# Spa, Co. Waterford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of St. Mary's Clonmel, barony of Glenahiry, Co. Waterford; in Irish An Spá. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 269,439 m² (26.94 ha, 66.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,205 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 RS, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: St. Mary's Clonmel, https://everytownland.com/waterford/parish/st-marys-clonmel.md - Barony: Glenahiry - Electoral division: St. Mary's, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 733 people lived in 273 households in the St. Mary's electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Waterford, https://everytownland.com/waterford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/49250 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 221479 - Centre: latitude 52.349612, longitude -7.682128 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Spa, from 481 m² to 102,479 m² (10.25 ha, 25.32 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1577861: 102,479 m² (10.25 ha, 25.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1577861.md - Parcel 1553593: 49,209 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553593.md - Parcel 1559875: 21,341 m² (2.13 ha, 5.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1559875.md - Parcel 1553592: 19,727 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553592.md - Parcel 1553591: 10,829 m² (1.08 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553591.md - Parcel 5193906: 4,939 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5193906.md - Parcel 1553594: 4,856 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553594.md - Parcel 1554867: 4,281 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1554867.md - Parcel 1573063: 3,521 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1573063.md - Parcel 1569957: 3,441 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1569957.md - Parcel 1560703: 2,851 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1560703.md - Parcel 1587946: 2,365 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1587946.md - Parcel 2953943: 2,331 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2953943.md - Parcel 1552108: 2,273 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1552108.md - Parcel 1577913: 2,269 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1577913.md - Parcel 1553739: 2,224 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553739.md - Parcel 1581772: 2,205 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1581772.md - Parcel 1544998: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1544998.md - Parcel 1553137: 2,058 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553137.md - Parcel 1581022: 2,041 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1581022.md - Parcel 1552666: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1552666.md - Parcel 1580248: 1,970 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1580248.md - Parcel 1544312: 1,893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1544312.md - Parcel 1580440: 1,869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1580440.md - Parcel 1582062: 1,813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1582062.md - Parcel 1547312: 1,799 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1547312.md - Parcel 1549694: 1,750 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1549694.md - Parcel 1578555: 1,682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1578555.md - Parcel 1553514: 1,572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1553514.md - Parcel 1548200: 1,256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1548200.md - Parcel 1584916: 1,101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1584916.md - Parcel 1577089: 1,074 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1577089.md - Parcel 1583861: 481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1583861.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 RS (Existing residential): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 24 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf - G3 HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 15 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf - R4 SRR (Strategic Residential Reserve): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf - G1 OS (Open space, park): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf - N6 TU (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Clonmel and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/local-area-plan-consultation/clonmel-and-environs-local-area-plan-2024-2030 - R1 R1 (New/proposed residential): WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/app/uploads/2023/09/Waterford-City-and-County-Development-Plan-2022-2028-Vol-2.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 17 Sept 2025, Waterford City and County Council 2560657: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new housing development of 40 no. residential units comprising of 4 no. two-storey 4-bed detached units, 4 no. two-storey 4-bed semi-detached units and 32 no. two-storey 3-bed semi-detached units, new vehicular and pedestrian entrances, together with all roads, footpaths, underground services, connection to public services, car-parking, public open space, public lighting and associated site boundary and site development works . The site is within the zone of archaeological potential for recorded monument WA001-030 Spa works/bath.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560657/0 - 19 Jun 2025, Waterford City and County Council 2560431: Conditional. Permission. for the change of house type under permitted governing planning permission reference numbers 2360561 & 2460409 , to include the construction of a Therapy room outbuilding for use ancillary to the main house, with covered car port link together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560431/0 - 18 Jul 2024, Waterford City and County Council 2460409: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to change house type from the previously granted dormer bungalow granted under permission ref. no. 23/60561 to a part single-storey part one and a half-storey dwelling and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460409/0 - 21 Nov 2023, Waterford City and County Council 2360561: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dormer style dwelling, entrance, driveway, bored well, domestic tertiary treatment system and infiltration / treatment area and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360561/0 - 12 May 2021, Tipperary County Council 21654: Conditional. Permission, 20 homes. 20 no. 2 bed bungalows consisting of 2 no. (6 unit blocks) of 4 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, 1 no. (5 unit blocks) of 3 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, 1 no. (3 unit blocks) of 1 mid terrace & 2 end terrace bungalows, proposed vehicular & pedestrian access from Coleville Road. The existing dwelling (former lodge building) on the site is not protected, but is included on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (ref no. 22118015), and will be retained for residential use with necessary conservation repairs undertaken. Site access road and associated footpaths & parking within the site, including a new driveway and parking for the existing dwelling, together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping, bin stores, car parking, entrance signage, drainage connections, and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact statement accompanies the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21654/0 - 13 Oct 2017, Waterford City and County Council 17731: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct an extension to western gable of dwelling, remove and relocate existing patio, landscaping and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17731/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Spa. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WA001-030: Spa works/bath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWA001-030----. Marked as a spa well on the 1840 and 1923 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the junction of the Comeragh Mountains with the flood plain of the River Suir. Power (1952, 252) suggests that it was a holy well where patterns were held into the 19th century. The waters were taken medicinally in the 18th century (Smith 1774, 240-1), and at some time which Power (ibid 252) suggests was in 1593 under the mayoralty of William Stanley, a wellhouse was built around it. This was in use into the middle of the 20th century, and is described locally as a circular domed structure (int. diam. c. 4m) entered through a pointed doorway at N from the public road. A few steps led down to the floor where there was a hand-opereated pump, and there were stone benches around the wall. The wellhouse is now removed down to the foundations, apart from the N wall (Wth c. 1.2m; H c. 3m) with the blocked pointed doorway rendered in brick (Wth 1.05m; H 1.8m), and the wall is surmounted by a plaque inscribed 'Clonmel Spa'. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 1st December, 2010. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Spa. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Spa, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Spa. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/waterford/spa.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/waterford/spa.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/waterford/spa.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Spa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford: https://everytownland.com/waterford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Croan Lower: https://everytownland.com/waterford/croan-lower.md - Croan Upper: https://everytownland.com/waterford/croan-upper.md - Knocklucas: https://everytownland.com/waterford/knocklucas.md - Monacallee: https://everytownland.com/waterford/monacallee.md - Poulnagunoge: https://everytownland.com/waterford/poulnagunoge.md - Raheen (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/raheen-212714.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/waterford/spa - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/waterford/spa