Ballycourdra
Townland in the civil parish of St. John's Without, Co. Waterford; in Irish Baile an Chordraeigh
- Area
- 6 ha
- 15 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 141 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycourdra, from 3 m² to 3,663 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 71 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M5GB (Other mix of uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7CD (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 0 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
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
23 Jan 2023Conditional
for full planning permission for the construction of an additional floor to existing 4 storey Ozier View Apartment Block, Poleberry, Waterford, for the construction of 4no apartments (3no two bed apartments and 1no three bed apartment), for alterations to existing elevations, the construction of new bike shed, bin store, and new amenity areas, all with associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360019
25 Sept 2019Conditional
alterations to previously approved Planning Ref: 18/485 consisting of (a) the erection of ball stop netting 8 metres in height to north western side of all weather pitch approved under Ref: 18/845 and (b) increasing previously approved ball stop netting from 4.1 metres to 8 metres in height to south western end and north eastern end of all weather pitch
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19703
17 Oct 2018N/a
239 metres of ball stop netting 12 metres in height supported by timber posts at 15-20 metre centres
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18698
18 Jul 2018Conditional
a new all weather football pitch with associated lighting system, together with new carpark, spectator stand and all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18485
13 Jul 2017Conditional
enlargement of existing all weather training pitch together with perimeter protection fencing and additional flood lighting
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 17512
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 Ballycourdra.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballycourdra.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, c.1900, on a corner site retaining original fenestration. Reroofed, pre-1999. One of a pair. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, pre-1999, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 4/4 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door. Road fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey local authority house with dormer attic, c.1900. Extensively renovated, c.2000, with entrance reoriented, and dormer attic added. One of a terrace of four forming part of a group of seven. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, c.2000, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stack, replacement square rooflight, c.2000, flat felt roof, c.2000, to dormer attic window to rear (south-west) pitch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000, on timber eaves. Unpainted replacement cement rendered walls, c.2000. Square-headed window openings (one remodelled, c.2000, from original door opening) with stone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement 2/2 timber sash windows, c.2000. Square-headed door opening (originally window opening remodelled, c.2000) with red brick block-and-start surround, and replacement timber panelled door, c.2000. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey local authority house, c.1900, retaining original fenestration. Reroofed, pre-1999. One of a terrace of four forming part of a group of seven. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, pre-1999, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stack, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, pre-1999, on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, painted red brick block-and-start surrounds, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with painted red brick block-and-start surround, and glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey local authority house, c.1900, retaining original aspect. One of a terrace of four forming part of a group of seven. Pitched (shared) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, painted red brick block-and-start surrounds, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with painted red brick block-and-start surround, and timber panelled door having overlight. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey local authority house, c.1900. Extensively renovated, pre-1999. One of a terrace of four forming part of a group of seven. Pitched (shared) roof with replacement artificial slate, pre-1999, clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond (shared) chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted replacement cement rendered walls, pre-1999. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and replacement timber casement windows, pre-1999. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door, pre-1999, and overlight. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Post box, 1925–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1930, with raised 'P&T' monogram in Gaelic script. Set into pebble-dashed wall.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycourdra.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballycourdra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycourdra · Baile an Chordraeigh
- Area
- 60,451 m² (6.05 ha, 14.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's Without, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Poleberry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Poleberry electoral division: 1,611 people in 804 households; 28% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballytruckle, Grange Lower
- Placenames
- Ballycourdra 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.