Forth Commons
Townland in the civil parish of Kildavin, barony of Forth, Co. Wexford; in Irish Coimín Fhothart
- Area
- 331.3 ha
- 819 acres
- Land parcels
- 136
- registered freehold, median 4,160 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 48
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
136 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forth Commons, from 117 m² to 138,216 m² (13.82 ha, 34.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 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 Forth Commons 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
7 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house with all
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260891
16 Apr 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations and extension to an approved dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260464
24 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
A) Permission for 1. The construction of a single storey extension to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251211
3 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
Wexford County Council. Permission for retention is sought from Wexford Coun
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20251103
25 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the re-use of existing 33 sq.m. disused
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251050
15 Apr 2025N/a
Permission to improve existing vehicular entrance and sightlines
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250439
18 Mar 2025N/a
Permission to improve existing vehicle entrance and sightlines, including new
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250309
19 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250202
23 Dec 2024N/a
Permission for indefinite retention of the single storey extension
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241625
20 Dec 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations to an existing dwelling house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241610
26 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations to the facades of an existing
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241464
17 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed construction for a construction waste and
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241286
3 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of (a) minor alterations to an existing dwelling house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231334
13 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of a sunroom as built to the side of house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231095
6 Sept 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission to fill waste agricultural lands with stone, subsoil and soil
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231062
18 Aug 2023N/a
Permission to fill waste agricultural lands with stone, subsoil and soil for the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230957
30 Aug 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission and permission for retention for proposed development consisting of
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221155
7 Jun 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for a new entrance, access road, parking area and pathways, 3 no. Gla
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220754
25 Feb 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an existin
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220246
19 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced new dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211150
26 May 2021Refused
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations to an existing dwelling hous
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210812
27 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the position of the house constructed on site diffe
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210096
13 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210035
22 Dec 2020N/a
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house with associated
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201612
11 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention and completion of alterations to an existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20201525
The 25 most recent of 48 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Forth Mountain 000761
Recorded monuments
- WX042-079 Standing stone
Description
Situated at the tip of a broad NW-SE spur at the SE foothills of Forth Mountain. This is a slate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.7m x 0.2m; H 2.2m) aligned SSE-NNW with two perforations near the top and an unfinished one near the base. It was probably an unfinished gatepost, and has been removed since 1989. 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: 4 July, 2013
Architectural heritage
- Casey's Cross House, farm house, 1920–1925 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built 1924, on a rectangular plan with three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with concrete threshold, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings in bipartite arrangement with concrete sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with limewashed roughcast piers to perimeter having truncated pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.
- Farm house, 1705–1715 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey lobby entry farmhouse with half-dormer attic, built 1710, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch. Pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, cement rendered off-centred chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pot, concrete or rendered coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Roughcast battered walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners; rendered surface finish to rear (west) elevation. Square-headed central door opening into farmhouse. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and rendered surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of road with roughcast piers to perimeter having precast concrete capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron gate.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Forth Commons.
- 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 Forth Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Forth Commons · Coimín Fhothart
- Area
- 3,313,209 m² (331.32 ha, 818.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildavin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Forth
- Electoral division
- Rathaspick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathaspick electoral division: 1,818 people in 634 households; 91% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bargy Commons, Corramacorra, Forth Commons, Gaynestown, Gorteenminoge Upper, Knock of The Rocks, Murntown Upper, Shelmaliere Commons, Shelmaliere Commons, Staplestown (Greaves), Staplestown (Ram)
- Placenames
- Forth Commons 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.