# Creagh Upper, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnahue, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Chraobhach Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,191,340 m² (119.13 ha, 294.39 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,420 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): S5 Community and Education (CE), the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnahue, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/kilnahue.md - Barony: Gorey - Electoral division: Gorey Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/53057 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 240977 - Centre: latitude 52.680762, longitude -6.32207 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creagh Upper, from 230 m² to 272,132 m² (27.21 ha, 67.25 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 428827: 272,132 m² (27.21 ha, 67.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/428827.md - Parcel 401301: 221,577 m² (22.16 ha, 54.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/401301.md - Parcel 381298: 205,610 m² (20.56 ha, 50.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/381298.md - Parcel 427921: 101,451 m² (10.15 ha, 25.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/427921.md - Parcel 401779: 67,116 m² (6.71 ha, 16.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/401779.md - Parcel 376985: 56,005 m² (5.6 ha, 13.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/376985.md - Parcel 388262: 34,539 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388262.md - Parcel 2727798: 20,304 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727798.md - Parcel 362569: 18,366 m² (1.84 ha, 4.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/362569.md - Parcel 426120: 16,597 m² (1.66 ha, 4.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/426120.md - Parcel 422948: 14,160 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/422948.md - Parcel 419765: 8,282 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/419765.md - Parcel 391295: 6,557 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/391295.md - Parcel 376428: 5,976 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/376428.md - Parcel 423219: 4,283 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423219.md - Parcel 5545141: 4,126 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5545141.md - Parcel 5232322: 4,096 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5232322.md - Parcel 5275866: 3,899 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5275866.md - Parcel 419809: 3,755 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/419809.md - Parcel 421070: 3,424 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421070.md - Parcel 423301: 3,415 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423301.md - Parcel 5846049: 3,109 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5846049.md - Parcel 416237: 2,996 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/416237.md - Parcel 4806088: 2,803 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4806088.md - Parcel 3599928: 2,578 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3599928.md - Parcel 398737: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/398737.md - Parcel 421137: 2,464 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421137.md - Parcel 406819: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406819.md - Parcel 407874: 2,427 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407874.md - Parcel 363611: 2,310 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/363611.md - Parcel 394477: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/394477.md - Parcel 421993: 2,063 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421993.md - Parcel 422709: 1,887 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/422709.md - Parcel 418144: 1,791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/418144.md - Parcel 389971: 1,512 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389971.md - Parcel 396176: 1,200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/396176.md - Parcel 387880: 912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/387880.md - Parcel 371325: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/371325.md - Parcel 3599910: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3599910.md - Parcel 415590: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/415590.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - S5 Community and Education (CE) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wexfordcoco.ie/planning/development-and-local-area-plans/current-plans/gorey-local-area-plan-2017-2023-extended-to ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 11 applications, newest first. - 1 Aug 2023, Wexford County Council 20230882: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a serviced dwelling house and to carry out all. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125744 - 27 Jun 2023, Wexford County Council 20230735: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a single-storey dwelling with services and domestic. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125584 - 12 Jul 2022, Wexford County Council 20220942: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission to erect a single storey dwelling with services, domestic garage and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123864 - 16 Feb 2022, Wexford County Council 20220203: Refused. Permission, 2 homes. Permission to erect a single storey dwelling with services, domestic garage and. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123068 - 11 Dec 2019, Wexford County Council 20191635: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR A DWELLING, GARAGE, BORED WELL, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/112143 - 12 Nov 2018, Wexford County Council 20181547: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/107426 - 17 May 2018, Wexford County Council 20180657: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIAT. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/106255 - 22 Dec 2017, Wexford County Council 20171725: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A DORMER BUNGALOW WITH GARAGE UNDER ROOF. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/105350 - 7 Jun 2016, Wexford County Council 20160623: Granted (conditional). Permission, 239 homes. TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE FOL. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101718 - 31 May 2016, Wexford County Council 20160589: N/a. Permission. PERMISSION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 219 DWELLING UNITS, CRECH. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101673 - 4 Apr 2016, Wexford County Council 20160332: Granted (conditional). Permission, 2 homes. ERECT A SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE, A DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE & TO CARRY OUT ALL ASSO. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101318 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 Creagh Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WX006-090: Designed landscape feature, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX006-090----. Located on the summit of Creagh Hill, which is a designed landscape. A small copse (diam. c. 60m ) is depicted on the 1839 and later eds of the OS 6-inch map. This is separated by a berm (Wth c. 15m) from a surrounding field bank that connects to a NNE-SSW passage spanning the hill. This in turn connets to a path between field banks (Wth c. 20-30m) call ed 'The Sweep Walk' arund the base of the hill. At the summit of the hill a chord (C 80m) of the outer bank survives as a field bank (Wth c. 1m; H c. 1.5m) and hedge WSW-NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 March, 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 Creagh Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3189, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3189.zip (ZIP). - 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/creagh-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/creagh-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/creagh-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Creagh Upper 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) - Ballyrahan: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyrahan.md - Creagh Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wexford/creagh-demesne.md - Creagh Lower: https://everytownland.com/wexford/creagh-lower.md - Kilnahue: https://everytownland.com/wexford/kilnahue.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/creagh-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/creagh-upper