Location
Woodstown is located approximately 2.5km south of the nearby village of Crooke, and approximately halfway between Waterford City (9km) and Dunmore East. (Download Woodstown (adobe .pdf, 230 kbs)  Map Here) and also download the pages relating to Zoning Objectives (word .doc, 183 kbs) . The Zoning Objectives and Landuse Zoning Matrix need to be used when looking at the individual settlement zonings.

Services
Woodstown has a very limited service base, which is primarily aimed at tourism. It has a local public house/shop, a mobile home/caravan park and several guesthouses in the surrounding area. A holiday home development is located at nearby Woodstown House and Country Estate. There are public toilets and a public carpark located within easy access of the beach. There is an existing oyster farm in the area.

Characteristics
With its long sandy beach and the backdrop of wooded hills, Woodstown is an attractive daytrip destination. This quiet scenic area attracts families and is a popular walking route. The protection and preservation of these characteristics, should be the objective of any development proposal or design for the area.

Infrastructure
There is no public sewerage in Woodstown. There is a public water supply, from Belle Lake, which is limited in capacity.

Development Strategy
Lands in Woodstown have been zoned for Tourism Use to allow for the limited expansion of the facilities at this location. Constraint to development is associated with the infrastructural deficit as outlined above and development proposals will need to cater for this in any application for planning permission, along with satisfying the Planning Authority as to compliance with the standards for new tourism development at Section 9.4. These matters will have to be discussed and approved with the Sanitary Services Section and Planning Section of Waterford County Council, prior to any development proposal being submitted for Planning Permission.

The Council's policies and objectives in relation to Tourism, as outlined in Section 6.7 of the Development Plan, will also be applicable.