Newtown

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 136 m² to 311,173 m² (31.12 ha, 76.89 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 56 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  the erection and operation of a coated road stone plant, and associated ancillary development, including cold feed hoppers, a dryer drum, a mixing tower, finished product storage silos, bitumen storage tanks, conveyors and a control cabin, within the existing permitted quarry footprint

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661108

• 18 Feb 2026N/a

  THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF: Creation of 14 no. temporary access points along public roads. These access points are proposed where the pipeline corridor intersects the public road along the routing of the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the townland of Deenes trunk water main and the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the Donore Reservoir trunk water main. Upon completion of construction, testing and commissioning of the proposed trunk mains, all temporary access locations will be reinstated to their original condition using native Irish hedgerow species. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00p.m. Monday to Friday (Bank Holidays and Public Holidays excepted). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660184

• 30 Jun 2024Refused

  a two storey dwelling with single storey side annex, detached domestic garage, upgrade of existing field gate to vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460485

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional

  the demolition of existing flat roof extensions to the rear and the side of the existing house and the construction of a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing house, a new waste water treatment system and percolation area to replace the existing septic tank and all associated site works. This Is a change of design from that previous permitted under planning ref LB201881. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23209

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  the demolition of existing flat roof extensions to the rear and the side of the existing house and the construction of a new single storey extension to the side and front of the existing house, a new waste water treatment system and percolation area to replace the existing septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB201881

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  the continuation of the use and further quarrying of limestone within the 57.5Ha site, granted by Substitute consent (PL17.su0088), comprising extraction from a 20.6Ha area which includes a lateral extension of 6.2Ha, using conventional drilling and blasting techniques and mineral reduction using mobile crushing and screening to a depth of 30mAOD. The development includes some 3.4Ha of advanced woodland planting, new administration office and workshop, associated septic tank with raised sand polishing filter and an oil interceptor with soak-away trench. A weighbridge with an associated dispatch office and ancillary structures to include a wheelwash and the potential in line relocation of 110kv transmission poles and the reuse of the northern void 3.24Ha at a reprofiled level of some 40mAOD using on site overburden to provide for a new low level location for a replacement concrete batching plant for the existing plant (01/4203) and a concrete block making yard with restoration of the lands to biodiverse habitats upon completion of extraction. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Asssessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB201519

• 7 Sept 2020N/a

  the continuation of the use and further quarrying of limestone within the 57.5Ha site, granted by Substitute consent (PL17.su0088), comprising extraction from a 20.6Ha area which includes a lateral extension of 6.2Ha, using conventional drilling and blasting techniques and mineral reduction using mobile crushing and screening to a depth of 30mAOD. The development includes some 3.4Ha of advanced woodland planting, new administration office and workshop, a weighbridge with an associated dispatch office and ancillary structures to include a wheelwash and the potential in line relocation of 110kv transmission poles and the reuse of the northern void 3.24Ha at a reprofiled level of some 40mAOD using on site overburden to provide for a new low level location for a replacement concrete batching plant for the existing plant (01/4203) and a concrete block making yard with restoration of the lands to biodiverse habitats upon completion of extraction. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Asssessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB201239

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  installation of a waste water treatment system and polishing filter and the decommissioning and removal of an existing septic tank

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB180469

• 29 Mar 2018Conditional

  retention of the following: (1) An extension to the rear of a dwellinghouse. (2) A domestic store. (3) A store extension to a commercial building. (4) Six horse stables. (5) a fodder store and (6) A sand arena and associated siteworks

  Retention · Meath County Council, LB180316

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

• ME027-004 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Oval area defined by remains of stone wall at NW and elsewhere by interrupted bank of earth and stone (dims. 33m NNE-SSW, 22m WNW-ESE). No visible fosse or entrance. At SE, 10m out from bank, is segment of bank (L 9m) concentric with bank enclosure.

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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

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. Meath.

Name

Newtown

Area

1,392,313 m² (139.23 ha, 344.05 acres)

Civil parish

Duleek, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

Duleek, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Duleek electoral division: 6,250 people in 2,005 households; 74% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carranstown, Clonlusk, Commons, Corballis, Cruicerath, Longford, Redmountain

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.