Spa

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Spa, from 481 m² to 102,479 m² (10.25 ha, 25.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RS (Existing residential)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4SRR (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS (Open space, park)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Clonmel and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1R1 (New/proposed residential)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct a new housing development of 40 no. residential units comprising of 4 no. two-storey 4-bed detached units, 4 no. two-storey 4-bed semi-detached units and 32 no. two-storey 3-bed semi-detached units, new vehicular and pedestrian entrances, together with all roads, footpaths, underground services, connection to public services, car-parking, public open space, public lighting and associated site boundary and site development works . The site is within the zone of archaeological potential for recorded monument WA001-030 Spa works/bath.

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560657

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the change of house type under permitted governing planning permission reference numbers 2360561 & 2460409 , to include the construction of a Therapy room outbuilding for use ancillary to the main house, with covered car port link together with all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560431

• 18 Jul 2024Conditional

  to change house type from the previously granted dormer bungalow granted under permission ref. no. 23/60561 to a part single-storey part one and a half-storey dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460409

• 21 Nov 2023Conditional

  to construct a dormer style dwelling, entrance, driveway, bored well, domestic tertiary treatment system and infiltration / treatment area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360561

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  20 no. 2 bed bungalows consisting of 2 no. (6 unit blocks) of 4 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, 1 no. (5 unit blocks) of 3 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, 1 no. (3 unit blocks) of 1 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, proposed vehicular & pedestrian access from Coleville Road. The existing dwelling (former lodge building) on the site is not protected, but is included on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (ref no. 22118015), and will be retained for residential use with necessary conservation repairs undertaken. Site access road and associated footpaths & parking within the site, including a new driveway and parking for the existing dwelling, together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping, bin stores, car parking, entrance signage, drainage connections, and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact statement accompanies the application

  Permission, 20 homes · Tipperary County Council, 21654

• 13 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct an extension to western gable of dwelling, remove and relocate existing patio, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17731

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 the townland of Spa.

Recorded monuments

• WA001-030 Spa works/bath
  Description

  Marked as a spa well on the 1840 and 1923 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the junction of the Comeragh Mountains with the flood plain of the River Suir. Power (1952, 252) suggests that it was a holy well where patterns were held into the 19th century. The waters were taken medicinally in the 18th century (Smith 1774, 240-1), and at some time which Power (ibid 252) suggests was in 1593 under the mayoralty of William Stanley, a wellhouse was built around it. This was in use into the middle of the 20th century, and is described locally as a circular domed structure (int. diam. c. 4m) entered through a pointed doorway at N from the public road. A few steps led down to the floor where there was a hand-opereated pump, and there were stone benches around the wall. The wellhouse is now removed down to the foundations, apart from the N wall (Wth c. 1.2m; H c. 3m) with the blocked pointed doorway rendered in brick (Wth 1.05m; H 1.8m), and the wall is surmounted by a plaque inscribed 'Clonmel Spa'. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 1st December, 2010.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Spa.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Spa, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Spa.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Spa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Spa · An Spá

Area

269,439 m² (26.94 ha, 66.58 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary's Clonmel, and its townlands

Barony

Glenahiry

Electoral division

St. Mary's, the unit of the census

Census 2022

733 people lived in 273 households in the St. Mary's electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Croan Lower, Croan Upper, Knocklucas, Monacallee, Poulnagunoge, Raheen (Co. Tipperary)

Placenames

Spa 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.