Coolnasmear Lower

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnasmear Lower, from 51 m² to 271,469 m² (27.15 ha, 67.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Coolnasmear Lower 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.

• 5 Jun 2026Conditional

  for the indefinite retention of 1. Side elevation sun room, 2. Attached garage which includes an en suite & utility room.

  Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2660400

• 13 Sept 2024Conditional

  a single storey dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, alteration of an existing road entrance and all other associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460527

• 10 Sept 2024N/a

  a single storey dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, alteration of an existing road entrance and all other associated works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460514

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  for (1) the as constructed site boundaries, (2) the as constructed location of the house, (3) changes to the original house plans including; additional floor area to the sunroom, a balcony and an extension to the northwestern side of the original house This is a change from the original planning permission P.D. 00/394.

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460225

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  change of use of existing farm outbuilding to residential use & for a new effluent treatment system & percolation area & all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360625

• 22 Jun 2021Conditional

  Construction of a calf rearing shed and an agricultural shed consisting of cubicles with underground slatted storage tanks and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 21586

• 23 Dec 2020Refused

  construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, site works, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 201002

• 10 Nov 2020N/a

  construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, site works, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary works at

  Outline permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20831

• 4 Jun 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of alterations and extension to existing school including waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20320

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  to construct a single-storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system, entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19986

• 9 Dec 2019Conditional

  the indefinite retention of a rear elevation single-storey extension to dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19932

• 7 May 2019Refused

  development consisting of alterations and extension to existing school including waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19304

• 26 Mar 2019N/a

  development consisting of alterations and extension to existing school including waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19200

• 13 Mar 2019Conditional

  a single-storey extension (Granny Flat) to the side (east) elevation including conversion of garage into habitable space, single storey extension to the rear (south elevation), along with ancillary site works at existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19167

• 28 Feb 2019N/a

  for a single storey extension (Granny Flat) to the side (east) elevation including conversion of garage into habitable space, single storey extension to the rear (south) elevation, along with ancillary site works at existing dwelling

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19128

• 4 Jul 2018N/a

  a forest road entrance

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18454

• 14 Aug 2017Conditional

  the as constructed location of the dwelling house and garage along with the as constructed boundaries and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17586

• 16 Jun 2017Conditional

  an existing secondary waste water treatment system and planning permission is sought for an upgraded percolation area along with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17436

• 20 Apr 2017Conditional

  temporary pre-fab classroom

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 17270

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 Coolnasmear Lower.

Recorded monuments

• WA022-053 Standing stone
  Description

  Located in the valley of a small E-W stream, c. 20m N of the stream and c. 140m from where it meets the N-S Colligan River. According to Power (1952, 142) Diarmaid liath - Grey Dermot - was the name of a standing stone at Coolnaspear, and it is known locally that a stone was removed from here. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 24th March, 2011

• WA023-013 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25-30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Glendermot river valley. It is not known locally as the site of an antiquity, and is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 27-08-2009

• WA023-020 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Marked as a limekiln on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and on the OS 25-inch map. It is marked as a small D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 44m N-S; c. 30m E-W) with a straight N-S field bank at E on the 1927 ed. Situated in pasture on a gentle W-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level, but was certainly a lime-kiln. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 14rd December, 2011.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coolnasmear Lower, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Coolnasmear Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Coolnasmear Lower · Cúil na Sméar Íochtarach

Area

1,335,145 m² (133.51 ha, 329.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgobnet, and its townlands

Barony

Decies Without Drum

Electoral division

Bohadoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

326 people lived in 110 households in the Bohadoon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknock Upper, Bohadoon South, Coolnasmear Upper, Currabaha, Knockroe

Placenames

Coolnasmear Lower 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.