Newtownhortland
Townland in the civil parish of Scullogestown, barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 103.1 ha
- 255 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 3,081 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtownhortland, from 178 m² to 115,799 m² (11.58 ha, 28.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Newtownhortland 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
8 Apr 2026Conditional
construction of a new porch to front of dwelling, single storey extension to the rear, new flat roof to replace existing pitched roofs over extension area to rear, external wall insulation, removal of 2 no. chimneys, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout. The development also includes demolition of existing agricultural shed, decommissioning of existing septic and percolation area and the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660374
1 Apr 2026N/a
construction of new porch to front of dwelling, single storey extension to the rear, new flat roof to replace existing pitched roofs over extension area to rear, external wall insulation, removal of 2 no. chimneys, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout. The development also includes demolition of existing agricultural shed, decommissioning of existing septic and percolation area and the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660348
2 Oct 2025Conditional
For the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, modification to existing road entrance, site entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all site works associated with the proposed development. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The red line boundary of the site has been amended
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561114
7 Jun 2025Refused
for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, modification to existing road entrance, site entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all site works associated with the proposed development
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560630
6 Jun 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, modification to existing road entrance, site entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all site works associated with the proposed development
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560620
2 Jun 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, modification to existing road entrance, site entrance, installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all site works associated with the proposed development
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560595
23 Jul 2024Conditional
for (a) Storey and a half & single Storey extension to front, side and rear of existing bungalow (b) Gabled extension to front of existing bungalow (c) Internal modification, modifications to windows and associated works (d) All associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460703
15 Jul 2024N/a
extensions and alterations to existing bungalow to include (a) Storey and a half & single Storey extension to front, side and rear of existing bungalow (b) Gabled extension to front of existing bungalow (c) Internal modification, modifications to rear windows and associated works (d) All associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460667
27 Jun 2024Conditional
(a) retention permission for detached building containing home office / domestic shed / bulk item storage space, located to the side / rear of existing dwelling, connection to existing site services and all associated development works, (b) full planning permission is also sought for a new single storey domestic extension to rear of existing dwelling. Extension is proposed to accommodate, new kitchen layout, accessible circulation space, sensory / multi-sensory room, accessible bathroom and aqua therapy pool. New works to connect to existing on site services, landscaping and all associated development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460582
15 Feb 2024Conditional
for to construct a bungalow, garage, waste water treatment system and recessed entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2462
20 Jan 2022Conditional
for a) the construction of single-storey extensions to southern and eastern sides of existing house; b) alterations and modifications to existing house including changes to facades; c) all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2250
20 Sept 2021Conditional
for a one and half storey detached type house, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system, recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211345
29 Jun 2021Conditional
single storey extension to south western side of existing house together with all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21950
19 Apr 2021Conditional
constructing a two storey type house in lieu of two storey type house design previously approved in planning file ref. no. 20/718, and amended in file ref. no. 20/1566, and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21514
11 Jan 2021Refused
constructing a two storey detached type house, one and a half storey detached type domestic garage with loft store, effluent treatment system, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2114
18 Dec 2020Conditional
minor alterations to works previously approved in planning file Ref. No. 20/718. The minor alterations will consist of: (a) Minor alterations to house design including revised windows sizes and positions, inclusion of a sun shade element to the south facing elevation and minor alterations to the internal layout. (b) Revised position of proposed dwelling on the subject lands. (c) Revised position of proposed domestic garage on the subject lands, and associated ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 201566
6 Jul 2020Conditional
a part single storey, part two storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system, recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20718
17 Oct 2019Refused
(a) Erection of single storey house type to the front with storey and a half type to the rear; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with tertiary sand filter percolation area and (d) New vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191149
20 Nov 2018N/a
(a) Erection of single storey house type to the front with storey and a half type to the rear, (b) garage / fuel store for domestic use, (c) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181397
19 Jun 2018Refused
(a) erection of single storey house type to the front with storey and a half type to the rear, (b) garage / fuel store for domestic use, (c) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a combined vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18728
7 Jun 2017Conditional
The construction of a dwelling, domestic shed, and an onsite waste water treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17658
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 Newtownhortland.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Newtownhortland.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newtownhortland.
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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newtownhortland.
- 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 Newtownhortland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Newtownhortland
- Area
- 1,030,687 m² (103.07 ha, 254.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Scullogestown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ikeathy and Oughterany
- Electoral division
- Donadea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donadea electoral division: 857 people in 284 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derrycrib, Fanaghs, Graigrooth, Hortland, Newtownmoneenluggagh
- Placenames
- Newtownhortland 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.