Carrickphierish
Townland in the civil parish of Killoteran, Co. Waterford; in Irish Carraig Phiarais
- Area
- 57.1 ha
- 141 acres
- Land parcels
- 123
- registered freehold, median 520 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS
- Planning
- 48
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickphierish, from 0 m² to 101,334 m² (10.13 ha, 25.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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 · 86 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7CD (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1R1 (New/proposed residential)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI (Community facilities)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1RE (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Aug 2026N/a
Proposed single storey plant room extension to the main facility and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at the premises
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660598
10 Jun 2026Conditional
The development of 3 no. new backup generators and support structure (located to the north side of the site) and associated adjacent single storey foam house (7m² ) and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their site.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660413
22 May 2026Conditional
Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660356
6 May 2026Conditional
the construction of 167 no. residential dwellings comprising 105 no. houses, 30 no. apartments and 32 no. duplex/duplex apartments, public open space, a creche, commercial/retail floorspace, communal open space as follows: A) 105 no. houses in a mixture of semi-detached, detached and terraced dwellings consisting of 23 no. 2-bed units (house types H, H1 [1 storey], house types E, E1, E2 [2 storeys]), 39 no. 3-bed units (house types A, A1 [2 storeys] & house type D [3 storeys]) and 43 no. 4-bed units (house types B, B1, [2 storeys] & house types C, C1 [3 storeys]); B) 30 no. apartments at; Block J (5 storeys) comprising 1 no. studio unit, 4 no. 1 bed units, 9 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed unit with a creche at ground floor (c. 313.1 sq. m); and, at Block K (5 storeys) comprising 4 no. 1 bed units, 10 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed unit with 3 no. commercial/retail units at ground floor level (c. 308.2 sq. m), all apartments to have balconies/terraces; C) 16 no. 1 bedroom 1 storey duplex apartments and 16 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey duplex apartments in 4 no. 3 storey buildings surrounding a communal open space area – each with balconies/terraces; D) Pedestrian and vehicular access to the development is proposed from a new entrance from Carrickphierish Road to the north of the site; E) Secondary pedestrian and cyclist access for the apartments, creche, commercial units and associated car parking from Paráid na bPáistí to the west of the site; F) Provision of c. 0.47 ha of public open space, 274 no. car parking spaces and 112 no. cycle spaces, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment, ESB substations, bicycle and bin stores) and communal/semi-private open space for the proposed apartment/duplex units; G) Provision of surface water attenuation measures (including pipes/culvert of stream along southern boundary), connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure (and upgrade to existing Uisce Eireann foul network within site) to Uisce Eireann specifications and all ancillary site development, construction, and landscaping works including reprofiling of the site where required and other associated works required to facilitate the development.
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660294
19 Dec 2025Conditional
permission for a residential development for 99no. residential units including; (a) (i) 14no. 2 storey 4 bed semi-detached units; (ii) 30no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached units; (iii) 12no. 2 storey 3 bed terrace units; (b) (i) 1no. 4 storey apartment block including; (ii) 1no. 1 storey creche (227m2) with ancillary rooms and external play area at ground floor; (iii) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at ground floor; (iv) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at first floor; (v) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at first floor; (vi) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at second floor; (vii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at second floor; (viii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at third floor; (ix) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at third floor; (d) (i) 1no. 4 storey apartment block including; (ii) 4no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at ground floor; (iii) 2no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at ground floor; (iv) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at first floor; (v) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at first floor; (vi) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at second floor; (vii) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at second floor; (viii) 1no. 1 storey 1 bed apartment unit at third floor; (ix) 5no. 1 storey 2 bed apartment units at third floor; (e) (i) 2 no. external communal bin store (64.2m2); (ii) 2 no. external bike store (18.5m2); (iii) 1no. external apartment storage (29.4m2); (f) all associated site works including (i) foul and surface water drainage, and water mains; (ii) SuDS measures; (iii) vehicular road and pedestrian links to existing Mountneil housing estate; (iv) car parking; (v) landscaping and public lighting; (vi) 2no. ESB Kiosks and (vi) all other associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560937
6 Oct 2025Conditional
Proposed external canopy, glass balustrade, and upgrade works to existing canteen terrace to the South of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works,
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560707
1 Oct 2025Conditional
Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560699
22 Aug 2025N/a
Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560587
18 Aug 2025N/a
Proposed single storey cold room extension and single storey electrical switch room extension to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at the premises
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560568
8 Apr 2025Conditional
Proposed single storey extension to existing lobby & new cold room extension to the East of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560224
3 Apr 2025N/a
Proposed single storey extension to existing lobby & new cold room extension to the East of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560214
28 Nov 2024Conditional
for amendments to the previously granted application, Ref. No. 24/60080, . The amendments consist of:1.Revised layout of the solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in lieu of previously granted layout.2.Revision to all ground mounted frames/ support structures, underground cabling and ducting, inverters, client kiosk, security fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras and landscaping associated with the revised panel layout.The proposed amendment is to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460721
26 Nov 2024N/a
for amendments to the previously granted application, Ref. No. 24/60080 .The amendments consist of:1.Revised layout of the solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in lieu of previously granted layout.2.Revision to all ground mounted frames/ support structures, underground cabling and ducting, inverters, client kiosk, security fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras and landscaping associated with the revised panel layout. The proposed amendment is to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460716
23 Sept 2024Conditional
for single storey extension to the existing plant area on the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460553
2 Apr 2024Conditional
to replace existing garage door with new PVC window and convert existing Garage to Office.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460155
20 Feb 2024Conditional
Proposed solar PV energy development comprising the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/ support structures, underground cabling and ducting, inverters, client kiosk, security fencing, pole mounted CCTV cameras, landscaping, temporary construction compound and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their site at IDA Industrial Park, Old Kilmeadan Road, Knockhouse Lower, Waterford.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460080
25 Aug 2023Conditional
Proposed single storey cold room extension and the provision of a single storey electrical switch room to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360388
1 Aug 2023N/a
Proposed single storey cold room extension and the provision of a single storey electrical switch room to the north of the site and to include all associated site works, drainage, alterations to existing site levels and ancillary site development works to accommodate the above works, all at their premises at IDA Industrial Park, Old Kilmeadan Road, Knockhouse Lower, Waterford.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360337
14 Jul 2023Conditional
the construction of a new extension to existing house at First Floor Level over the existing Playroom/Study. The proposed extension will consist of a new master bedroom with en-suite and walk-in wardrobe
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 23221
20 Jun 2022Refused
the construction of a mixed use development (96 no. dwellings and childcare facility, all totalling 12,359.60 sq m gross floor space) at a site of approximately 3.97 hectares. The development will consist of: 1. A single storey childcare facility (247.30 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array, ancillary private outdoor play area (324 sq m), with set-down area (4 no. spaces) and dedicated vehicle parking/drop-off area (12 no. spaces). 2. A total of 96 no. dwellings (totalling 12,112.30 sq m gross floor space) ranging in equivalent height between single and three storeys with private open space, each with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel arrays and 2 no. car parking spaces (totalling 192 car parking spaces), comprising: 8 no. single storey two-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 3 no. two storey three-bedroom terrace dwellings; 57 no. two storey three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 2 no. two storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 2 no. three storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 7 no. three storey four-bedroom terrace dwellings; 7 no. two storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; and 10 no. three storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings. The development will further consist of boundary treatments, private and public open spaces, hard and soft landscaping, roads and pedestrian walkways, pedestrian accesses/permeability routes, services (incl. underground surface water attenuation storage), public lighting, and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance and access road from Carrickpherish Road. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22541
13 May 2022Conditional
the construction of an access road and new hardstanding area measuring 1275sq.m to accommodate 16 no. parking spaces, delivery yard, and security fencing together with all associated site works at premises
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22401
19 Apr 2022N/a
the construction of a mixed use development (96 no. dwellings and childcare facility, all totalling 12,359.60sq m gross floor space) at a site of approximately 3.97 hectares. The development will consist of: 1. A single storey childcare facility (247.30 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array, ancillary private outdoor play area (324 sq m), with set-down area (4 no. spaces) and dedicated vehicle parking/dropoff area (12 no. spaces). 2. A total of 96 no. dwellings (totalling 12,112.30 sq m gross floor space) ranging in equivalent height between single and three storeys with private open space, each with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel arrays and 2 no. car parking spaces (totalling 192 car parking spaces), comprising: 8 no. single storey two-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 3 no. two storey three-bedroom terrace dwellings; 57 no. two storey three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 2 no. two storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 2 no. three storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 7 no. three storey four-bedroom terrace dwellings; 7 no. two storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; and 10 no. three storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings. The development will further consist of boundary treatments, private and public open spaces hard and soft landscaping, roads and pedestrian walkways, pedestrian accesses/permeability routes, services (incl. underground surface water attenuation storage), public lighting, and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance and access road from Carrickpherish Road. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application. The Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22328
8 Apr 2022N/a
the construction of a mixed use development (96 no. dwellings and childcare facility, all totalling 12,359.60sq m gross floor space) at a site of approximately 3.97 hectares. The development will consist of: 1. A single storey childcare facility (247.30 sq m gross floor space) with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array, ancillary private outdoor play area (324 sq m), with set-down area (4 no. spaces) and dedicated vehicle parking/dropoff area (12 no. spaces). 2. A total of 96 no. dwellings (totalling 12,112.30 sq m gross floor space) ranging in equivalent height between single and three storeys with private open space, each with rooftop photovoltaic solar panel arrays and 2 no. car parking spaces (totalling 192 car parking spaces), comprising: 8 no. single storey two-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 3 no. two storey three-bedroom terrace dwellings; 57 no. two storey three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; 2 no. two storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 2 no. three storey four-bedroom detached dwellings; 7 no. three storey four-bedroom terrace dwellings; 7 no. two storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings; and 10 no. three storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings. The development will further consist of boundary treatments, private and public open spaces hard and soft landscaping, roads and pedestrian walkways, pedestrian accesses/permeability routes, services (incl. underground surface water attenuation storage), public lighting, and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be provided via a new site entrance and access road from Carrickpherish Road. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22289
4 Apr 2022Conditional
the erection of a two-storey office block extension and elevational alterations to existing office block, provision of new signage, erection of a single storey ancillary use extension to side of existing warehouse, provision of additional carparking spaces together with all associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 22270
20 Dec 2021Conditional
the erection of 96 dwellings - comprising of 90 2-storey semi-detached dwellings and 6 no. 2 storey terraced dwellings - including all associated site development works, connections to services and access links to development as granted under planning reg. no 19/611
Permission, 98 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 211188
The 25 most recent of 48 applications.
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 Carrickphierish.
Recorded monuments
- WA009-030 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
First identified by Melanie McQuade in centre-line testing (03E1795) on the route of the Carrickphierish Road at the NW edge of Waterford City (McQuade, 2006a), and subsequently excavated (03E1880) by the same excavator. A subrectangular pit (dims. 2.45m NW-SE; 0.7m NE-SW; D 0.1m) was 8m to the S of a second subrectangular pit (dims. 2m x 1.2m; D 0.2m) filled with burnt mound material. (McQuade 2006c) McQuade, M. (2006a) Knockhouse Lower/Carrickpherish/Bawndaw. Potential hearth and pit. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 503, No. 1900. Wordwell. Bray. McQuade, M. (2006c) Carrickpherish. Pits and a post-hole. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 494, No. 1863. Wordwell. Bray. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrickphierish.
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 10 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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrickphierish.
- 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 Carrickphierish with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Carrickphierish · Carraig Phiarais
- Area
- 571,433 m² (57.14 ha, 141.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killoteran, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Gracedieu, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gracedieu electoral division: 2,074 people in 733 households; 38% of households own their home; 77% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynamona, Bawndaw, Cleaboy, Gracedieu East, Gracedieu West, Knockhouse Lower, Knockhouse Upper, Skibbereen, Ticor
- Placenames
- Carrickphierish 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.