Rathfadden
Townland in the civil parish of Trinity Without, Co. Waterford; in Irish Ráth Pháidín
- Area
- 21.6 ha
- 53 acres
- Land parcels
- 226
- registered freehold, median 281 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- RS
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
226 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathfadden, from 13 m² to 45,178 m² (4.52 ha, 11.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 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 · 259 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS (Open space, park)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CI (Community facilities)
WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 5 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
4 Sept 2026N/a
the construction of 26 No. single-storey residential units for older persons, comprising 6 No. 2-bed mid-terrace bungalow units, 4 No. 2-bed end-terrace bungalow units, 4 No. 1-bed end-terrace universally accessible bungalow units, 2 No. 2-bed end-terrace universally accessible bungalow units, 6 No. 2-bed mid-terrace universally accessible bungalow units and 4 no. 2-bed semi-detached bungalow units. The development will include alterations to the existing access road at the junction with Ozanam Street, the widening of this existing access road to provide for two-way vehicular access and new pedestrian access, along with all associated site development works including roads, paths, vehicular parking, landscaping, open spaces, boundary treatments, sustainable urban drainage systems and all necessary site works and site service provisions .A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted as part of this application.
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660683
24 Mar 2026Conditional
(a)Retain indefinitely the attic conversion of the existing single storey detached house __ domestic storage and home office accommodation, together with the associated dormer and velux rooflighting. (b) Retain indefinitely the single storey kitchen extension to the rear of the existing detached house. (c) Retain indefinitely the existing adjoining garage/store outbuilding.
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660188
5 Mar 2026N/a
the construction of 26 No. single-storey residential units for older persons, comprising 6 No. 2-bed mid-terrace bungalow units, 4 No. 2-bed end-terrace bungalow units, 4 No. 1-bed end-terrace universally accessible bungalow units, 2 No. 2-bed end-terrace universally accessible bungalow units, 6 No. 2-bed mid-terrace universally accessible bungalow units and 4 no. 2-bed semi-detached bungalow units. The development will include alterations to the existing access road at the junction with Ozanam Street, the widening of this existing access road to provide for two-way vehicular access and new pedestrian access, along with all associated site development works including roads, paths, vehicular parking, landscaping, open spaces, boundary treatments, sustainable urban drainage systems and all necessary site works and site service provisions
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2660126
5 Jun 2024Conditional
for the construction of a single storey metal clad gymnasium together with perimeter fencing and all associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2460308
16 Nov 2023Conditional
Construction of a) a surface car park area together with 2.4m high perimeter fencing, and b) 4 no 12m x 25m ball stop nets and 2 no 14m x 50m ball stop nets together with all associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2360549
12 Sept 2023Conditional
for an existing telecommunications support structure together with associated ground equipment, equipment building, container, cabinets and generator enclosed within a palisade fenced compound
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 23265
9 Mar 2022Conditional
a new 18m2 first floor extension, consisting of enlarge existing bedroom and relocate bathroom, associated site works and services to existing house
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22174
22 Oct 2021Conditional
the construction of a new housing development of 17 No. dwellings comprising; 4 no. two-storey 3-bed semi detached/mid-terraced units with optional ground floor sunroom extension (Type A), 12 no. two-storey 3-bed semi-detached units with optional ground floor sunroom extension and optional attic conversion (Type B), 1 no. two-storey 4-bed mid-terraced unit with optional ground floor sunroom extension and optional attic conversion (Type C), together with the demolition of the existing dwelling on site, connection to existing public foul & surface water drainage, proposed new entrance and associated boundary treatments, and all proposed site development works
Permission, 17 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 21988
4 Jun 2021N/a
Construction of 24 no.two-bed terraced & semi-detached bungalows for the elderly. The proposed development will also include alterations to the existing access road at the junction with Oznam Street, the widening of this existing access road to provide for two-way vehicular access and a new footpath, new internal estate roads and footpaths on the site, boundary treatments, landscape and all necessary sit works and site services
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21521
30 Mar 2021Conditional
for a single storey extension to the side and rear, together with all associated site works including widening of the existing vehicular entrance at
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21258
30 Nov 2020Conditional
to construct an extension and carry out alterations to the side and rear of house
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20892
25 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a first floor extension to the side of dwelling above existing single storey part along with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20686
31 Jul 2020Conditional
indefinite retention of adjoining single storey extension to existing dwelling and detached garage store, alterations to front boundary to comprise of relocation of existing vehicular entrance & permission for a new single storey Gymnasium and Office adjoining existing detached garage store
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 20518
19 Mar 2020Conditional
for internal and external alterations to existing two storey dwelling to provide for a single storey extension to the side and rear and two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20180
2 Mar 2020Conditional
retain the removal of front boundary wall and creation of 'off road' parking facility
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 20126
28 Feb 2020Conditional
a two storey extension to the side and single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, widening existing driveway/entrance together with all associated site works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20120
25 Nov 2019N/a
to demolish existing dwelling and construct a new housing development of 40 No. units comprising of : 12 No. two-storey, semi-detached/terraced houses (8 x 2-bed & 4 x 3-bed houses), together with a two-storey block of 28 No. Apartments (12 x 1-bed and 16 x 2-bed units) and associated site development works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 19886
13 Aug 2018Conditional
indefinite retention of 3 no. single storey sheds (total area: 36.9sqm) to the rear
Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18549
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 Rathfadden.
Recorded monuments
- WA009-004 Mound
Description
Marked as a circular enclosure or mound (diam. c. 20m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in rough pasture towards the top of a S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level and the area is now occupied by gardens. 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: 22nd July, 2010.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathfadden.
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathfadden.
- 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 Rathfadden with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Rathfadden · Ráth Pháidín
- Area
- 215,942 m² (21.59 ha, 53.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Trinity Without, and its townlands
- Electoral division
- Cleaboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cleaboy electoral division: 2,610 people in 974 households; 77% of households own their home; 17% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynamona, Browley West, Clashrea, Cleaboy, Dobbynsparks, Logloss, Ticor
- Placenames
- Rathfadden 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.