Newtown

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 24 m² to 356,653 m² (35.67 ha, 88.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Newtown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 26 Mar 2025Conditional

  for an equine bloodstock breeding facility consisting of: A) Demolishing existing equine stables, single storey staff accommodation and outbuildings on site, B) Construction of 2 new equine barns that will provide for 24 stable units in each, C) Construction of a single storey building that will facilitate staff canteen, offices, viewing area, toilet facilities and associated car parking areas, D) Construction of staff accommodation in the form of 2 no. single storey detached units connected with a shared covered terrace with associated car parking areas, E) Construction of a farm managers house in the form of a part 2 storey, part single storey dwelling with an integrated double garage, F) Construction of 2 no. single storey isolation stable blocks, G) Construction of a fillies barn, H) Construction of a horse walker and horse lunging ring, I) Construction of a machinery shed and an agricultural shed for hay storage with ancillary manure pit, J) Construction of a horse loading bay and wash bay area, K) Installation of waste water treatment systems to cater for all residential and equine buildings, including the installation of underground tanks, L) Upgrade to existing vehicular entrance, M) Installation of a new well , N) Construction of internal access roads, additional car parking (including EV spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting and all ancillary site works. A Natura impact statement will be submitted to the planning authority.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560310

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  & Retention planning permission for Revisions to a Bloodstock Development for the as constructed Yard 1 compound and Buildings as previously approved under planning permission Reg. Ref. 18/1406. The Yard 1 Development as approved comprised of: (i) A Single Storey stable building consisting of 6 no. horse boxes, tack room, vets room & office / filing room. ( Building C ), (ii) 40 no. stables in 4 no. Individual American barn style buildings, dungstead, seepage tank and hard stand yard. ( Building D ), (iii) 1 no. hay / feed / machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building. ( Building E ), The Yard 1 Development as constructed comprises of: (iv) Revised Yard 1 boundary and site layout, (v) 1 no. American style stable building comprising 38 no. stables, Welfare Block including Vets room, staff facilities and store rooms, with total combined floor area of 1,126 sq.m. ( New Building C ), (vi) 1 no. American style stable building comprising 8 no. stables with total floor area of 229 sq.m. ( New Building D ), (vii) 1 no. hay / feed / machinery storage building with total floor area of 341 sq.m. ( New Building E ), (viii) 1 no. covered horse walker 129 sq.m in area. (ix) Existing Septic tank & percolation area, dungstead, 2 no. seepage tanks, landscaping, hard standing yard and all associated development works. The Yard 1 Development as proposed comprises of: (x) A New O'Reilly Oakstown BAF Waste Water treatment system.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360334

• 11 Sept 2023N/a

  Permission & Retention Planning Permission for Revisions to a Bloodstock Development for the as constructed Yard 1 compound and Buildings as previously approved under planning permission Reg. Ref 18/1406. The Yard 1 Development as approved comprised of : (i) A Single Storey stable building consisting of 6no. horse boxes, tack room, vets room and office/filing room. (Building C) , (ii) 40 no stables in 4 no. Individual American barn style buildings, dungstead, seepage tank and hard stand yard. (Building D), (iii) 1 no. hay /feed/machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building (Building E), The Yard 1 Development as constructed comprises of : (iv)Revised Yard 1 boundary and site layout, (v) 1 no. American style stable building comprising 38 no. stables, Welfare Block including Vets room, staff facilities and store rooms, with total combined floor area of 1,126 sq.m. (New Building C), (vi) 1 no. American style stable building comprising 8 no. stables with total floor area of 229sq.m. (New Building D), (vii) 1 no. hay/feed/machinery storage building with total floor area of 341 sq.m. (New Building E), (viii) 1 no. covered horse walker 129 sq.m. in area. (ix) Existing septic tank & percolation area, dungstead 2 no. seepage tanks, landscaping hard standing yard and all associated development works. The Yard 1 Development as proposed comprises of (x) A New O'Reilly Oakstown BAF Waste Water treatment system

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23890

• 21 Nov 2018Conditional

  Bloodstock development consisting of: (a) Manager's/head groom's quarters consisting of single storey and storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment plant (Building A). (b) Staff quarters consisting of single storey building containing changing room, tea room/rest room and toilets (Building B). (c) Yard 1: Single storey stable building consisting of 6 No. horse boxes, tack room, vets room and office/filing room (Building C). (d) Yard 1: 40 No. stables in 4 No. individual American barn style buildings, dungstead, seepage tank and hard standing yard (Building D). (e) Yard 1: 1 No. hay/feed/machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building (Building E). (f) Yard 2: 1 No. American barn style block consisting of 20 No. stables with hard standing yard (Building F). (g) Yard 2: 1 No. double bay American barn style building consisting of 20 No. stables with hard standing yard (Building G). (h) Yard 2: 1 No. hay/feed/machinery store in typical metal clad agricultural style building (Building E). (i) New gated entrance, landscaping and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181406

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Newtown.

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 5 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.

No address of the register names Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Newtown

Area

1,533,370 m² (153.34 ha, 378.9 acres)

Civil parish

Tully, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Pollardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Pollardstown electoral division: 337 people in 120 households; 81% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cannonstown, Carrickanearla, Friarstown, Rathbride, Wheelam

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.