Newtown

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 1,978 m² to 434,682 m² (43.47 ha, 107.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 27 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  A 10-year permission for a solar farm consisting of solar photovoltaic panels on ground-mounted frames, one single-storey transformer station, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping, and all associated site development works. The proposed development represents an extension to the solar farm permitted under Cork County Council Planning Permission References: 15/7003, 22/5174 and 21/4498. The solar panels and associated infrastructure are arranged within a total developable site area (including ancillary works) of 8.72 ha at Gortnagross, Mallow, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive(EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0765

• 9 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  A 10-year permission for a solar farm consisting of solar photovoltaic panels on ground-mounted frames, one single-storey transformer station, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping, and all associated site development works. The proposed development represents an extension to the solar farm permitted under Cork County Council Planning Permission References: 15/7003, 22/5174 and 21/4498. The solar panels and associated infrastructure are arranged within a total developable site area (including ancillary works) of 8.72 ha at Gortnagross, Mallow, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with sections 34D(b), the provision of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0281

• 23 May 2022Conditional permission

  Modifications to the solar farm permitted under planning reg no. 15/7003 & extended under 21/4498 at Gortnagross, Mallow, Co.Cork. The modifications consist of changes to the dimensions of the permitted photovoltaic panels, replacement of the 2 transformer stations with 1 smaller transformer station and 1 smaller storage unit, changes to the design of the delivery station and associated layout changes. All modifications are within the boundary of the permitted development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5174

• 26 Feb 2021Unconditional

  A 5 MW solar farm comprising approximately 22,200 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 15.38 hectares, 2 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey delivery station, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary development works. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 15/7003

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/4498

• 23 Dec 2015Conditional

  A 5 MW solar farm comprising approximately 22,200 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 15.38 hectares, 2 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey delivery station, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/7003

• 9 Jul 2007Conditional

  Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a new dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9454

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Newtown.

Recorded monuments

• CO032-181 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. According to local information, spread of red/black soil noted here. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_920 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

492,748 m² (49.27 ha, 121.76 acres)

Civil parish

Mallow, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Ballyclogh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyclogh electoral division: 794 people in 256 households; 94% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Firville West, Gortnagross, Killagrohan, Scarteen

Placenames

Newtown 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.