelling units to compr
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241282
18 Jul 2024Refused
Permission of a mixed residential development of 16 no. dwellings to comprise of
Permission, 16 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240861
5 Jul 2024N/a
Permission of a mixed residential development of 16 no. dwellings
Permission, 16 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240796
8 Aug 2023N/a
Permission for a mixed residential development of 16 no. dwellings to comprise
Permission, 16 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230919
26 Oct 2021Refused
Permission for the proposed construction of a development of 9 number fully
Permission, 9 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211652
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3021 (ZIP).
- 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
- 185.3 ha
- 458 acres
- Land parcels
- 929
- registered freehold, median 293 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
929 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolcots, from 1 m² to 124,809 m² (12.48 ha, 30.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 77 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 Coolcots 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
1 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission to change the car parking layout for sites 12 to 22
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260541
21 Apr 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of a single storey outbuilding to the rear of
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260479
17 Apr 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a 42 no. bedroom extension to existing hotel
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260469
25 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the following; 1. New single storey bar/restaurant
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260368
25 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the continuation and completion of the Orbital Inner Route (T8)
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260234
25 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission and retention permission for development at Glenville House
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260232
18 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission to change the car parking layout for sites 27 and 30 ( from that
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260199
28 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of a single storey detached
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260095
27 Nov 2025Refused
Permission is sought for the proposed construction of a self-contained
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251560
26 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of change of house types permitted under Planning Reg.
Retention, 3 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251555
20 Nov 2025N/a
Permission for the construction 15 no. houses, comprising of 14 no. 3
Permission, 15 homes · Wexford County Council, 20251519
18 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations and extensions to an approved dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251495
24 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations and extensions to an approved dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251370
21 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling with adjoining
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251345
2 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of:
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251250
16 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the change of use of a domestic outbuilding
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251157
21 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of 410 square metres of ground-mounted
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251036
13 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission as previously granted under Planning Register No. 20181375: -
Retention, 89 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250993
24 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the replacement of semi-detached houses on plots 15 and 16
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250780
19 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a single storey domestic garage and home gym
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250753
18 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
A) Permission for retention for the construction of an agricultural gate
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250747
10 Jun 2025N/a
Permission for development previously granted under planning register no.
Retention, 89 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250700
29 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of the construction of a
Permission, 98 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250486
22 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for a change of boundary treatment to the north of existing site whic
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250470
15 Apr 2025N/a
Permission for development consisting of the construction of a mixed-use
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250436
The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Coolcots.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coolcots.
Architectural heritage
- Ashfield House, farm house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, ----. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped chamfered stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls with rusticated rendered quoins to ends; part slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening with timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Remodelled square-headed window openings (ground floor) with concrete sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing timber casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds.
- Glenville House, farm house, 1842–1866 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse, extant 1866, on an F-shaped plan with single-bay (east) or two-bay (west) full-height side elevations; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (south). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, 2003, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped slate roof on an F-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (south) with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting crested yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on overhanging slate flagged eaves having cut-granite dentil consoles. Replacement gritdashed roughcast walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on cement rendered, ruled and lined base; slate hung surface finish to rear (south) elevations. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of six cut-granite steps between cast-iron railings, doorcase with engaged Doric columns on plinths supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed open bed pediment on "triglyph"-detailed "dosserets" framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing four-over-eight (basement), twelve-over-eight (ground floor) or eight-over-eight (top floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation centred on segmental-headed window opening (half-landing), cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two or six-over-six timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash window having fanlight. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled splayed reveals or shutters on panelled risers, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-veined white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3021 (ZIP).
- 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 Coolcots with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Coolcots · Na Botha Fuara
- Area
- 1,852,985 m² (185.3 ha, 457.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shelmaliere West
- Electoral division
- Wexford Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Wexford Rural electoral division: 14,194 people in 5,189 households; 64% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindinas, Ballyboggan, Carricklawn, College, Knockcumshin, Newbay, Newtown, Townparks
- Placenames
- Coolcots 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.