Newtown
Townland in the civil parish of Garristown, barony of Balrothery West, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Baile Nua
- Area
- 300.4 ha
- 742 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 11,380 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- HA - High Amenity
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 100 m² to 405,074 m² (40.51 ha, 100.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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
- G3HA - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 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
5 Aug 2026Referral
Demolition of existing single-storey rear extension, removal of existi
Permission · Fingal County Council, F26A/0700E
11 Jun 2025Grant permission
The development will consist of a rear extension to include sleeping a
Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0516E
22 Aug 2024Grant permission for retention
retention planning permission for single storey extension to rear and
Retention · Fingal County Council, F24A/0759E
8 May 2024Refuse permission
The development will consist of bungalow dwelling, to include the inst
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0413E
1 May 2024Invalid application
The development will consist of bungalow dwelling, to include the inst
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0398
17 Apr 2023Refuse permission
Single Storey dwelling house with access through exisiting neighbourin
Permission · Fingal County Council, F22A/0470
6 Nov 2020Refuse permission
Single storey extensions to both sides and rear and increase existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0562
7 Oct 2020Grant permission
A single storey extension comprising 2 No.ensuite bedrooms,a living ro
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20B/0243
4 Aug 2020Refuse permission
Single storey extension to both sides and rear and increase existing r
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20A/0380
10 Jul 2020Refuse permission
The construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing
Permission · Fingal County Council, F20B/0158
6 Mar 2019App withdrawn as no ai recd in 6 months
Permission is sought for development of site to include the deposition
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0106
28 Jan 2016Grant permission
Permission for (1) the construction of a single storey extension to th
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0021
11 Feb 2014Grant permission
Closing up existing vehicular access to agricultural lands and constru
Permission · Fingal County Council, F14A/0055
5 Mar 2013Refuse permission
Erection of a 30metre high Telecommunications structure for use by sta
Permission · Fingal County Council, F13A/0069
25 Oct 2012Refuse permission
The erection of a 30m high telecommunication structure for use by stat
Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0336
8 Mar 2012Refuse ext. of duration of permission
A three bedroom, single storey dwelling house, proprietary wastewater
Extension of duration of permission · Fingal County Council, F06A/1551/E1
16 May 2011Refuse permission for retention
Retention planning permission sought for works and use at existing agr
Retention · Fingal County Council, F11A/0182
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
- DU003-003 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Located on hilltop in field of corn. A circular dome-shaped mound (diam.25m; H 4.5m) with possible berm (Wth 5m) around the base and shallow external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.2-0.4m; Healy 1975, 15). Fantastic views in every direction. Mound is very overgrown to the point of inaccessibility. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Update by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 27 October 2014
- DU003-012 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 22 December 2022
- DU003-013 Ring-ditch
Description
In tillage field. Cropmark of ring-ditch visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. See attached orthoimage taken from Apple Maps Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 22 December 2022
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 moderately high, 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
- 3,003,691 m² (300.37 ha, 742.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Garristown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Balrothery West
- Electoral division
- Garristown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Garristown electoral division: 1,801 people in 529 households; 80% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Allcollege (Co. Meath), Borranstown, Garristown, Glebe West, Newhaggard, Pluckhimin, Primatestown (Co. Meath), Tobergregan
- 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.