Creagh Demesne
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnahue, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish Diméin na Craobhaí
- Area
- 87.5 ha
- 216 acres
- Land parcels
- 309
- registered freehold, median 224 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential (R)
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
309 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creagh Demesne, from 7 m² to 134,921 m² (13.49 ha, 33.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- R1Residential (R) (New/proposed residential)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 288 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (CE) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (OS) (Open space, park)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Long Term Residential (LTR) (outside plan period) (Strategic reserve, White land)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Leisure and Amenity (LA) (Open space, park)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for development. The development will consist of proposed erection
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260783
24 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the construction of a detached
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251381
14 Aug 2025Granted (unconditional)
Permission for 83 no. residential dwellings, 300 sq.m. single storey community f
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20200467
10 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for a) conversion of garage to habitable use, b) conv
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250702
15 May 2025Granted (unconditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING:- A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF 89 FULLY SERVICED DWELLING
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20171607
7 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development on the site which will consist of a side roof
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250141
4 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development at Gorey Hill School, Gaelscoil Mosholog Campus
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241225
27 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a single-storey dwelling with services and domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230735
12 Jul 2022Refused
Permission to erect a single storey dwelling with services, domestic garage and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220942
24 Jun 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect 5 no two bedroom two storey terraced dwelling houses which
Permission, 5 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220839
18 May 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for modifications to previously permitted development
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220658
16 Feb 2022Refused
Permission to erect a single storey dwelling with services, domestic garage and
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220203
8 Feb 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct an 11no. unit Apartment Scheme which will consist
Permission, 11 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210170
25 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a single storey extension to our existing single storey dwel
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210082
12 Aug 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING TWO STOREY
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191130
26 Jul 2019Refused
PERMISSION FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, COMPRISING 99 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH 61 OF 2
Permission, 99 homes · Wexford County Council, 20191079
27 May 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190717
21 Dec 2018Refused
PERMISSION TO ERECT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF OUR EXISTI
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181813
10 Dec 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF MY EXISTIN
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181699
23 Nov 2018Refused
PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING 85 RESIDENTIAL HOUSES OF
Permission, 85 homes · Wexford County Council, 20181605
9 Oct 2018Granted (conditional)
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DEVELOPMENT FOR 58 DWELL
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181377
10 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT 12 NO. TWO-STOREY DWELLING UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF THE O
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181239
10 Sept 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO ERECT 31 NO TWO-STOREY DWELLING UNITS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF TH
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20181238
8 Aug 2018Granted (conditional)
PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT ON BEHALF OF TRINITY HOMES LTD FOR REVISIONS OF 20
Permission, 20 homes · Wexford County Council, 20181088
21 May 2018Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 17 NO. DWELLING UNITS WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWI
Permission, 17 homes · Wexford County Council, 20180680
The 25 most recent of 36 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 Creagh Demesne.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Creagh Demesne.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Creagh Demesne.
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 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_3218 (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
- Creagh Demesne, Gorey23 sales
The townland
- Name
- Creagh Demesne · Diméin na Craobhaí
- Area
- 874,775 m² (87.48 ha, 216.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnahue, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gorey
- Electoral division
- Gorey Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gorey Rural electoral division: 8,365 people in 2,811 households; 62% of households own their home; 67% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballowen or Ramsfortpark, Creagh Lower, Creagh Upper, Goreycorporationlands, Goreyhill, Kilnahue
- Placenames
- Creagh Demesne 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.