Woodlands Health and Leisure Club (Woodlands Hotel), Dunmore Road, Waterford
Retention of four outdoor padel tennis courts with high fencing and lighting at Woodlands Health and Leisure Club.
2460729 · Waterford City and County Council · Lodged 3 December 2024
- Reference
- 2460729
- Authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 3 December 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to retain four outdoor padel tennis courts built to the rear of the leisure club. The courts feature 6-metre-high glass and steel mesh fencing, concrete paths, security gates, and four 6.4-metre-high lighting columns.
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Official record
Development description
Permission to retain indefinitely the outdoor padel tennis court layout, incorporating four playing courts, as is built to the rear of the woodlands health and leisure club building. Each court enclosed with fencing of 6m high tempered glass, steel mesh and netting creating four separate units. All together with the associated siteworks, including concrete path and security gates and security fencing and also the necessary services, including four 6.4m high lighting columns (en 12192:2008), to downlight onto each of the four playing courts. This outdoor sports facility is part of, and associated with, the existing woodlands health and leisure club. Access to this outdoor facility is through the entrance and corridor of the existing health and leisure club.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for tourist uses.”
National zoning type: Tourism and related
Objective set by the WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Meledon Grove, Farmleigh, Dunmore Rd | Apr 2026 | €285,000 | 90 m |
| 1 Meledon Gr0ve, Farmleigh, Dunmore Rd | May 2026 | €283,000 | 129 m |
| 7 Montelado Way, Farmleigh, Dunmore Rd | Sept 2025 | €305,000 | 140 m |
| 26 Meledon Green, Farmleigh, Dunmore Rd | Apr 2026 | €320,000 | 174 m |
| 35 The Pines, Ballinakill Downs, Waterford | Jun 2025 | €395,000 | 183 m |
| Pine Cottage, Dunmore Rd, Ballinakill | Sept 2025 | €536,000 | 207 m |
| 24 Meledon Grove, Farmleigh, Dunmore Rd | Jul 2025 | €295,000 | 207 m |
| 24 The Pines, Ballinakill Downs, Waterford | Jul 2025 | €407,000 | 213 m |
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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received3 December 2024
- Further information requested4 February 2025
- Further information received13 March 2025
- Decision due9 April 2025
- Decision issued3 April 2025
- Grant issued15 May 2025
- Permission expiry14 May 2030
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