Newtown

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 58 m² to 173,998 m² (17.4 ha, 43 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.

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.

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 7 Aug 2025Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling, garage, new vehicle entrance, septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560901

• 1 Aug 2025N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling, garage, new vehicle entrance, septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560875

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  for (A) Change of use of existing vacant ground floor retail unit to residential use consisting of 1 no. single storey, 2-bedroom apartment and 1 no. single storey, 1-bedroom apartment. This includes the removal of the existing shopfront to be replaced by 3no. windows and 2no. entrance doors to the front (east) elevation. (B) Change of use of existing, adjoining vacant public house to residential use consisting of 1 no. two-storey, terraced 3-bedroom house and 1 no. semi-detached 4-bedroom house. This includes the removal of the existing entrance doors and provision of 2no. new windows and 1no. new entrance door to the front (east) elevation. (C) Permission for alterations to the side (north) elevation consisting of the removal of the existing ground floor porch window, to be replaced by a new entrance door and provision of 1no. new ground floor window. (D) Permission for the demolition of existing flat roof portion of public house to rear (west) elevation to facilitate the provision of private rear gardens for the proposed houses. (E) Permission for alterations to the rear (west) elevation consisting of the removal of 2no. rooflights and the provision of 4no. new ground floor windows, 2no. ground floor sliding doors and 4no. new first floor dormer windows. (F) Permission for 4 no. connections to the existing on-site waste water treatment system with a new tertiary sand polishing filter percolation area. (G) Permission for on-site car and bicycle parking with new screen boundary walls and all associated site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The redline boundary has changed on the site and entrance onto the site has changed from being vehicular to pedestrian

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2461149

• 31 Jul 2024Refused

  for (A) the construction of a single storey house, (B) a garage for domestic use, (C) installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and (D) a new recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460738

• 11 Jun 2024Conditional

  for demolition of existing habitable house and agricultural structures on site to construct a replacement single story house with one and half story element with future dormer conversion, single story domestic garage, decommissioning of existing septic tank with replacement secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460531

• 18 Jan 2024Conditional

  for the provision of a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey School Building (existing floor area = 610sqm) consisting of a 2no. Classroom Special Education Unit, an SET Room and a Plant Room (floor area of proposed extension = 463sqm), together with a secure external soft play area, minor internal alterations and elevational amendments and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460024

• 9 Jan 2024N/a

  for the provision of a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey School Building (existing floor area = 610sqm) consisting of a 2no. Classroom Special Education Unit, an SET Room and a Plant Room (floor area of proposed extension = 463sqm), together with a secure external soft play area, minor internal alterations and elevational amendments and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460006

• 29 Jun 2023Refused

  The development consists of (A) the construction of a single storey house, (B) a garage for domestic use (C) installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and (D)a new recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23723

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house; domestic garage; vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22702

• 27 May 2022N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22645

• 4 Apr 2022Refused

  (A) Change of use of existing vacant ground floor retail unit to residential use consisting of 1 no. single storey, 2-bedroom apartment and 1no. single storey, 1-bedroom apartment. This includes the removal of the existing shopfront to be replaced by 3no. windows and 2no. entrance doors to the front (east) elevation. (B) Change of use of existing, adjoining vacant public house to residential use consisting of 1 no. two-storey terraced 3-bedroom house and 1 no. semi-detached 4-bedroom house. This includes the removal of the existing entrance doors and provision of 2no. new windows and 1no. new entrance door to the front (east) elevation. (C) Permission for alterations to the side (north) elevation consisting of the removal of the existing ground floor porch window, to be replaced by a new entrance door and provision of 1no. new ground floor window. (D) Permission for the demolition of existing flat roof portion of public house to rear (west) elevation to facilitate the provision of private rear gardens for the proposed houses. (E) Permission for alterations to the rear (west) elevation consisting of the removal of 2no. rooflights and the provision of 4no. new ground floor windows, 2no. ground floor sliding doors and 4no. new first floor dormer windows. (F) Permission for 4no. new connections to the existing foul drainage network and upgrade of the existing effluent treatment system and percolation area to accommodate the development, consisting of a sand polishing filter overlaid on the existing soil polishing filter. (G) Permission for on-site car and bicycle parking with new screen boundary walls and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22381

• 23 Nov 2021Conditional

  the demolition of existing agricultural structure on site, demolition of existing rear extension of existing single storey detached bungalow with permission for the construction of a single storey and two storey side and rear extension to existing detached single storey bungalow, permission to replace existing septic tank with secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211656

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  the construction of juvenile playing pitch No. 2 and free sports area; Floodlights around playing pitches No.'s 1, 2 and free sports area; Hurling wall; Pedestrian walkway and associated lighting; And all associated site works as constructed from that granted under Pl. Ref. No.'s 11/629, 16/339 and 19/529 and for permission for the construction of a standalone single storey gym building, a spectator stand and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 21475

• 14 Dec 2020Refused

  a dwelling, effluent treatment system, domestic garage, entrance and all associated site works,

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 201533

• 6 Oct 2020Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house; domestic garage; vehicular entrance, including alterations to the entrance of a neighbouring property; wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201165

• 24 Jan 2020Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house; domestic garage; vehicular entrance, including alterations to the entrance of a neighbouring property; wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2046

• 17 Jan 2020N/a

  the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2030

• 10 Jan 2020Refused

  to construct two detached two storey dwelling houses with garages, served by individual aquam, bison treatment systems and polishing filters and all the ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2012

• 17 Dec 2019N/a

  to construct two detached two storey dwelling houses with garages, served by individual aquam, bison treatment systems and polishing filters and all the ancillary site works at

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 191400

• 13 Nov 2019Conditional

  the provision of a new temporary standalone pre-fabricated structure containing 1 No. classroom and sanitary facilities (floor area = 80.0sqm) to the front of the existing school building, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191266

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  Install a new pedestrian walkway and associated lighting around the periphery of their lands

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19529

• 8 May 2019Conditional

  Demolition of 4 no. existing prefabricated classrooms, plant room / boiler house structure, and water tower (total floor area of proposed demolitions = 411.0 sqm), and the erection of a 3 no. classroom and ancillary spaces extension to side / western elevation, and a 1 no. classroom and ancillary space extension to side / eastern elevation ( total floor area of proposed extensions = 425.0 sqm ), of existing Main School Building ( floor area of existing Main School Building = 181.0 sqm), together with all associated site works. Revised by significant further information consisting of; development to include the retention of the 4 no. existing prefabricated classrooms and plant room / boiler house structure

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19506

• 21 Jun 2018Refused

  amendments to previously approved permission Reg. Ref. 10/772, which consisted of 14 new houses, a crèche, on site waste water treatment system, site entrance and all associated site works (extended under Reg. Ref. 16/495). The proposed amendments include (i) Revised site layout to replace 14 No. homes with 12 number homes, consisting of 1 No. 3 bedroom bungalow, 3 No. 4 bedroom bungalows with integrated garages, and 8 No. 4 bedroom part single storey and part two storey dwellings, with detached single storey garages; (ii) The provision of individual on site waste water treatment systems for each of the 12 No. proposed homes; (iii) Omission of previously permitted crèche and (iv) All ancillary and associated site works and landscaping. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a revised site layout plan, together with associated amendments to the internal access roads, footpath and open space, together with revised house types and all associated works

  Permission, 12 homes · Kildare County Council, 18744

• 16 May 2018N/a

  amendments to previously approved permission Reg. Ref. 10/772, which consisted of 14 new houses, a crèche, on site waste water treatment system, site entrance and all associated site works (extended under Reg. Ref. 16/495). The proposed amendments include: (i) Revised site layout to replace 14 No. homes with 12 No. homes, consisting of 1 No. 3 bedroom bungalow, 3 No. 4 bedroom bungalows with integrated garages, and 8 No. 4 bedroom part single storey and part two storey dwellings, with detached single storey garages; (ii) The provision of individual on site waste water treatment systems for each of the 12 No. proposed homes; (iii) All ancillary and associated site works

  Permission, 12 homes · Kildare County Council, 18573

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

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

• KD004-052 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 35m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 6 November 2018

• KD004-058 Cliff-edge fort
  Description

  Partial cropmark of semi-circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 46m NE-SW) on S side of stream which forms townland boundary with Cappagh visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Mulligan Date of upload: 25 May 2020

Architectural heritage

• Newtown National School, school, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey rubble stone former school, c.1835, with three-bay single-storey wing to left (north-east) originally having shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway. Renovated, c.1995. Now in use as community centre. Hipped roof with slate (gable-ended to wing). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Broken coursed square rubble stone walls. Red brick relieving arches over openings to ground floor. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. 4/4 timber sash windows (possibly replacement, c.1995). 1/1 timber sash windows to wings. Square-headed door openings. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Timber panelled doors. Shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway to wing remodelled, c.1995, with timber casement window inserted. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay three-stage rubble stone Gothic Revival tower, built 1838-40, on a square plan originally entrance tower to former Catholic church with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed flanking porch to right (south). Remainder of church demolished, 1975. Roofs not visible behind parapet walls. Coursed squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone dressings including diagonal stepped corner buttresses having pinnacles and moulded stringcourse to third stage. Crow-stepped gable originally to nave with diagonal stepped corner buttresses having pinnacles. Cut-stone battlemented parapet walls (on stringcourse to tower) with cut-stone coping (having pinnacles to tower). Lancet-arch window openings. Cut-stone chamfered surrounds with hood mouldings over. Now boarded-up. Pointed-arch door opening. Cut-stone surrounds. Cut-stone doorcase to tower with chamfered reveals having hood moulding and gabled feature over. Now boarded-up. Set back from line of road perpendicular to road.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, 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

1,729,786 m² (172.98 ha, 427.44 acres)

Civil parish

Cloncurry, and its townlands

Barony

Ikeathy and Oughterany

Electoral division

Cloncurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cloncurry electoral division: 1,648 people in 512 households; 90% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynakill, Cappagh, Grange, Kilbride, Ovidstown

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.