Newacre

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newacre, from 380 m² to 251,547 m² (25.15 ha, 62.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Newacre in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works, (ii) Post-Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging, (iii) Back-drain Maintenance, (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works, (v) Trackway Surface Upgrade Works, (vi) 10 no. Temporary Construction Compounds, (vii) Temporary mobile welfare units, and, (viii) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460026

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  for essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit, comprising the following: (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works, (ii) Post-Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging, (iii) Back-drain Maintenance, (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works, (v) Temporary mobile welfare units, and, (vi) All works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted with the planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of (i) Specialist Hydrological Review (HES Report) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) correspondence (ii) Addendum to Natura Impact Statement (NIS) (iii) Addendum to Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) (iv) Water Framework Directive Compliance Report (including Hydrological Assessment) (v) Updated Fisheries and Crayfish Report (including updated surveys) (vi) Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) (vii) Architectural Heritage Impact Assessment (AIA) (viii) Underwater Archaeology Impact Assessment (UAIA) (ix) Updated Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan (OCEMP)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460093

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  permission for development of a c.15.358 ha site at the Barrow Navigation. The development will consist of essential maintenance and repair works to the Barrow Navigation, in accordance with Waterways Ireland's statutory remit, comprising the following; (i) Bank Revetment & Strengthening Works (ii) Post- Flood Spot Dredging & Maintenance Dredging (iii) Back-Drain Maintenance (iv) Small-scale Bank Repair Works (v) Trackway Surface Maintenance Works and (vi) A new temporary haul road located at Bestfield and Borris. Bestfield access route is indicative with final route to be agreed with landowner. A 15m haul road approximately 4m wide will be constructed from the access trackway in the Borris Estate to the Barrow track way and (vii) all works ancillary and incidental to the maintenance and repair works referred to above. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this Planning Application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2350

• 19 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a stainless steel workshop separate from the existing workshops, all ancillary site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to Carlow County Council with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21277

• 30 Apr 2021N/a

  Permission to construct a stainless steel workshop separate from the existing workshops, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 21161

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct an extension to our workshop, and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20222

• 30 Jun 2020N/a

  to construct an extension to our workshop, and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20215

• 14 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a storage shed for private use, all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19408

• 28 Jun 2019Conditional

  to erect a 2.4m high steel palisade security fence to the front of existing industrial premises, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 19260

• 8 Feb 2019Conditional

  Retention Planning Permission is sought to retain an agricultural field entrance as constructed and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 1935

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  Planning permission is been sought to construct a canopy over the front entrance door and extend same over existing two number bay windows on the front elevation of existing dwelling. Retention permisison is also sought for a velux roof light on front elevation of existing dwelling.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17207

• 9 Jun 2017N/a

  Planning permission is been sought to construct a canopy over the front entrance door and extend same over existing two number bay windows on the front elevation of existing dwelling. Retention permission is also sought for a velux roof light on front elevation of existing dwelling

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17188

• 27 Jan 2017Refused

  development on the Barrow Navigation (The River Barrow) through the townlands of: NEWACRE, NEWGARDEN, BESTFIELD or DUNGANSTOWN, STRAWHALL, CARLOW, GRAIGUE, CLOGRENAN, KILLEESHAL, BALLINABRANNAGH, BALLYGOWAN, PART OF TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), TOMARD UPPER (ED Rathornan), PART OF TOMARD LOWER (ED Clogrenan), RATHORNAN, RATHVINDEN, BALLYKNOCKAN (Idrone West By), LEIGHLINBRIDGE, RATHELLIN, DUNLECKNY, MONEYBEG, KILREE, SLIGUFF, KILGRANEY (Idrone East By), CLOMONEY (Idrone East By), BALLYELLIN and TOMDARRAGH, BALLYTEIGELEA (Idrone East By) , BORRIS, BALLYNAGRANE, COURNELLAN, BALLYKEENAN (St. Mullin's Lower By), HARRISTOWN, TINNAHINCH, KNOCKEEN, CARRIGLEAD, BAHANA, St. MULLIN'S The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 Kilometres (KM) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route traverses parts of counties Kildare, Laois and Carlow. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 52KM of the route is in County Carlow, 16KM in County Laois and 47 KM in County Kildare. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures: An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 1718

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Newacre.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newacre.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Newacre, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2457 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Newacre with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Newacre · An tAcra Nua

Area

307,067 m² (30.71 ha, 75.88 acres)

Civil parish

Painestown, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Carlow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,203 people lived in 5,763 households in the Carlow Rural electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghanure, Jerusalem (Co. Kildare), Newgarden, Shrule (Co. Laois)

Placenames

Newacre 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.