Ballytruckle
Ballytruckle is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's Without, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is Baile Throcail.
Parcel 1572509
- Area
- 234 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 126 m².
- Zoning
- G3 HA (WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028) The objective
R2 RS (WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028) The objective - Townland
- Ballytruckle
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilbarry Bog 001700
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 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 low. Parts of the land are made ground.
- 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
- 110.2 ha
- 272 acres
- Land parcels
- 1,316
- registered freehold, median 260 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS
- Planning
- 82
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1,316 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballytruckle, from 0 m² to 51,603 m² (5.16 ha, 12.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 59 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
- R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 1,160 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5GB (Other mix of uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 56 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 42 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7CD (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI (Community facilities)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 9 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
18 Sept 2026N/a
for a 10-year permission for development of a district heating energy centre at a site located at Waterford Crystal, Ashe Road, Pastimeknock, Waterford, A heat recovery plant at Bausch & Lomb, Waterford Industrial Park, Ballynaneashagh, Waterford and A district heating network pipeline in the townlands of Ballynakill, Farranshoneen, Williamstown, Grange Upper, Grange Lower, Ballytruckle, Kingsmeadow, Kilbarry, Pastimeknock, Lisduggan Big, Skibbereen, Ballynaneashagh, in Waterford City, Co. Waterford. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. The construction of a District Heating Energy Centre at Waterford Crystal, Ashe Road, Pastimeknock, Waterford, with a total generated capacity of up to 45 MW. The District Heating Energy Centre comprising a boiler and heat pump building (GFA 619 sq.m), an equipment and welfare building (GFA 281 sq.m), ancillary and staff welfare buildings, thermal water tanks, a 13-metre flue, dry air coolers, gas boiler units, heat pumps, staff welfare facilities, and associated drainage, water and utility service infrastructure. 2. The construction of a heat recovery plant room (GFA 24.7 sq.m) and storage tanks at Bausch & Lomb, Waterford Industrial Park, Ballynaneashagh, Waterford. 3. The construction of a district heating network pipeline (c. 8804m in length) from the proposed District Heating Energy Centre building within the following roads – R680, R686, R709, R675, R710, R683, L1515, L90605, L90038, L1518, L5521, L90999, L90342, L1521, L1522 and L1523 and the provision of pipes to connect the district heating network pipeline to sites/premises. 4. The proposed development includes all associated site development and site enabling works and ancillary infrastructure. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the Proposed Development.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660726
30 Jul 2026N/a
demolish part of the existing house and to construct an extension
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660565
8 Jul 2026N/a
to construct an extension in accordance with the drawings submitted.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660504
29 Apr 2026Conditional
planning permission for a single storey detached coffee kiosk, signage and all other associated site works, within the existing car park at The Hibernians Football Club, Tramore Road, Waterford.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660278
31 Mar 2026Conditional
1 - Construction of a single storey gym facility 2 - The installation of 2 no. proprietary pre-assembled modular units for the purpose of changing facilities & to include all other necessary site & ground works to complete this project.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660200
3 Feb 2026Conditional
ground floor front porch, ground floor lean to roof to front elevation. First floor accommodation containing bedroom, bathroom & storage and pitched roof, to the existing front & rear elevation,together with all ancillary and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660061
2 Dec 2025Refused
a single storey detached coffee kiosk, signage and all other associated site works, within the existing car park
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560862
16 Sept 2025Conditional
to install 100 mm thick external insulation with acrylic render finish to front, side and rear elevation of existing dwelling to include all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 25135
13 Aug 2025Conditional
demolish a garage at the side of existing house and construct a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/sunroom extension to the side and rear of existing house
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560559
28 Jul 2025N/a
to demolish a garage at the side of existing house and construct a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/sunroom extension to the side and rear of the house
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560521
21 Jul 2025N/a
to demolish a garage at the side of my house and construct a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/sunroom extension to the side and rear of existing house
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560497
30 Jun 2025Conditional
the development will consist of proposed alterations to widen existing service yard entrance with amendments to piers, wall and gates and a proposed new trolley bay to be provided to the side of existing retail unit with associated site works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560453
26 Jun 2025N/a
development will consist of proposed alterations to widen existing service yard entrance with amendments to piers, wall and gates and a proposed new trolley bay to be provided to the side of existing retail unit with associated site works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560445
21 Mar 2025Refused
first floor extension to our dwelling. Works will include the construction of an extension above and existing single storey rear extension, reconfiguration of the internal layout to provide stairs access along with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560173
25 Feb 2025Conditional
a single storey extension to the side of existing semi-detached house, including all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560114
11 Sept 2024Conditional
to build an extension to our dwelling. Works will include constructing a single storey rear extension, a first floor extension above existing single storey part, modifications to existing elevations and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460518
4 Jul 2024Conditional
for the following: A-internal alterations to the existing building including new windows throughout, B- the demolition of the existing front porch and the construction of a new flat roofed porch of area 8.00sqm with canopy and ramped access in lieu C-the construction of a 60sqm single storey pitched roofed extension to the rear of their property including new side entrance, steel framed canopy and wheelchair accessible ramp. D-New blockwork wall and timber gate to new bin store and external boiler to the side of the new extension. All with the associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2460371
5 Jun 2024Conditional
permission for a) indefinite retention of single storey retail outlets structures (4 no) at on-site ‘fan zone’ areas and b) permission for change of use of existing lounge/meeting rooms in both Old and New stands, and retail outlets structures at on-site ‘fan zone’ areas to licenced bar areas
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2460307
28 Feb 2024Refused
Ext of Duration of Planning File 19/375 to construct an extension to the side of house comprising a bedroom, en-suite bathroom and kitchen in accordance with the drawings submitted
Extension of duration, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2446
26 Oct 2023Conditional
for development consisting of construction of (a) Two-storey modular temporary accommodation in place of existing car park, (b) New car park with 42 spaces to the rear and (c) new surface water attenuation tank and all associated site development works. St Angela's Secondary School convent building is a protected structure and is recorded in the Waterford city development plan 2022 - 2028 - (RPS Ref: WA730038).
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360515
19 Sept 2023Conditional
The construction of a new first floor on the permitted and partially constructed storage shed (planning ref.211022) including goods lift and external escape stairs along with all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360431
18 Apr 2023Conditional
proposed pre-fabricated unit for the provision of hot meals, together with associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360145
13 Mar 2023Conditional
for the construction of an additional floor to existing 3 storey Cahernane House, Ballytruckle Road, Waterford and for the construction of 2 no two bedroom apartments, all with associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 2360093
8 Mar 2023N/a
for the construction of an additional floor to existing 3 storey house and for the construction of 2no two bedroom apartments, all with associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360085
10 Feb 2023Conditional
Retention of a (1) a single storey, flat roof, masonry constructed outbuilding to the rear of existing dwelling and (2) a single storey, flat roof, masonry constructed extension to the side of existing dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2346
The 25 most recent of 82 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilbarry Bog 001700
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballytruckle.
Architectural heritage
- Elysium House, house, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, c.1825, with two-bay single-storey return to north-west. Refenestrated, pre-1999. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls (ivy-clad) with rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings (originally in tripartite arrangement to ground floor) with stone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, pre-1999. Round-headed door opening approached by flight of eight cut-stone steps with replacement timber panelled door, c.1975, leaded sidelights, and spoked fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt having pair of unpainted rendered piers with replacement steel double gates, pre-1999, replacement steel flanking pedestrian gates, pre-1999, and unpainted rendered outer piers.
- Saint Angela's Ursuline Convent, school, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement convent school with dormer attic, c.1900, retaining original aspect with two-bay single-storey advanced end bay to north-east, six-bay single-storey flat-roofed parallel range to north-west, and seven-bay single-storey lean-to parallel range along rear (south-west) elevation. Now disused. Pitched and hipped slate roofs (lean-to to parallel range to south-west) with decorative red clay ridge tiles, yellow brick Running bond chimney stack, cut-stone coping having cross finial to apex, square rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded rendered eaves. Flat felt roof to parallel range to front (north-east) elevation with timber eaves. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered channelled piers to corners. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (round-headed to gables to side elevations to north-west and to south-east) with stone sills. 2/2 and 4/4 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening with six cut-limestone steps having painted rendered parapets with cut-limestone coping, cast-iron railings over, and replacement glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, pre-1999. Set back from road in grounds shared with Ursuline Convent having random rubble stone boundary wall to site with painted rendered piers.
- Saint Angela's Ursuline Convent, convent/nunnery, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey convent, c.1850, possibly over basement retaining original fenestration with four-bay three-storey side elevations, and ten-bay three-storey return to north-west. Renovated, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre. Now disused. Hipped slate roofs on a quadrangular plan (pitched to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron brackets. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered channelled piers to corners. Unpainted rendered walls to porch with cut-stone coping to parapet having cross finial. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. 6/6 and 9/6 timber sash windows with some 4/4 timber sash windows to side elevation to north-east. Square-headed window opening to porch with stone sill, and 2/2 timber sash window having horizontal-bias to glazing pattern. Shallow segmental-headed door opening with moulded reveals, and glazed timber panelled door. Interior with decorative clay tiled floors, timber panelled wainscoting, carved timber joinery, and decorative plasterwork. Set back from toad in own grounds with tarmacadam forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site. (ii) Gateway, c.1900, to south-east comprising pair of cut-limestone piers with replacement steel double gates, post-1999, sections of hoop iron flanking curved railings on unpainted rendered plinth, cut-limestone outer piers, and sections of random rubble stone boundary walls to perimeter of site incorporating square-headed pedestrian gateway to south-west with cut-granite block-and-start surround having keystone, chamfered reveals and hoop iron gate.
- Saint Angela's Ursuline Convent, church/chapel, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Attached eight-bay double-height Catholic chapel, c.1900, on a T-shaped plan comprising seven-bay double-height nave with single-bay double-height lower transepts to west and to east having single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to east, and single-bay double-height lower shallow bowed apse to north with four-bay single-storey sacristy to north-east. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to porch; half-conical to apse; hipped to sacristy) with red clay ridge tiles (rolled lead ridge tiles to sacristy), cross finial to apex to north, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves having corbelled moulded cornice to apse. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered course to first floor, limestone ashlar dressings to transepts including full-height corner piers, square recessed panels to apse on moulded stringcourse, and cut-limestone quoins to corners to sacristy. Round-headed window openings (in square-headed recessed panels to nave) with cut-limestone sills, cut-limestone surrounds, and fixed-pane timber windows. Diocletian window openings to transepts in tripartite arrangement with cut-stone sill (forming sill course), cut-limestone surrounds, and fixed-pane timber windows. Round-headed door opening to porch with cut-limestone columnar doorcase on pedestals supporting archivolt, moulded reveals, and timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings to sacristy with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds. 1/1 and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to sacristy with cut-limestone surround having moulded reveals, and timber panelled door. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings to sacristy. Set back from road in grounds shared with Saint Angela’s Ursuline Convent.
- Saint Angela's Ursuline Convent, school, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached fifteen-bay three-storey school with attic, c.1875, on a symmetrical plan comprising three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront with six-bay three-storey flanking lateral wings to north and to south. Extensively renovated, c.2000. Hipped roof (gabled to pediment) with replacement artificial slate, c.2000, clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000, on rendered eaves retaining original cast-iron downpipes. Unpainted rendered walls with cut-limestone courses to each floor, rendered channelled piers to ends to breakfront, and moulded rendered surround to pediment having cross finial to apex. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills (forming sill courses to each floor), and rendered surrounds to breakfront having moulded entablatures to ground and to first floor. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.2000. Oculus window opening to pediment with rendered block-and-start surround, and fixed-pane fitting. Round-headed door opening with two cut-limestone steps, rendered pilaster doorcase having cornice, rendered archivolt with cut-limestone keystone, timber panelled double doors, and fanlight. Set back from road in grounds shared with Saint Angela’s Ursuline Convent.
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 Ballytruckle, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballytruckle.
- 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 Ballytruckle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballytruckle · Baile Throcail
- Area
- 1,102,355 m² (110.24 ha, 272.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's Without, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Ballytruckle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 6,563 people lived in 2,265 households in the Ballytruckle electoral division. 58% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycourdra, Carrigroe, Grange Lower, Kilbarry, Kilcohan, Kingsmeadow, Manor, Priorsknock, Williamstown
- Placenames
- Ballytruckle 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.