Ballynabola
Townland in the civil parish of Kill St Nicholas, barony of Gaultiere, Co. Waterford; in Irish Baile na Buaile
- Area
- 92.4 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 4,333 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynabola, from 988 m² to 309,567 m² (30.96 ha, 76.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 · 45 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
27 Jun 2025Conditional
to retain indefinitely the single storey, detached house, with it’s associated development works of entrance from adjoining public road (R683), driveway, surrounding path and front apron and also the necessary services as installed, including water supply and wastewater disposal of treatment plant and percolation bed
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560452
23 Jun 2025N/a
to retain indefinitely the single storey, detached house, with it’s associated development works of entrance from adjoining public road (R683), driveway, surrounding path and front apron and also the necessary services as installed, including water supply and wastewater disposal of treatment plant and percolation bed all on the site
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560435
31 Jan 2025N/a
to retain indefinitely the single storey, detached house, with it’s associated development works of entrance from adjoining public road (R683), driveway and surrounding path and front apron and also the necessary services as installed, including patented wastewater treatment plant and percolation bed, and on site water supply
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2560053
21 Mar 2023Conditional
indefinite retention of 3no. existing single storey sheds and all associated site works. Outline planning permission is sought for a dormer style dwelling, proprietary waste water treatment system, forming of site entrance from existing driveway
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360102
10 Mar 2023N/a
Indefinite retention of existing single storey sheds. Also Outline planning permission is sought for a dormer style dwelling, proprietary waste water treatment system, forming of site entrance from existing driveway, and all associated site works
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2360090
22 Dec 2022Conditional
to raise levels of existing agricultural lands using clean inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 0504) in order to improve the quality of said lands . An application for a waste disposal permit will be sought post planning
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 221064
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
29 Mar 2018Conditional
to increase annual delivery volumes of inert soil & stones (EU Waste Class 17 0504) in order to continue infilling an existing disused quarry (previously granted under 14/186) on agricultural lands
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 18217
22 Nov 2017Conditional
to construct a single storey garage with boiler and fuel storage spaces within, together with associated site works at side of existing dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17806
20 Jun 2017Conditional
New House Design and to reposition new house design on site instead of house and position of house granted planning permission under Ref. No. 12/405 and 06/988
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17438
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- WA018-060001 Burnt mound
Description
On a W-facing slope. Oval area of burnt and broken stone (dims. 15.5m E-W; 11m N-S) visible in a ploughed field. A fulacht fiadh site (WA018-060002-) is c. 30m to ENE. 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
- WA018-060002 Burnt mound
Description
On a W-facing slope. This is an area of burnt and broken stones in dark ploughsoil (diam. 23m) c. 30m ENE of a fulacht fiadh (WA018-060001-). 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
- WA018-087 Standing stone
Description
Located on a fairly steep W and SW-facing slope with the S-N Ballycanvan stream c. 120m to the W. This is a block of Old Red Sandstone conglomerate with a rectangular cross-section (dims. of base 1-1.2m x 0.9-1m) aligned NE-SW, and its greatest height (H 2.7m) is achieved at the W corner. It is leaning slightly to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 August 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynabola.
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 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 Ballynabola.
- 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 Ballynabola with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynabola · Baile na Buaile
- Area
- 924,102 m² (92.41 ha, 228.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kill St Nicholas, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gaultiere
- Electoral division
- Faithlegg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Faithlegg electoral division: 2,115 people in 765 households; 84% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycanvan Big, Ballycanvan Little, Ballygunnertemple, Ballymaclode, Carriglea, Cross, Cross, Knocknagappul
- Placenames
- Ballynabola 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.