Newtowndonore
Townland in the civil parish of Downings, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Nua Dhún Uabhair
- Area
- 347.5 ha
- 859 acres
- Land parcels
- 158
- registered freehold, median 2,906 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
158 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtowndonore, from 33 m² to 800,770 m² (80.08 ha, 197.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 70 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
No zone of a development plan covers Newtowndonore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a detached two storey house with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: Alteration of the red line boundary to site boundaries
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560522
20 Jun 2024Conditional
for a proposed single-storey extension to the rear of the house, internal modifications, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460554
28 May 2024N/a
for a proposed single-storey extension to the rear of the house, internal modifications, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460481
4 Aug 2023Refused
construct a single story three-bedroom self-contained apartment, (to be used in conjunction with existing disability service operating on the site), install proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area, together with all associated siteworks
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360096
26 Jun 2023N/a
to construct a single story three-bedroom self-contained apartment, together with all associated siteworks (to be used in conjunction with existing disability service operating on the site)
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23708
9 Nov 2022Refused
Sought for: (1) A single storey dwelling, detached garage, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, accessed via a recessed entrance and all associated site works. (2) To amend condition No. 10 of planning permission Ref. No. 92/669 which relates to the sterilization of land
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221337
19 May 2022Conditional
construct storey and a half/two storey style dwelling, site entrance, install proprietary treatment system with percolation area and all associated works. Revised by significant further information which consists of increase in site size, change in red line boundary of the site and change in location of proposed site entrance to facilitate required sight lines
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22590
14 Apr 2022N/a
construct storey and a half/two storey style dwelling, site entrance, install proprietary treatment system with percolation area and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22441
12 Apr 2022Conditional
sought to alter existing window ope to form a door ope on side elevation of existing dwelling together with all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22415
11 Mar 2022Conditional
development consists of: (a) Erection of single storey extension to rear (west elevation) of existing cottage with new front entrance porch on side (north elevation) and new bedrooms/living space on the side (south elevation) with new window fenestration to the existing cottage and integral double garage and farm office; (b) Erection of 6 No. horse stables for the rearing and training of horses with a tackroom/rug room, dry feed store, toilet and a covered dungstead and effluent holding tank; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area; (d) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway to serve the house with the existing house entrance to be permanently closed up and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22271
11 Feb 2022Conditional
for amendments to the previously approved planning permission reg ref 92/790 consisting of a first floor 39sqm above the original house the roof being increased in height and pitch with new dormer facing the road and additional windows and rooflights; and planning permission for the demolition of an existing outhouse and for a new single storey extension to the rear of their existing house consisting of 37sqm of additional floor area; the increase in size of an existing rainwater soakaway; together with all associated site works all
Retention · Kildare County Council, 22150
29 Sept 2021Conditional
for the construction of a single storey side and rear extensions to existing single storey detached bungalow, minor internal modifications to suit, demolition of front porch and bay window and amendments to front façade and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211399
4 Jun 2021Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, a domestic garage, new entrance, bored well, septic tank, and percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21796
14 May 2021Refused
The development consists of constructing a bungalow with integrated domestic garage, effluent treatment system, dual recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site-works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21667
14 May 2021Refused
consists of constructing bungalow, effluent treatment system, dual recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21666
8 Apr 2021Conditional
for garage/fuel storage shed for domestic use
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21460
28 Jan 2021N/a
for the demolition of an existing outhouse and for a new single storey extension to the rear of their existing house consisting of 37sqm of additional floor area; the increase in size of an existing soakaway; together with all associated site works all at
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2190
16 Oct 2020Refused
permission for the construction of a single storey bungalow, domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works,
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201216
13 Aug 2020Conditional
the construction of a dwelling, domestic shed, an onsite waste water treatment system, a road entrance and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20903
31 Jul 2020N/a
the construction of a dwelling, domestic shed, and an onsite waste water treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20843
8 Jul 2020Conditional
a one storey house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, recessed entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20725
3 Jul 2020N/a
a one storey house, effluent treatment system and polishing filter, recessed entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20703
4 Jun 2020Refused
for the construction of a single storey bungalow, domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20563
2 Jun 2020N/a
(ABP Decision http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/307284.htm Case is due to be decided by 05/10/2020 by ABP ) Application to An Bord Pleanála for Substitute Consent to regularise the status of historic peat extraction (and ancillary works) on the milled peat production bogs of the Kilberry Bog Group
29 May 2020N/a
the construction of a single storey bungalow, domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20535
The 25 most recent of 33 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 Newtowndonore.
Recorded monuments
- KD013-037 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 36m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Seán Sourke Date of upload: 02 April 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newtowndonore.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Newtowndonore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Newtowndonore · Baile Nua Dhún Uabhair
- Area
- 3,475,452 m² (347.55 ha, 858.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Downings, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Donore, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolaght, Derreens, Donore, Downings South, Lattensbog, Moods, Mylerstown, Oldtowndonore
- Placenames
- Newtowndonore on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.