Newtown
Townland in the civil parish of St. Margarets, barony of Coolock, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Baile Nua
- Area
- 138.2 ha
- 341 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 1,620 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 76
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 17 m² to 367,366 m² (36.74 ha, 90.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2HI - Heavy Industry (General industry)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C4WD - Warehousing and Distribution (Warehouse (excluding retail warehouse))
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 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
17 Aug 2026Ai not significant
The proposed development will comprise the following: Constructio
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0163E
15 Jul 2026Request additional information
HPC Sales Limited intends to apply for permission for the redevelopmen
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0287E
11 Apr 2026Request additional information
for the construction of a storage, packaging and distribution of agric
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0149E
10 Feb 2026Grant permission
Planning Permission for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be moun
Rediii permisssion · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0050E/R3
26 Jan 2026Invalid application
Planning Permission for the installation of Solar PV Panels to be moun
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW26A/0034E/R3
25 Nov 2025Grant permission & grant retention
Maersk Logistics & Services Ireland Limited intend to apply for permis
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0501E
25 Nov 2025Grant permission for retention
Retention Permission is sought for the following modifications to Unit
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0500E
22 Jul 2025Grant permission for retention
The development consists of the material change of use from warehouse
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0306E
14 Apr 2025Grant permission for retention
Permission for Retention of alterations to the rear facade and marshal
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0157E
4 Mar 2025Invalid application
Retention permission is sought for development at c.3.23 Ha site at Ma
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW25A/0080E
6 Feb 2025App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
: In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act,
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0094E
20 Dec 2024Invalid application
In accordance with Section 34B of the Planning and Development Act, 20
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/1178E
13 Sept 2024Grant permission
Construction of a central warehouse & logistics distribution centre, w
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0373E
10 Jun 2024Grant permission
Intend to apply for permission to erect a new
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0242
24 Apr 2024Grant permission & grant retention
Retention permission is sought for:
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0178E
18 Apr 2024Invalid application
Retention permission is sought for:
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0168E
28 Mar 2024Grant permission
The proposed development will consist of the following:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0120
19 Jan 2024Grant permission
For planning permission for the following development at Unit 5/6 Ceda
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW24A/0018
15 Dec 2023Sai consultees
The proposed development relates to the entirety of the Airport
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0781
21 Jun 2023Grant permission
The proposed development consists of:
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0182
20 Mar 2023Grant permission
MINOR AMENDMENTS TO UNIT 1 OF THE EXISTING PERMISSION REF FW20A/0126
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0318
14 Mar 2023Grant permission
The development for which permission is sought will consist of A.) the
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0058
14 Mar 2023Grant permission for retention
For permission for retention of development comprising A.) a totem typ
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0059
9 Mar 2023Grant permission & grant retention
The development part amends a permitted warehouse development (as gran
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, FW23A/0052
21 Dec 2022Grant permission
The development is within a total site area of up to c. 1 ha. to inclu
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0213
The 25 most recent of 76 applications.
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
- DU014-006001 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Was formerly located on a slight rise in undulating tillage. Now within Dublin Airport Logistics Park. Marked on OS historical maps, the site was levelled in 1953 (NMI Correspondence). Prior to its destruction it comprised a roughly circular area (diam. c. 90m) enclosed by a bank (H c. 2m) with external fosse and a low external counterscarp bank. There was an entrance causeway in the south (NMI Correspondence 3 September 1952). A series of aerial photographs taken after site destruction (BDR 27, BDQ 65, BGM, 70, AVS 38, 37) shows detailed cropmark evidence for two distinct building phases on the site. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) with field system attached to the W (DU014-006002-) appears to pre-date the ringfort levelled in 1953 (Stout and Stout 1992, 5-14). Test excavation (Licence no. 05E0236) was undertaken in advance of the industrial park development. A strategy of open area testing was adopted to find the extent of remains. A total of 33 features were identified including human remain, pits, postholes, stakeholes, hearths and large ditch features. The testing confirmed the presence of large ditches illustrated on the OS maps in the form of two enclosing ditches and a bank between. The burials, aligned east-west, are located to the north east quadrant of the ditches cut into its fill indicating a later deposition. The burials and eastern quadrant of the site was preserved in situ under the carpark of DHL. The western quadrant of the ringfort was covered in terram and stone. Now within wasteland. Drop of c.1m down to stone. No indication of significance of the site. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-006002 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Located on wasteland within the Dublin Airport Logistics Park. Previously a golf course. A series of aerial photographs taken after site destruction (BDR 27, BDQ 65, BGM, 70, AVS 38, 37) shows detailed cropmark evidence for two distinct building phases on the site. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) with field system attached to the west appears to pre-date the ringfort (DU014-006001-) levelled in 1953 (Stout and Stout 1992, 5-14). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-007 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight rise in a large open field of tillage. An oval-shaped, single-ditched enclosure (max. dims. L 33m; Wth. 30m ) appears as a cropmark on a Cambridge aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGM 68). Visible on Bing (Viewed 22 January 2015). Entrance to the east. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-013 Castle - motte and bailey
Description
Situated in a field next to the N2. Prior to its destruction in 1952 this site comprised a circular platform (diam. 28m; H 3m) which was enclosed around the base by a wide fosse. This flat-topped platform was further enclosed by an oval earthwork or bailey (dims. 100m E-W; 70m N-S; NMI IA 245/1952). The site is visible as a soilmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (FSI 2.4154/4) and on colour vertical photograph (OS 8/Flight 31, 7616 see Healy 1975, 26). A cropmark showing oval enclosure with the faint traces of a smaller oval enclosure within is visible on digital globe aerial view created on the 9 June 2016 The site was subject to geophysical survey and test excavation (Licence no. 04E0807). The geophysical survey concluded there were extensive archaeological remains present including the enclosing fosse and internal features of a motte and bailey. Text excavation confirmed the presence of archaeological remains (the fosse measures 5m in width). A burnt mound was also identified. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 22 January 2015
- DU014-097 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89. L.04) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. This is probaly a ploughed-out ringfort. Just one of four monuments within this large open field behind Newtown Caroline. No visible remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015
- DU014-100 Ring-ditch
Description
Aerial photograph (GB90. BY.03) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. Circular ring-ditch visible on Bing Maps (accessed 30/10/13). Just one of four monuments within this large open field behind Newtown Caroline. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 23 January 2015
- DU014-134 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in a large arable field, c.6.4m NW of DU014-100-, cropmarks indicate the presence of the sub-surface remains of a ring-ditch. The ring-ditch, visible on Google imagery (April 2020), comprises a circular feature (ext. diam. c.17m) defined by a ditch (wth. c.1.5m). There are no indications of any gap across the ditch. Other ring-ditches in the field may indicate the presence of an extensive prehistoric landscape. Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
- DU014-135 Ring-ditch
Description
Located in a large arable field, c.155m N of Ring-ditch (DU014-134----), cropmarks indicate the presence of the sub-surface remains of a ring-ditch. The ring-ditch, visible on Google imagery (accessed 2019), comprises a circular feature (ext. diam. c.12.5m) defined by a ditch (wth. c.1.5m). There are no indications of any gap across the ditch. Other ring-ditches upslope in the same field may indicate the presence of an extensive prehistoric landscape. Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 8 November 2021
- DU014-141 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Small circular-shaped area (int. diam. c. 11m) defined by the cropmark of a ditch visible on on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 29 May 2023
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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
- 1,381,919 m² (138.19 ha, 341.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Margarets, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolock
- Electoral division
- Dubber, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dubber electoral division: 8,931 people in 2,882 households; 47% of households own their home; 89% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coldwinters, Dubber, Dunsoghly, Johnstown, Kilshane, Shanganhill, St. Margaret's
- 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.