Goreybridge
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmakilloge, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish Droichead Ghuaire
- Area
- 47.1 ha
- 116 acres
- Land parcels
- 290
- registered freehold, median 317 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential (R)
- Planning
- 46
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
290 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Goreybridge, from 1 m² to 60,126 m² (6.01 ha, 14.86 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
- R1Residential (R) (New/proposed residential)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 300 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Commercial (C) (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Business and Technology Park (BTP) (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Central Business Area (CBA) (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 6 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 · 5 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 - G1Leisure and Amenity (LA) (Open space, park)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Transition Zone (TZ) (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Gorey Town and Environs Local Area Plan 2017-2023 (as extended), Wexford · 0 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
10 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the conversion of the existing attic space to include a new
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260915
10 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a 18m2 bicycle store room and all associated site
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260753
15 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for development at this site on lands to the south of Clonattin
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260612
12 May 2026N/a
Permission to erect a 55 Unit Residential Scheme which will consist of the
Permission, 55 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260592
8 May 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the subdivision of an existing dwelling into three dwellings
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260583
14 Apr 2026Refused
Permission for retention of the construction of a 1 bedroomed single storey
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260453
5 Dec 2025Refused
Permission for development at a site located to the south
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251607
17 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a single-storey extension to the rear and a first-floor
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251488
8 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for A) the construction of a single storey extension to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250532
28 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention and alterations to previously permitted boundary treatm
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250483
22 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention and permission for development at a site on lands to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241303
17 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for development at a site of c. 5.51 ha on lands to the
Permission, 91 homes · Wexford County Council, 20241284
14 Oct 2024Refused
Permission for retention and planning permission for development
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241264
10 Oct 2024N/a
Permission for development at a site of c. 5.5 1ha on lands to the south
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241254
9 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the construction of a self-contained
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241088
24 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of amendments
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240597
24 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of alterations to
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240598
7 May 2024Refused
Permission for retention for the construction of a granny flat and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240516
10 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the sub-division of an existing dwelling and site to form two
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20240389
13 Mar 2024N/a
Permission for the sub-division of an existing dwelling and site to form
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240276
16 Jan 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the construction of a single storey porch to the
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230026
5 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a solar energy collection installation at existing hotel whi
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221183
2 Sept 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of amendments to permitted
Permission, 8 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221169
11 Oct 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for development which will consist of - demolition of the existing
Permission, 64 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211573
6 Sept 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for development on lands to the south of Clonattin Village, in the to
Permission, 8 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211415
The 25 most recent of 46 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 Goreybridge.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Goreybridge.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Goreybridge.
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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3243 (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 Goreybridge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Goreybridge · Droichead Ghuaire
- Area
- 470,583 m² (47.06 ha, 116.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmakilloge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gorey
- Electoral division
- Courtown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Courtown electoral division: 3,012 people in 1,030 households; 79% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clonatin Lower, Clonatin Upper, Courteencurragh, Goreycorporationlands, Mill Lands, Raheenagurren East
- Placenames
- Goreybridge 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.