Newtownallen

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtownallen, from 1 m² to 341,320 m² (34.13 ha, 84.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Newtownallen 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III for 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on an overall site of c. 129.8 hectares consisting of the following: c. 496,308 sq m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 19 no. hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks with passing bays; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L8084, L8087, L4009 and L4012 public roads; 1no. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) location associated with the underground cable route; a total of 4 no. solar farm site entrances (1 no. from the L8084 public road, 1 no. from the L8091 public road, and 2 no. from the L4012 public road); access gates; 4 no. temporary site compounds of c. 4,050 sq m each to be used for storage during construction activity; 48no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Containers and 12no. associated MV Stations as well as associated CCTV, BESS Compound fencing, gate, boundary fencing and all associated ancillary drainage development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660958

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  for proposed dormer bungalow dwelling, detached garage, new vehicular entrance with driveway, borewell, wastewater treatment system, stormwater soakaways, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461207

• 28 Mar 2023Conditional

  Retention permission is sought for (a) As-built domestic garage to the south of the dwelling; (b) Revised entrance location and revised location of wastewater treatment unit as permitted under Pl. 20/1112

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23311

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct a stable block structure to the side of existing 2 storey dwelling, with hay loft storage in roof area, single storey green house, completion of single storey roof area (granted under PL08-1503) enclosed yard, attached double garage and all associated site works. Retention Permission is also sought for alterations to granted 2 storey structure constructed under PL 08-1503. Alterations include relocation of treatment system and percolation area, redirection of internal access avenue, alterations to external window openings, and change of use from granted garage and tack room (connected to house) to home office and attic conversion to a playroom, 2 no. roof windows to rear and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23277

• 3 Feb 2022Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house with garage, splayed entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22106

• 21 Jul 2021N/a

  to erect a dwelling house with garage, splayed entrance, to use existing well and wastewater treatment system and percolation area as previously granted (Ref. 06/2719) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211070

• 23 Jun 2021N/a

  to erect a dwelling house with garage, splayed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21914

• 29 Sept 2020Conditional

  (a) Proposed new single storey dwelling; (b) New combined double entrance; (c) Stable block with manure pit and effluent tank; (d) New water well; (4) Treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201112

• 21 Sept 2020N/a

  a) proposed new single storey dwelling, b) new combined double entrance, c) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, d) new water well, e) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works,

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201078

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  to erect a shed with No 2 stables and fodder storage, new splayed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191352

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KD039-007 Enclosure
  Description

  Approximately square area (Wth. 38m N-S) originally surrounded by an earthen bank with an external fosse. The cropmark of a bank is visible on three sides, traces of the original bank may have been incorporated into the field fences at the SW and SE. Described in 1955 as having traces of a slight inner bank, with causeways at the SE and NW, and with a small field attached at the W. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.13) shows a rectangular enclosure, probably a moated site; remnants of fosses defined by positive cropmarks. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-041 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.R.14) shows the incomplete cropmark of an apparently sub-circular enclosure. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• KD039-042 Pit
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.R.19) shows a series of closely spaced pits; function and date unknown. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

Architectural heritage

• Ballaghmoon Bridge, bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch rubble granite hump back road bridge over river, c.1800, with dressed stone voussoirs, rubble stone parapet walls and single-arch pedestrian under pass to west. Rubble granite walls to abutments. Rubble stone parapet walls. Replacement concrete coping, c.1960. Single round arch. Dressed stone voussoirs. Dressed stone soffits with traces of render over. Single elliptical arch to pedestrian under pass. Rock-faced cut-stone voussoirs. Rubble stone soffits forming barrel-vaulted passage with render over. Sited spanning Lerr River with grass banks to river.

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

At the centre of the townland of Newtownallen, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2546 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Newtownallen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Newtownallen

Area

2,470,952 m² (247.1 ha, 610.59 acres)

Civil parish

Ballaghmoon, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Ballaghmoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

223 people lived in 80 households in the Ballaghmoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghmoon, Ballaghmoon Castle, Crooket, Dunmanoge, Gotham, Johnstown South, Lisbush, Monaclaudy, Prumpelstown Upper

Placenames

Newtownallen 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.