Gortnadiha Upper
Gortnadiha Upper is a townland in the civil parish of Ringagonagh, barony of Decies Within Drum, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is Gort na Daibhche Uachtarach.
Parcel 1562784
- Area
- 270,183 m² (27.02 ha, 66.76 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Gortnadiha Upper
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
- Special Protection Area: Dungarvan Harbour SPA 004032
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dungarvan Harbour 000663
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 116.5 ha
- 288 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 3,761 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnadiha Upper, from 284 m² to 270,183 m² (27.02 ha, 66.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gortnadiha Upper 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Jul 2026Conditional
is sought for the existing single storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling, together with detached outbuildings all located within the confines of the site.
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2660550
4 Jun 2026Conditional
sought for the following a) excavation works to area of ground behind garage b) external storage area for depolluted vehicles, c) earthen berm/ drainage works and associated site works
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2656
13 Nov 2025N/a
construction of one part dormer, part two storey dwelling, entrance, installation of wastewater treatment unit and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560804
15 Mar 2024Conditional
for the construction of an extension to the North and West of the existing house, internal alterations to the existing house, new rooflights to the northern and southern roof, alterations to existing windows to the north and south elevations and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460124
20 Oct 2021Conditional
permission consisting of the following 1. Demolition of the existing rear entrance and existing rear flat roof structure of the existing dwelling house (containing the kitchen, dining area, study and shower room) 2. Construction of a new single storey rear extension to the existing dwelling house (with a lower level basement storage space and crawl space), new entrance door and veranda patio space to the rear of the existing dwelling house, alterations to the existing dwelling house and associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21983
17 Sept 2020Conditional
for garage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged cars, retention permission for garage building for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, retention permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution within existing building and retention permission for the storage of De-polluted cars awaiting collection in exterior yard, retention permission for Second hand car sales and PERMISSION for the installation of 2 no interceptors and discharge to soakaway and the installation of a waste water treatment and disposal system. This site will be subject to a waste facility permit
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 20655
19 Mar 2020Conditional
(a) restore existing thatch cottage and construct a single storey extension; (b) convert attached existing single storey out building to habitable use; (c) construct single storey link from cottage to existing two storey out building and convert existing two storey outbuilding to habitable use as granny flat; (d) install wastewater treatment system and ancillary Works at
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20179
25 Feb 2020Conditional
tigh cónaithe nua aon urláir a tógaint, chomh maith le slí isteach nua, córas searachais agus gach gné d'oibreacha láithreáin a bhaineann leo
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20110
18 Dec 2019N/a
RETENTION of garage building for the repairing of crashed/damaged cars, Retention permission for garage building for the appropriate treatment and recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds, and Permission for the storage of end of life vehicles awaiting depollution, installation of interceptor and discharge to soakaway and second hand car sales. The site will be subject to a waste facility permit
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 19976
6 Feb 2017Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION (PD11/448) Tigh cónaithe le urlár scoilte, slí isteach agus aonad bith-chúrsála a thógaint maraon le gach abair fhorbartha choimhdeacha agaus serbhísí a ghabhann leis
Extension of duration, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 1782
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
- Special Protection Area: Dungarvan Harbour SPA 004032
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dungarvan Harbour 000663
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortnadiha Upper.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1850, possibly original three-bay single-storey retaining original fenestration. Hipped roof with reed thatch having rope work to ridge, and rendered chimney stack with rendered coping. Limewashed lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction with slight batter. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, 1/1 and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber boarded half-door. Set in own grounds on a slightly elevated site perpendicular to road with flight of rendered steps having limewashed lime rendered wall along front (east) elevation.(ii) Attached two-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1875, to right (north) retaining original aspect. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and no rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed slit-style window opening with no fittings. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door.(iii) Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1875, to east with two-bay single-storey lower range to left (east). Part reroofed, c.1975. Part reroofed, c.2000. Pitched roofs with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1975, to lower range having iron ridge tiles, and replacement artificial slate, c.2000, to main block having clay ridge tiles, with no remains of rainwater goods on timber eaves. Limewashed lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels, and timber fittings. Some square-headed slit-style window openings with no fittings. Square-headed door openings (including to first floor main block) with timber lintels, and timber boarded doors.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Gortnadiha Upper, 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 Gortnadiha Upper.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gortnadiha Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Gortnadiha Upper · Gort na Daibhche Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,164,865 m² (116.49 ha, 287.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringagonagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Within Drum
- Electoral division
- Ringville, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,548 people lived in 507 households in the Ringville electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacourty South, Glenaleeriska, Gortnadiha Lower, Leagh, Mweelahorna
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Gortnadiha Upper 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.