Parknacross
Townland in the civil parish of Ardamine, barony of Ballaghkeen North, Co. Wexford; in Irish Páirc na gCros
- Area
- 60 ha
- 148 acres
- Land parcels
- 178
- registered freehold, median 433 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential (R)
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
178 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parknacross, from 16 m² to 152,189 m² (15.22 ha, 37.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- R2Existing Residential (R) (Existing residential)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 168 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Chalet Area 2 (CA2) (Tourism and related)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Caravan/Mobile Homes Parks (HCMP) (Tourism and related)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourist Accommodation (TA) (Tourism and related)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Natural Amenity (NA) (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Leisure and Amenity (LA) (Open space, park)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (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
30 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251233
10 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a 32.08m2 single storey extension to the side
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250416
23 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a slatted cattle shed and all associated site works
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250076
14 Jan 2025N/a
Permission to construct a slatted cattle shed and all associated site works
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250026
24 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of alterations to dwelling as a change to that
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241312
24 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of extension and alterations to the rear of dwelling.
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241150
4 Jul 2024Refused
Permission for retention for alterations to dwelling and all associated site and
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240785
18 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the erection of a
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240425
20 Mar 2024N/a
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240299
15 Feb 2024Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20181748
28 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with connection to existing public services and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230868
23 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for a retirement based caravan park, which will include ; a) the part
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221733
20 Dec 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with connection to existing public services and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221689
23 Jun 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for a single storey extension to the northwest of the existing
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220838
20 Oct 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with connection to existing public services and a
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211622
21 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for works to an existing residential development consisting of seven
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210960
29 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the demolition of existing shed, and construction of a new portal
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210456
13 Jan 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of single storey extension constructed to rear of
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20210030
21 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the relocation of an entrance to service a dwelling (house under
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201591
26 Nov 2020N/a
Permission for retention of single storey extension constructed to rear of exist
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20201422
23 Nov 2020Refused
Permission to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201393
16 Nov 2020N/a
Permission to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system and associated
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201346
19 Dec 2019Granted (unconditional)
PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND TO ERECT A FULLY
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20141009
9 Dec 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR (A) AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING CARAVAN PARK TO ACCOMMODATE AN
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191618
8 Nov 2019Granted (conditional)
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY DWEL
Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20140143
The 25 most recent of 29 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 Parknacross.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Parknacross.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Parknacross.
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 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_3272 (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 Parknacross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Parknacross · Páirc na gCros
- Area
- 599,646 m² (59.96 ha, 148.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardamine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen North
- Electoral division
- Ardamine, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ardamine electoral division: 4,410 people in 1,599 households; 70% of households own their home; 59% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinacur, Ballybracken, Glen (Richards), Middletown
- Placenames
- Parknacross 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.