Ballygunnermore
Townland in the civil parish of Ballygunner, barony of Gaultiere, Co. Waterford; in Irish Baile Gunnair Mór
- Area
- 275.5 ha
- 681 acres
- Land parcels
- 101
- registered freehold, median 4,010 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygunnermore, from 189 m² to 266,245 m² (26.62 ha, 65.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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
- G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 87 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2RS (Existing residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI (Community facilities)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 2 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
23 Jul 2026Conditional
Permission for Retention for: 1) Modified boundaries to the curtilage of site; 2) the renovation and conversion works undertaken to one of the former farmyard outbuildings, historically a farmworker's dwelling, to provide ancillary habitable accommodation associated with the dwelling house permitted under Planning Permission Ref: 04/1816 (the accommodation is not proposed for short-term letting purposes); 3) the water connection to the existing on-site well water supply and a connection to the proprietary wastewater treatment system serving the existing dwelling;, and 4) all associated site works. 6
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660546
13 Jul 2026N/a
1) Modified boundaries to the curtilage of site; 2) the renovation and conversion works undertaken to one of the former farmyard outbuildings, historically a farmworker's dwelling, to provide ancillary habitable accommodation associated with the dwelling house permitted under Planning Permission Ref: 04/1816 (the accommodation is not proposed for short-term letting purposes); 3) the water connection to the existing on-site well water supply and a connection to the proprietary wastewater treatment system serving the existing dwelling;, and 4) all associated site works
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2660514
4 Dec 2025Conditional
for construction of a single storey extension and alterations to the existing dwelling and all other associated site works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560870
1 Aug 2025Conditional
1. The demolition of 1152.9 sq.m temporary educational facility consisting of prefabricated single storey buildings, comprising of 14 classrooms, 1 staff room, administration offices, toilet blocks, vehicular and pedestrian access gates, signage, car park, footpath and astro turf pitch. 2. The demolition of 77sq.m of a temporary creche facility comprising of prefabricated single storey building with outdoor play area. 3. The construction of a new standalone 5,573sq.m post primary school. Accommodation provides for 2 classroom special education needs unit with all associated facilities, 12 general classrooms, 1 multimedia room, 1 music room, 1 textile room, 1 design room, I graphics room, 2 science laboratories with associated preparation room, 1 engineering room, 1 construction studies with associated preparation room, 1 art room with associated project store, 1 home economics room, 1 library, 1 general purpose hall, 1 staff room, 1 kitchenette, 3 SET Rooms, 7 administrative rooms, 1 multi use hall and associated PE store, 1 fitness suite, 2 changing rooms, ancillary accommodation and circulation. 4. Realignment of roadside boundary, reconfiguration of existing entrance egress, construction of a new pedestrian path, cycle path, new entrance access road, front boundary wall with signage, 2 No. gates, a public drop-off area and 1 no bus stop. 5. Construction of a new internal carriageway, car park with 48 no. car park spaces, parent drop off area, 70 no. cycle space, 4 No bus drop off, 2 No special education needs unit drop off and new signage above the main building entrance. 6. Construction of ESB substation, switch room, foul pump station, bio retention soakway, LPG area, bin store, external store, covered yard, heat pump compound, 3 ball courts, 1 Astro turf pitch, all associated ancillary site development, drainage, fencing and landscape works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560541
4 Jun 2025Conditional
demolish existing adjoining sunroom and utility to rear of existing main dwelling , and to demolish existing detached rear shed. It is further proposed to construct a single storey extension to the rear of the existing main dwelling consisting of new utility, Bathroom , 2 no .bedroom and a living room with access corridors , and to extend the existing kitchen / dining and to make further alterations to the interior layout of existing main dwelling as per drawings submitted to the planning authority , and to include all associated site works .
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2569
11 Oct 2022Conditional
the installation of 1 no. prefabricated temporary structure consisting of 2 no. classrooms, 2 no. toilets and circulation space together with all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22868
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
21 May 2021Conditional
to construct a 2 story residence, new garage, open new road entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system and complete all other ancillary site development works at our site at
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21465
19 Apr 2021Conditional
retention permission and planning permission at a 2.22 hectare site, retention permission is sought for 2 no. prefabricated units (these 2 no. units form part of the overall 12 no. units on site which were permitted under Reg. Ref: 16/642) for use as part of the existing school, of which 11 no. units were constructed on site. The 2 no. units are replacements for 2 no. units previously permitted under Reg. Ref. 16/642 following irreparable storm damage to the original 2 no. units. Retention permission is also sought, for a temporary period of 5 years, for prefabricated unit no. 13 to the north east of the site entrance, for use as a school classroom. Permission is sought for temporary permission for a period of five years for the extension of the permission previously granted under Reg. Ref. 16/642 for prefabricated single storey buildings comprising of 12 no. classrooms and associated toilet blocks, locker room and store rooms, administration office, staff room and reception, translucent canopy and extension to the existing canopy over existing units nos. 3, 4, 5, 11 and proposed unit no. 12 and all existing associated site works, including site entrance, realigned roadside boundary, new footpath from the entrance gate to the school buildings, foul pumping station, storm attenuation system, car parking, fencing, connections to existing services and all associated and ancillary works.
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 21313
29 Jan 2020Conditional
to construct a dormer style dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2039
13 Jan 2020N/a
to construct a dormer style dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 209
7 Sept 2018Refused
to construct a dormer style dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18614
12 Mar 2018Refused
alterations and extension of property, namely for the addition of 2 no. dormer windows to existing bedroom area at first floor in existing cottage and for the construction of a dormer extension to the rear, all with associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18159
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 Ballygunnermore.
Recorded monuments
- WA018-013001 Enclosure
Description
Marked as a large oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 75m N-S; c. 65m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and known locally as a 'lios' (Power 1887-8). It is situated at the crest of the W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge. The cropmark of a bivallate circular area (ext. diam. c. 70m) is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASZ 50). The perimeter incorporates a field bank E-SE. Souterrain (WA018-013002-) was discovered in the bank at E. Power, Rev. P. (1887-8) Casey's 'lios', Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford, JRSAI, vol. 18, 407. 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
- WA018-013002 Souterrain
Description
Located in the bank of enclosure (WA018-013001-) at E, and destroyed c. 1888. Described as an oval chamber (dims. 3.8m N-S; 2.1m E-W; H c. 1.8m) roofed with lintels, with an entrance creep at N (Power 1887-8). It is not visible in the surviving bank. Power, Rev. P. (1887-8) Casey's 'lios', Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford, JRSAI, vol. 18, 407. 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
- WA018-043 Church
Description
Situated on rock outcrop on the W shoulder of a knoll. There is only one reference to 'Cill Briocain' at 'Baile na Guaithe' stating that it was located just NE of a spot-height on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (Power 1906a, 19). It is not visible at ground level, and may be occupied by farm buildings. It may have been a penal church. Power, Rev. P. (1906a) The place-names of the Decies WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballygunnermore.
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 moderately high, 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 Ballygunnermore.
- 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 Ballygunnermore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballygunnermore · Baile Gunnair Mór
- Area
- 2,755,152 m² (275.52 ha, 680.81 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
- Ballygunnercastle, Bishopscourt, Callaghane, Keiloge, Kilcaragh
- Placenames
- Ballygunnermore 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.