Ballyhoo
Ballyhoo is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbarry, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is Baile Hú.
Parcel 2429429
- Area
- 2,198 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 132 m².
- Zoning
- G3 HA (WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028) The objective
- Townland
- Ballyhoo
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
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 121.8 ha
- 301 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhoo, from 11 m² to 232,749 m² (23.27 ha, 57.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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
- G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5GB (Other mix of uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1R1 (New/proposed residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4SRR (Strategic Residential Reserve)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 2 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
11 Aug 2025Conditional
for alterations to previously permitted (Planning Ref. 18/734) and partially constructed house no’s 93-110, 119-120, 139-164, 167-168 & 177-182 , consisting of changes to window details and façade treatment. Change of house types (Planning Ref. 18/734) partially constructed house no’s 129-130, 165-166 & 169-176 at Copper Close, Kilbarry, Waterford. Along with minor amendments to the internal road alignments and the provision of a new pedestrian access onto the LIHAF Road.
Permission, 12 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 2560553
15 Jul 2024Conditional
for erection of 23 no. residential units consisting of:- 10 no. 2 storey (dormer) end-terrace 2-bedroom houses (Type A&Ah’),- 11 no. 2 storey (dormer) mid-terrace 2-bedroom houses (Type A1&A1h’).- 2 no. 2 storey (dormer) semi-detached 2-bedroom houses (Type A&Ah’),- bins store units for mid-terrace houses, together with all associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments, car and bicycle parking, drainage and water connections and access from the existing Carrigea Crescent estate road
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460401
1 Mar 2024Conditional
for the proposed erection of 15 no. residential units consisting of: - 8 no. 2 storey (dormer) end-terrace 2-bedroom houses (Type A&Ah’), - 7 no. 2 storey (dormer) mid-terrace 2-bedroom houses (Type A1&A1h’). Planning permission is also sought for the construction of a single storey Crèche consisting of the following: 4 no. classrooms, sleep room, kitchen, toilets, stores, staff room, office, reception and associated ancillary areas, together with all associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments, car parking, drainage and water connections and access from the existing Carrigea Crescent Road
Permission, 15 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 2460101
17 Nov 2023Conditional
erection of 2 No. 2 storey semi-detached 3-bedroom houses together with all associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments, car parking, drainage and water connections and access from the existing Carrigea Crescent Road
Permission, 2 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 2360553
5 Oct 2023N/a
erection of 2 No. 2 storey semi-detached 3-bedroom houses together with all associated site works, landscaping. boundary treatments, car parking, drainage and water connections and access from the existing Carrigea Crescent Road,
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360467
22 Sept 2023N/a
erection of 2 No. 2 storey semi-detached 3-bedroom houses together with all associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments, car parking, drainage and water connections and access from the existing Carrigea Crescent Road
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360444
9 Dec 2022Conditional
Planning Permission to construct new dwelling house, Tricel wastewater treatment plant, percolation bed, recessed entrance, to demolish disused dwelling in ruins and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 221030
18 Nov 2021Conditional
SECTION 254 LICENCE for the erection of overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure along public roads including: 1. The erection of new overground fibre optic cables on existing timber poles. 2. The erection of new poles and associated fibre optic cables. Poles do not exceed 12 metres in height or approximately 0.3 metres in diameter and are manufactured to EN14229: 2010 and further described in Schedule Two. MRL T1 Application reference number: 2021WD0538
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 211073
13 Aug 2021Conditional
SECTION 254 Licence Application - The erection of overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure along public roads including:- 1. The erection of new overground fibre optic cables on existing timber poles 2. The erection of new poles and associated fibre optic cables (2021WD0377)
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 21820
20 Oct 2020Conditional
to construct an extension to an existing livestock shed containing cubicles, U/G slatted tank and associated site works with the development at
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20757
25 Sept 2020Conditional
a temporary advertising sign (to be in place for two years) advertising "The Range"
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20683
26 Mar 2019Conditional
to alter planning permission ref no 17/418 to amend site plan to provide 15 additional car parking spaces and to amend apt block 1 to include new bin storage, 4 no bicycle stands and new boundary fence together with deletion of condition 5 of parent permission
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19196
22 Feb 2019Conditional
a development consisting of a single storey café/shop, a two-storey medical centre and a two-storey crèche with accommodation for 150 children together with all associated car parking, drainage and associated site works and road access from existing roundabout
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19112
20 Dec 2018Conditional
to construct an overground slurry storage tank, an agricultural shed containing milking facilities, collecting yard, straw bedded calving area, underground slatted tank and associated site works with the development
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18862
9 Oct 2018Conditional
to construct an A-Frame shed containing milking facilities, dairy, plant room and associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18680
11 Jul 2018Conditional
to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) renewal electricity generation system on farm. The solar system will comprise of a quantity of 72 ground mounted solar panels standing at an overall height of 2m above ground level
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18469
21 May 2018Conditional
to raise field levels of existing agricultural lands using clean inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 0504) in order to improve quality of said lands. An application for a waste disposal permit will be sought post planning
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18347
13 Jun 2017Conditional
the proposed erection of a 90 bedroom 3 storey nursing home. Permission is also sought for 54 number two storey dwellings consisting of 2 number semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings, and 52 number terraced dwellings in 13 blocks (26 number 2 bedroom & 26 number 3 bedroom), 3 storey apartment block with 9 number 1 bedroom units and 6 number 2 bedroom units, 2 1/2 storey maisonette house unit consisting of 2 number 2 bedroom ground/first floor units and 2 number 2 bedroom first floor/attic floor units, together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping, car parking, signage, drainage connections and all associated site development works, vehicular access from existing roundabout at Kilbarry road junction
Permission, 74 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 17418
18 Apr 2017Refused
to raise field levels of existing agricultural lands using clean inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 0504) in order to improve quality of lands at
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 17260
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 Ballyhoo.
Recorded monuments
- WA017-013 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a quadrant of an enclosure bank (C c. 30m) W-N surviving NW of a NE-SW field bank on the 1950-51 ed. Situated in pasture on an E-facing slope, it 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: 23 July 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyhoo.
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 Ballyhoo, 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 Ballyhoo.
- 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 Ballyhoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyhoo · Baile Hú
- Area
- 1,217,518 m² (121.75 ha, 300.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbarry, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Kilbarry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,758 people lived in 924 households in the Kilbarry electoral division. 47% of households owned their home. 89% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindud, Ballycashin, Carriganard, Duagh, Kilbarry, Knockeen, Lacken
- Placenames
- Ballyhoo 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.