Newvillage

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newvillage, from 47 m² to 42,091 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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.

• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Coastal Edge (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  chun Teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste agus Córás searachais

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561810

• 9 Oct 2025N/a

  chun teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le garáiste agus córás searachais nua

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2561469

• 26 Mar 2025Conditional

  for a first floor attic storage area, the retention of an existing detached garage storage area

  Retention · Galway County Council, 2548

• 26 Mar 2024N/a

  chun Teach nua cónaithe a thógáil chomh maith le Garáiste agus Córás searachais nua ag an seoladh thuas. Spás urláir comhlán na n-oibreacha beartaithe: 158.14 sqm & 54 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460330

• 5 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the demolition of existing substandard house & sheds plus the construction of new dwelling with new garage, new wastewater treatment system & all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361053

• 2 May 2019Refused

  to erect dwelling house, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 158.40sqmb

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19655

• 4 Apr 2019Refused

  for construction of a new holiday home along with all ancillary works at Galway Coast Cottages. Gross floor space of proposed works: 217 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19489

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  for 1) demolition of existing old building and 2) construction of 3 no. terraced holiday units and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works 303.6 sqm. Demolition 90sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18712

• 25 Jan 2018Conditional

  for development to consist of 1) construction of front porch; 2) construction of shed; 3) retention of alterations to extension previously granted under 07/3572 and 12/1299. Gross floor space of proposed works 50 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 1864

• 28 Sept 2017Conditional

  for (1) new log cabin reception office and associated outdoor enclosed play area and (2) single storey rear extension to house no. 10, at Galway Coast Cottages. Gross floor space of work to be retained 82.3sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 171431

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 Newvillage.

Recorded monuments

• GA093-016 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Newvillage.

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 Newvillage, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newvillage.

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 Newvillage with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Newvillage · An Baile Nua

Area

274,025 m² (27.4 ha, 67.71 acres)

Civil parish

Rahoon, and its townlands

Barony

Galway

Electoral division

Barna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,866 people lived in 1,287 households in the Barna electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Forramoyle East, Forramoyle West, Knocknagreana, Lacklea

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Newvillage 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.