# Newstown, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ardoyne, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Chloch Nua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,629,573 m² (262.96 ha, 649.78 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 52,699 m² (5.27 ha, 13.02 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ardoyne, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/ardoyne.md - Barony: Forth - Electoral division: Ballintemple, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 599 people lived in 210 households in the Ballintemple electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3128 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10429 - Centre: latitude 52.770437, longitude -6.680829 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newstown, from 72 m² to 1,027,687 m² (102.77 ha, 253.95 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1278782: 1,027,687 m² (102.77 ha, 253.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278782.md - Parcel 5568443: 224,049 m² (22.4 ha, 55.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5568443.md - Parcel 800496: 197,641 m² (19.76 ha, 48.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800496.md - Parcel 791134: 181,916 m² (18.19 ha, 44.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791134.md - Parcel 810024: 165,000 m² (16.5 ha, 40.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810024.md - Parcel 791132: 160,137 m² (16.01 ha, 39.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791132.md - Parcel 4950003: 156,605 m² (15.66 ha, 38.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950003.md - Parcel 810023: 151,581 m² (15.16 ha, 37.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810023.md - Parcel 810116: 147,047 m² (14.7 ha, 36.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810116.md - Parcel 815005: 117,010 m² (11.7 ha, 28.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/815005.md - Parcel 784715: 104,902 m² (10.49 ha, 25.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/784715.md - Parcel 815003: 100,289 m² (10.03 ha, 24.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/815003.md - Parcel 791168: 94,496 m² (9.45 ha, 23.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791168.md - Parcel 791131: 93,379 m² (9.34 ha, 23.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791131.md - Parcel 791080: 79,048 m² (7.9 ha, 19.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791080.md - Parcel 810095: 75,221 m² (7.52 ha, 18.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810095.md - Parcel 791167: 70,163 m² (7.02 ha, 17.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791167.md - Parcel 791166: 69,625 m² (6.96 ha, 17.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791166.md - Parcel 4950032: 63,992 m² (6.4 ha, 15.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4950032.md - Parcel 810115: 57,663 m² (5.77 ha, 14.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810115.md - Parcel 791133: 56,512 m² (5.65 ha, 13.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791133.md - Parcel 791171: 48,887 m² (4.89 ha, 12.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791171.md - Parcel 791172: 48,033 m² (4.8 ha, 11.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791172.md - Parcel 810118: 42,130 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810118.md - Parcel 810119: 23,055 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810119.md - Parcel 2629551: 21,132 m² (2.11 ha, 5.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2629551.md - Parcel 791169: 19,058 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791169.md - Parcel 5134194: 10,713 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5134194.md - Parcel 5134191: 7,290 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5134191.md - Parcel 810117: 7,107 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810117.md - Parcel 791136: 4,851 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791136.md - Parcel 810114: 4,702 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/810114.md - Parcel 791079: 4,566 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791079.md - Parcel 5134192: 3,445 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5134192.md - Parcel 3293666: 3,223 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3293666.md - Parcel 784179: 3,117 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/784179.md - Parcel 791170: 2,426 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/791170.md - Parcel 810025: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/810025.md - Parcel 791173: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/791173.md - Parcel 810094: 1,142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/810094.md - Parcel 791135: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/791135.md - Parcel 2629571: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2629571.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Newstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 27 Nov 2024, Carlow County Council 2460379: Conditional. Permission. (i) the construction of a new building of 881m2 to house 16 no. 3.8m diameter and 13.5m height malted grain silos and associated gantries, 2 no. grain cleaners and associated plant along with bulk out loading facility, (ii) construction of a new boiler house of 95m2 and a new ESB substation and customer switch room of 25m2, (iii) construction of 6 no. 22m diameter and 21.5m height grain storage silos with associated underground conveyor system along with gantries and ancillary equipment to a max height of 25.2m to replace the previously approved 2 no. grain storage buildings as part of planning ref no. 23/2 (iv) relocation of existing weighbridge and construction of a new weighbridge (v) relocation of previously approved Modular Malting Units, Storage Shed and 4 No. Stainless Steel Cylindrical Water Storage Tanks (planning ref no. 23/2) (vi) all on a new concrete apron along with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460379/0 - 26 Nov 2024, Carlow County Council 2460377: N/a. Permission. (i) the construction of a new building of 881m2 to house 16 no. 3.8m diameter and 13.5m height malted grain silos and associated gantries, 2 no. grain cleaners and associated plant along with bulk out loading facility, (ii) construction of a new boiler house of 95m2 and a new ESB substation and customer switch room of 25m2, (iii) construction of 6 no. 22m diameter and 21.5m height grain storage silos with associated underground conveyor system along with gantries and ancillary equipment to a max height of 25.2m to replace the previously approved 2 no. grain storage buildings as part of planning ref no. 23/2 (iv) relocation of existing weighbridge and construction of a new weighbridge (v) relocation of previously approved Modular Malting Units, Storage Shed and 4 No. Stainless Steel Cylindrical Water Storage Tanks (planning ref no. 23/2) (vi) all on a new concrete apron along with all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460377/0 - 10 Jan 2023, Carlow County Council 232: Conditional. Permission. to construct 1) 2No. Grain stores, 2) Modular Malting Units 3) Storage Shed to house 2No. Water Filtration Units with 4No. Stainless Steel Cylindrical Water Storage Tanks and 4) 3 No. Silos with concrete aprons and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/232/0 - 7 Dec 2022, Carlow County Council 22421: N/a. Permission. 1) 2No. Grain Stores, 2) Modular Malting Units 3) Storage Shed to House 2No. Water Filtration Units with 4No. Stainless Steel Cylindrical Water Storage Tanks and 4) 3 No. Silos with concrete aprons and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22421/0 - 14 Nov 2022, Carlow County Council 22388: N/a. Permission. to construct 1) 2No. Grain Stores, 2) Modular malting units 3) Storage Shed to House 2No. Water Filtration Units with 4No. Stainless Steel Cylindrical Water Storage Tanks and 4) 3 No. Silos with concrete aprons and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22388/0 - 22 Aug 2022, Carlow County Council 22274: Conditional. Permission. for a new agricultural entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22274/0 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 Newstown. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CW014-003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW014-003----. The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Conical mound with small summit (H 2.7m; base diam. 15m) at centre of circular area (max. diam. c. 50m) enclosed by fosse with drystone facing on outer face only (distance from mound to fosse 12m). Marked 'Rabbit Warren' on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map. 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) - Newstown House, gate lodge, 1820–1830, Regional interest, registry number 10301401, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW®no=10301401. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, c. 1825. Gateway, c. 1825, comprising granite ashlar piers with ball finials and flanking walls having iron gates. - Newstown House, country house, 1820–1830, Regional interest, registry number 10301402, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CW®no=10301402. Detached five-bay two-storey house, c. 1824, with granite Doric portico and bow windows to sides. Designed by Thomas Cobden, c. 1824. Part remodelled. Designed by James Sands. Interior retains colonnaded hall, chimney pieces and enriched friezes. ## 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 Newstown, about 1 in 5 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. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newstown. - 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/carlow/newstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/newstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/newstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Newstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow: https://everytownland.com/carlow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardoyne (Co. Wicklow): https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ardoyne.md - Craans: https://everytownland.com/carlow/craans.md - Leany: https://everytownland.com/carlow/leany.md - Money Lower (Co. Wicklow): https://everytownland.com/wicklow/money-lower.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/carlow/newstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/newstown