Couse
Couse is a townland in the civil parish of Kill St. Lawrence, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is An Cabhas.
Parcel 4940290
- Area
- 327 m²
- 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
- Couse
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 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, 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
- 45.4 ha
- 112 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 1,841 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Couse, from 17 m² to 158,944 m² (15.89 ha, 39.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1R1 (New/proposed residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 4 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
1 Jul 2022Conditional
to raise the levels of approximately 1.93 hectares of agricultural land, for future phases of a proposed housing development by using soil and stone arising from earlier phases of the development and by the use of by-product soil and stone under Article 27 from various other sites for which a waste licence will be required
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22593
8 Feb 2022Conditional
development at this site which will consist of the construction of 99 no. dwellings comprising of: (i) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A1); (ii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A2); (iii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B1); (iv) 3 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B2); (v) 4 no. single-storey, three-bedroom detached units (House Type C1); (vi) 8 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type D1); (vii)12 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type D2); (viii) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E1); (ix) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E2); (x) 28 no. two-storey, three-bedroom terraced units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type F1); (xi) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G1); (xii) 3 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G2); (xiii) 6 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G3); (xiv) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G4); (xv) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H1); (xvi) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H2); (xvii) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I1); (xviii) 1 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I2); (xix) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I3). The proposed development will include pedestrian access, vehicular entrance and alterations to public footpath from Public Road; carparking spaces; bicycle parking area; public open space; foul and surface drainage; street lighting; landscaping; boundary treatments; alterations of site levels and all ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2280
15 Dec 2021N/a
PERMISSION for development which will consist of the construction of 99 no. dwellings comprising of: (i) 6 no. two-storey, three bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A1); (ii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type A2); (iii) 6 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B1); (iv) 3 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type B2); (v) 4 no. single-storey, three-bedroom detached units (House Type C1); (vi) 8 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type D1); (vii) 12 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type D2); (viii) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E1); (ix) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type E2); (x) 28 no. two-storey, three-bedroom terraced units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type F1); (xi) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G1); (xii) 3 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G2); (xiii) 6 no. two-storey, two-bedroom mid-terrace units (House Type G3); (xiv) 3 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace units (House Type G4); (xv) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H1); (xvi) 2 no. two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached units with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type H2); (xvii) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I1); (xviii) 1 no. two-storey, four-bedroom mid-terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I2); (xix) 1 no. two-storey, three-bedroom end of terrace unit with optional sunroom and attic conversion (House Type I3). The proposed development will include pedestrian access, vehicular entrance and alterations to public footpath from Public Road; carparking spaces; bicycle parking area; public open space; foul and surface drainage; street lighting; landscaping; boundary treatments; alterations of site levels and all ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 211164
25 Jun 2018Conditional
the indefinite retention of minor alterations to an existing permitted development planning permission reference 17/674 and for planning permission to complete the housing development in line with the above changes. The changes relate to front elevational alterations including removal of chimneys and altered front door type on all units and altered front bay windows on 32 no. semi-detached units along with relocation of housing units and roads within the overall site
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18432
13 Sept 2017Conditional
modifications to the Fairfield Park housing estate layout and to the services and site development works associated to such modifications for the final phase, which is that as was granted planning permission under Ref. No. 11/500169 and extended under Ref. No. 17/151. This final phase is for 40 no. dwellinghouses_ No. 26 to 65_two storey, semi detached and terraced houses and single storey semi detached houses. This application is a reduction in density from that as granted planning permission under ref. no. 11/500169 (extended under Ref. No. 17/151) _ 44 houses to 40 houses _ all together with the associated site development works and associated services installation
Permission, 40 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 17674
8 Mar 2017Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 11/500169 : change of house design and increase in density by three houses together with associated site development works and associated services installation
Extension of duration · Waterford City and County Council, 17151
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 Couse.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Couse.
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 Couse, 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 Couse.
- 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 Couse with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Couse · An Cabhas
- Area
- 453,819 m² (45.38 ha, 112.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kill St. Lawrence, 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
- Ballindud, Ballycoardra, Carrigavoe, Kilcohan, Kill St. Lawrence
- Placenames
- Couse 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.