# Newtown, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Baile Nua.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,071,669 m² (107.17 ha, 264.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,571 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): O2 Cluster, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kiltenanlea, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kiltenanlea.md
- Barony: Tulla Lower
- Electoral division: Kiltenanlea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kiltenanlea electoral division: 1,987 people in 660 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/7506
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31946
- Centre: latitude 52.714377, longitude -8.564983 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 19 m² to 198,724 m² (19.87 ha, 49.11 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2610360: 198,724 m² (19.87 ha, 49.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2610360.md
- Parcel 5456085: 84,870 m² (8.49 ha, 20.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5456085.md
- Parcel 1515725: 69,136 m² (6.91 ha, 17.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515725.md
- Parcel 1517118: 64,997 m² (6.5 ha, 16.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517118.md
- Parcel 1447096: 51,373 m² (5.14 ha, 12.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447096.md
- Parcel 1445143: 48,900 m² (4.89 ha, 12.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445143.md
- Parcel 1435564: 47,189 m² (4.72 ha, 11.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435564.md
- Parcel 1500772: 35,588 m² (3.56 ha, 8.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500772.md
- Parcel 5102417: 34,024 m² (3.4 ha, 8.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5102417.md
- Parcel 1436749: 26,172 m² (2.62 ha, 6.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436749.md
- Parcel 1436073: 23,753 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436073.md
- Parcel 1454501: 21,096 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1454501.md
- Parcel 1481265: 20,470 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1481265.md
- Parcel 2708896: 20,452 m² (2.05 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2708896.md
- Parcel 1433395: 20,379 m² (2.04 ha, 5.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433395.md
- Parcel 1510789: 20,345 m² (2.03 ha, 5.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510789.md
- Parcel 1511385: 17,554 m² (1.76 ha, 4.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1511385.md
- Parcel 1520259: 17,052 m² (1.71 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1520259.md
- Parcel 4909728: 15,840 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909728.md
- Parcel 1514702: 15,581 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514702.md
- Parcel 1432904: 14,042 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432904.md
- Parcel 1513659: 12,690 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513659.md
- Parcel 1512062: 11,150 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512062.md
- Parcel 2708898: 9,185 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2708898.md
- Parcel 1512335: 8,668 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512335.md
- Parcel 2610358: 6,753 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2610358.md
- Parcel 1462083: 6,478 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1462083.md
- Parcel 1502794: 6,035 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502794.md
- Parcel 1437459: 5,833 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1437459.md
- Parcel 1431101: 5,719 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431101.md
- Parcel 4761460: 4,773 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4761460.md
- Parcel 1520370: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1520370.md
- Parcel 5427146: 4,074 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5427146.md
- Parcel 1477881: 4,064 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477881.md
- Parcel 4822043: 3,996 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4822043.md
- Parcel 1454768: 3,707 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1454768.md
- Parcel 1444585: 3,435 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1444585.md
- Parcel 1457372: 3,319 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1457372.md
- Parcel 1495600: 2,919 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1495600.md
- Parcel 1479060: 2,719 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479060.md
- Parcel 1465606: 2,644 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1465606.md
- Parcel 1454990: 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1454990.md
- Parcel 1451745: 2,408 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1451745.md
- Parcel 1451506: 2,399 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1451506.md
- Parcel 1515434: 2,389 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515434.md
- Parcel 1504082: 2,342 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1504082.md
- Parcel 1492974: 2,319 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492974.md
- Parcel 1502438: 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502438.md
- Parcel 2443427: 2,253 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2443427.md
- Parcel 1451115: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1451115.md
- Parcel 3051071: 2,194 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3051071.md
- Parcel 1448611: 2,182 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1448611.md
- Parcel 1450588: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450588.md
- Parcel 1455581: 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455581.md
- Parcel 1502726: 2,018 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502726.md
- Parcel 1510595: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510595.md
- Parcel 4119214: 1,996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4119214.md
- Parcel 1507809: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1507809.md
- Parcel 1451674: 1,880 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1451674.md
- Parcel 1460541: 1,814 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460541.md
- Parcel 1504964: 1,802 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1504964.md
- Parcel 2610359: 1,477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2610359.md
- Parcel 4822034: 1,436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4822034.md
- Parcel 4761452: 1,006 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4761452.md
- Parcel 1439758: 467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439758.md
- Parcel 1502224: 353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502224.md
- Parcel 1520369: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1520369.md
- Parcel 1450860: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450860.md
- Parcel 1449450: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449450.md
- Parcel 1449066: 131 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449066.md
- Parcel 1510107: 59 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510107.md
- Parcel 4912014: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4912014.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- O2 Cluster (General): Newtown Cloonlara Cluster, Clare; 29 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=97
- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

6 applications, newest first.

- 3 Jun 2026, Clare County Council 26150: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/26150/0
- 28 Oct 2022, Clare County Council 22982: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a two storey detached house, a single storey detached garage, a new site entrance, connections to existing services and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22982/0
- 22 Feb 2021, Clare County Council 21150: Conditional. Permission. to construct street lighting over the entire length of its gravel walkway and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21150/0
- 5 Feb 2018, Clare County Council 1875: Conditional. Permission. for development which will consist of a sixty metre by forty metre Astro Turf and a forty metre hurling wall with four columns of flood lighting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1875/0
- 1 Feb 2018, Clare County Council 1861: Conditional. Permission. to construct extension to existing dwelling house, garage with office on first floor, fuel shed, greenhouse, tennis court, waste water treatment system, percolation area, and to demolish front porch and small rear extension of existing dwelling, existing haybarn and derelict sheds and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1861/0
- 6 Feb 2017, Clare County Council 1770: Conditional. Permission. for development which will consist of the erection of floodlighting and a hurling wall and laying of a pathway. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1770/0

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## 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 Newtown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL053-043: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-043----. See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 18 December 2014
- CL053-048: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL053-048----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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 Newtown.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_994, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_994.zip (ZIP).
- 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/clare/newtown-31946.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/newtown-31946.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/newtown-31946.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Newtown, Clonlara: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/clare/newtown-clonlara.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cloonlara: https://everytownland.com/clare/cloonlara.md
- Mountcatherine: https://everytownland.com/clare/mountcatherine.md
- Oakfield: https://everytownland.com/clare/oakfield.md
- Ruanard: https://everytownland.com/clare/ruanard.md
- Springfield: https://everytownland.com/clare/springfield-32179.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.

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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.

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