Ballygunnercastle

129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygunnercastle, from 1 m² to 157,084 m² (15.71 ha, 38.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2RS (Existing residential)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 94 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS (Open space, park)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CI (Community facilities)
  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

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Jan 2025Refused

  for a graveyard extension (to the south of the existing Church graveyard), proposed works will include new internal roads, paths, car parking and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560042

• 20 Jan 2025N/a

  for a graveyard extension (to the south of the existing Church graveyard), proposed works will include new internal roads, paths, car parking and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560029

• 14 Nov 2024N/a

  for a graveyard extension (to the south of the existing Church graveyard), proposed works will include new internal roads, paths, car parking and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460676

• 21 Sept 2023Conditional

  to construct walled silage pits, concrete aprons, effluent tank and all associated site works. Demolition of storage shed is also required

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360441

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct (i) slatted shed extension (ii) storage shed extension and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360142

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  construct (i) boiler house with wood pellet silo (ii) over ground water tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22125

• 15 Nov 2021Refused

  FURTHER EXTEND DURATION of Planning Permission Ref. 07/500196 for the proposed erection of 23 Number two storey dwellings together with all associated site works and services including boundary treatments and landscaping

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 211055

• 16 Sept 2021Conditional

  RETENTION Permission for as built garage/store together with PLANNING PERMISSION for a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling, connection to on site services and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21885

• 30 Jul 2021Conditional

  For the construction of a new fully serviced part single storey / part two storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, together with all ancillary and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21746

• 20 Jul 2021Conditional

  the proposed erection of dormer windows and roof lights to existing first floor attic accommodation to front, side and rear elevations, together with external and internal alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21696

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  for a single storey two classroom Montessori School together with connection to public services, boundary treatment and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21387

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  for a two storey dwelling house, vehicular entrance, domestic garage, connection to existing services and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21302

• 18 Feb 2021N/a

  for the construction of a new fully serviced part single storey/part 2 storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments together with all ancillary and associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21112

• 15 Feb 2021N/a

  to construct a single storey family flat extension to the rear of the existing dormer dwelling and for minor design changes to the existing dwelling including new front window and side patio door and all associated works at

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 21106

• 9 Feb 2021N/a

  the construction of a new fully serviced part single storey/part 2 storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, together with all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2190

• 11 Dec 2020Conditional

  construction of a 2 storey extension to existing 2 storey dwelling along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20943

• 8 Dec 2020N/a

  the construction of a new fully serviced part single-storey/part 2 storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, together with all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20927

• 23 Nov 2020N/a

  construction of a new fully serviced part single storey/part 2 storey detached dwelling house with attached car port, new vehicular entrance, landscaping and boundary treatments, together with all ancillary and associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20865

• 18 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey family dwelling together with a single storey garage, soakaways, boundary treatment, connection to public services and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20849

• 29 Sept 2020N/a

  to construct a two storey family dwelling together with a single storey garage, soakaways, boundary treatment, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20701

• 26 Jul 2019N/a

  for site development works for 21 No. executive serviced sites. Permission is also sought for all associated site works, drainage, water connections, roadways, footpaths and access from the existing road

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19557

• 10 Jul 2019N/a

  site development works for 21 no. executive serviced sites. Permission is also sought for all associated site works, drainage, water connections, roadways, footpaths and access from the existing Williamstown Village Road at

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19504

• 30 Apr 2019Conditional

  the erection of a 551.5m2 solar photo-voltaic panel system to the east and west sides of the roof of the existing Pack-Out Facility and all associated site development works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19287

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  to construct a Cubicle shed with slatted tanks, loose area, milking area, drafting area, storage area and all associated site works. Demolition of loose shed is also required

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18841

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  to construct an A-frame livestock shed containing straw bedded area, feed passage also to cover existing U/G slatted tank and associated site works with the development

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18710

The 25 most recent of 29 applications.

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 the townland of Ballygunnercastle.

Recorded monuments

• WA018-012 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated close to the summit of a low rise. Described as a ruined castle and the property of James Walsh of Little Island (WA010-008----) in 1640 (Simington 1942, 165). This is a rectangular gabled house (dims. c. 15.5m NW- SE; c. 8m NE-SW) of three storeys with five surviving chimney stacks. It was modernised in the 19th century and is still occupied. It retains three double-light, round-headed windows, probably 16th century in date, a plain rectangular light and traces of a slight base-batter. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin. 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 December 2008

• WA018-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on level lowlying ground, 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: 26 August 2009

• WA018-085 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (264) 15, 16). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 08 February 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, extant 1841, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (south); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (north) front. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), roll moulded clay ridge tiles with cut-limestone buttressed gabled bellcote to apex to entrance (north) front framing embossed cast-iron bell, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls on rendered chamfered plinth; tuck pointed snecked limestone walls (porch) on lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Pointed-arch window opening (south) with cut-limestone mullions, and cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window opening (porch) with cut-granite Y-mullion, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having margins centred on square glazing bars. Pointed-arch opposing door openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded doors. Interior including vestibule (north); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber boarded double doors; full-height interior open into roof with balustraded choir gallery (north) on square profile posts, central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, pointed-arch arcades (transepts) on polished red granite pillars, stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (south) reordered, ----, with timber panelled altar below stained glass "South Window" (----), and exposed collared timber roof construction with wind braced ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Ballygunner Castle, house, 1650–1700 · National interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey strong house with half-dormer attic, post-1640, built on site of and possibly incorporating fabric of medieval castle, c.1200, with six-bay three-storey rear (north-east) elevation. Renovated and remodelled, c.1800, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added. Now disused. Pitched slate roof (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, timber eaves to porch with diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelling to gable, and cast-iron rainwater goods on lime rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Unpainted fine roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction with remains of slight base batter. Square-headed window openings (some in bipartite arrangement) with cut-stone sills, and some incorporating cut-limestone surrounds of medieval provenance having mullions (forming paired elliptical-headed lights) and hood mouldings over. 1/1, 2/2 and 6/6 timber sash windows with some timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening to rear (north-east) elevation in round-headed recess with red brick dressings, and replacement timber panelled door, c.1900. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and no rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, timber lintels, and remains of 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and remains of timber boarded doors. (iii) Detached six-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to north-west possibly with half-attic. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and no rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, timber lintels, and remains of 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and remains of 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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballygunnercastle.

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.

No address of the register names Ballygunnercastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Ballygunnercastle · Baile Gunnair an Chaisleáin

Area

1,031,549 m² (103.15 ha, 254.9 acres)

Civil parish

Ballygunner, and its townlands

Barony

Gaultiere

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynakill electoral division: 432 people in 119 households; 96% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygunnermore, Ballygunnertemple, Bishopscourt, Callaghane, Knockboy

Placenames

Ballygunnercastle 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.