Seamount
Townland in the civil parish of Ardamine, barony of Ballaghkeen North, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cnocán na Mara
Parcel 420122
- Area
- 107 m²
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it, 244 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (R) (Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended)) The objective
- Townland
- Seamount
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3271 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 53.2 ha
- 132 acres
- Land parcels
- 477
- registered freehold, median 230 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential (R)
- Planning
- 55
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
477 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seamount, from 5 m² to 39,153 m² (3.92 ha, 9.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 · 387 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (VC) (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (CE) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 15 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 · 15 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 · 11 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 · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space and Amenity (OSA) (Open space, park)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (as extended), Wexford · 3 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 - C5Caravan/Mobile Homes Parks (HCMP) (Tourism and related)
Courtown and Riverchapel Local Area Plan 2015-2021 (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
1 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of (i) a new detached fenced enclosure housing
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260860
30 Apr 2026Granted (conditional)
RED III Application
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260535
26 Feb 2026N/a
permission for change of use from holiday home to full time residential home an
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260240
13 Feb 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a dwelling house for use as accommodation for the park
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260181
8 Dec 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect an extension to existing serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251613
4 Jul 2025Refused
Permission to erect a serviced dwelling house with connection to existing
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250828
10 Jun 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the construction of an outbuilding to the rear
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250703
14 Apr 2025N/a
Permission to erect an extension to existing serviced dwelling house
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250433
17 Feb 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for a) the change of use of the existing site to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250187
31 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of changes and the upgrade of the existing dwelling
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20250108
24 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
(1) Permission for retention of alterations to our dwelling (2) permission to
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241310
24 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission to erect a dwelling with connection to existing public services and
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20241309
30 Sept 2024Refused
Permission for the following development at existing detached house; new single
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241195
29 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Retention planning permission for the change from an open carport
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240613
16 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission and retention permission for the following development
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240547
7 May 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission to provide 2 no. car parking spaces to property
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240504
3 May 2024N/a
A) Retention planning permission for change from an open carport to an enclosed
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240503
1 May 2024N/a
Permission for the following development at existing detached house
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240486
30 Apr 2024Granted (conditional)
Permission for development consisting of the provision of an Assisted
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240481
18 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for change of use from holiday home to full time residential home.
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230955
19 Jul 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the conversion of attic space into living
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230832
13 Jul 2023N/a
Permission for change of use from holiday home to full time residential home
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230806
14 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of the following: A) Extension to the rear and front of
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221359
6 Sept 2022N/a
Permission for retention of the following: (a) Extension to the rear and front
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20221195
13 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for existing self contained dwelling unit with associated site
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211949
The 25 most recent of 55 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 Seamount.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Seamount.
Architectural heritage
- Courtown Harbour, harbour/dock/port, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Harbour basin, designed 1823; begun 1824, on an L-shaped plan. Completed, 1834-47, producing present composition. Lichen-spotted coursed rubble stone battered walls with benchmark-inscribed cut-granite coping. Set extending into Saint George's Channel.
- Water pump, 1907–1921 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1921. Now disused. Street fronted.
- Graveyard/cemetery, 1808–1919 · Regional interest
Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted cut-limestone markers, ob. 1808-1919. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting iron gate.
- Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1881-1901; extant 1921, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in part repointed coursed rubble stone boundary wall.
- Fountain, 1842–1904 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding fountain, extant 1904, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched (gabled) rendered roof on cut-granite kneelers with lichen-spotted terracotta ridge tiles. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls. Segmental-headed alcove with red brick header bond voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystone framing fluted cast-iron tap. Road fronted.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3271 (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
- Seamount, Riverchapel7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Seamount · Cnocán na Mara
- Area
- 532,447 m² (53.24 ha, 131.57 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
- Ballinatray Lower, Ballinatray Upper, Middletown
- Placenames
- Seamount 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.