Ballynamuck West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilrush, barony of Decies Without Drum, Co. Waterford; in Irish Baile na Muc Thiar
- Area
- 73.4 ha
- 181 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynamuck West, from 281 m² to 203,504 m² (20.35 ha, 50.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 · 80 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
2 Sept 2025Conditional
of the as built dwellinghouse and garage
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560607
12 Sept 2024Refused
single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460523
20 Dec 2023Conditional
for development which consists of a new water treatment plant (WTP) located in the townland of Ballynamuck West, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. The development will consist of the following: (1) a new raw water tank (above ground structure). (2) a new used washwater equalisation storage tanks (UWWEST) (below ground structure). (3) a new contact tank and storage reservoir (below ground structure). (4) a new process building with solar panels on the roof. (5) a new administration building. (6) a new pumphouse building. (7) a bunded external area for chemical storage tanks, kiosk and emergency shower. (8) a new ESB substation building and a new generator and fuel storage tank. (9) new boundary fence to include 2.4m high palisade fence with security gate. (10) new drainage network and retention pond. (11) new entrance onto the R672 and new access road as well as (12) all associated site works The proposed development will include a pedestrian link with the existing water tower site and modifications to the existing fence to close the existing vehicle access to the water tower.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360631
22 Jun 2023Conditional
renovation and extension of existing single-storey dwelling house, replace existing garage and provide storage shed, provide upgraded entrance and replace existing septic tank with waste water treatment system and percolation system and all necessary ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360267
19 Jun 2023N/a
renovation and extension of existing single storey dwelling house, replacement of existing garage and provision of storage shed, provision of upgraded entrance and replacement of existing septic tank with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all necessary ancillary works.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360259
5 Aug 2022Conditional
of 1)carport to side elevation of dwelling house; 2)alterations to rear elevation window and door opes to dwelling house and 3) installation of 2 No. rear elevation Velux rooflights to attic space.
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22698
1 Jul 2022N/a
of 1.) car port to side elevation of dwelling house 2.) alterations to rear elevation window and door opes to dwelling house and 3.) installation of 2. No rear elevation Velux rooflights to attic space
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 22589
9 Jun 2022N/a
INDEFINITE RETENTION of: 1) car port to side elevation of dwelling house; 2) alterations to rear elevation window and door opes to dwelling house and 3) installation of 2 No. rear elevation Velux rooflights to attic space
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 22508
31 May 2022Conditional
the conversion of the existing attic to habitable space, the construction of 3 no. dormer windows each to the front and rear, and the remodelling and refurb of the existing house, including all associated elevational changes and site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22467
30 May 2022Conditional
construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22463
5 Nov 2021Refused
carryout land reclamation works involving the importation of Inert Fill, levelling the depressed area and returning to agricultural use. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority in connection with the application
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 211024
18 Jun 2021Conditional
construction of a new dwelling, garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works
Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21572
11 Dec 2019N/a
to carry out land reclamation works involving the importation of Inert Fill, levelling the depressed area and returning to agricultural use
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19944
1 Nov 2019N/a
to carryout land reclamation works involving the importation of Inert Fill, levelling the depressed area and returning to agricultural use
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19826
7 Oct 2019N/a
to carry out land reclamation works involving the importation of Inert Fill, levelling the depressed area and returning to agricultural use
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19744
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 Ballynamuck West.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballynamuck West.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynamuck West.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1833 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballynamuck West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynamuck West · Baile na Muc Thiar
- Area
- 733,949 m² (73.39 ha, 181.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilrush, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Without Drum
- Electoral division
- Dungarvan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dungarvan Rural electoral division: 2,096 people in 699 households; 73% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyduff Beg, Ballygagin (Garde), Ballymacmague East, Ballymacmague South, Ballynamuck Middle, Bawnatanavoher, Killadangan, Mapestown
- Placenames
- Ballynamuck West 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.