Newtown
Townland in the civil parish of Balscaddan, barony of Balrothery East, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Baile Nua
- Area
- 99.4 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 3,605 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- RU - Rural
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 91 m² to 287,567 m² (28.76 ha, 71.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R3RC - Rural Cluster (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Dec 2025Grant permission for retention
The development consists of the Retention Permission of an existing si
Retention · Fingal County Council, F25A/1220E
16 Jul 2025Grant permission & grant outline perm.
Permission is sought for access road and associated road site works to
Permission and outline permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0647E
12 Dec 2024Grant permission
I Debbie Kiernan, intend to apply for Full Planning Permission for the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1120E
31 May 2024Refuse permission
Permission is sought for access road and associated
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0772
16 Nov 2023Grant permission
NIS The development will consist of planning permission for a period o
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0691
10 Oct 2023Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of planning permission
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0608
10 Aug 2022Refuse permission
Detached single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, on-site was
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0217
18 Dec 2018Grant permission
Detached dormer dwelling, detached garage, on-site waste water treatme
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0363
22 Oct 2018Grant permission
Planning Permission is sought for Demolition of existing extensions an
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0591
11 Sept 2018Grant permission & grant retention
Pernission to 1) construct a new single storey dwelling house. 2) con
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F18A/0287
10 Aug 2018Grant permission
Permission for (a) construction of an agricultural building to include
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0279
5 Dec 2013Grant permission & grant retention
Retention and completion permission for the partly complete two storey
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F13A/0166
16 Oct 2012Grant permission
The construction of a one and a one and a half storey extension to the
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0320
19 Dec 2011Grant permission for retention
Retention of elevational changes to existing dwellinghouse (permitted
Retention · Fingal County Council, F11B/0258
1 Nov 2011Invalid application due to site notice
Retention of elevational changes to existing dwellinghouse (permitted
Retention · Fingal County Council, F11B/0225
28 Mar 2011Grant permission
Construction of detached office and all associated site alterations.
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11A/0098
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
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
- DU004-013 Burnt pit
Description
Investigations for the NE Gas Pipeline, Phase, 2 (1988) revealed an area of sticky clay with burnt stone and charcoal (L1.20m, Wth. 0.8m, D 0.18m). Interpreted as a possible pot-boiler site (Gowen 1989, 24). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newtown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Newtown · An Baile Nua
- Area
- 994,128 m² (99.41 ha, 245.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Balscaddan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery East
- Electoral division
- Balscadden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Balscadden electoral division: 743 people in 229 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balscaddan, Commons (1st Division), Dermotstown, Folkstown Little, Grange, Matt, Whitestown
- 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.