Newtown
Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly. Its name in Irish is An Baile Nua.
Parcel 292312
- Area
- 13,984 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Newtown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1851 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 168.2 ha
- 416 acres
- Land parcels
- 92
- registered freehold, median 7,105 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres)
- Zoning
- S5
- Community Services/Facilities
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 116 m² to 237,745 m² (23.77 ha, 58.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027, Offaly · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Sept 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2681
2 Sept 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2677
27 May 2026Conditional
EXISTING PREFABRICATED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 2651
21 Jan 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLALTION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 265
27 Jul 2025Conditional
construction of a single storey extension to an existing school comprising classroom accommodation together with additional parking, upgraded drainage & related works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560326
2 Jul 2025N/a
The Board of Management of Scoil Chartaigh Naofa intend to apply to Offaly County Council for permission for construction of a single storey extension to an existing school comprising classroom accommodation together with additional parking, upgraded drainage & related works at Scoil Chartaigh Naofa, Rahan, Co. Offaly
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560277
27 Sept 2024Conditional
retention of an existing domestic garage / shed to the front and side of the existing dwelling house
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2460375
20 Sept 2024N/a
construction of a single storey extension to an existing school comprising classroom accommodation together with additional parking, upgraded drainage & related works
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460363
23 Jan 2023Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE DWELLING CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STOREY AND STOREY-AND-A-HALF BUILDING, SEPARATE GARAGE, A NEW ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY, NEW HEDGE AT BOUNDARY, NEW SEPTIC TANK, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, SOAKAWAYS, BORED WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2315
23 Dec 2022N/a
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE DWELLING CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STOREY AND STOREY-AND-A-HALF BUILDING, SEPARATE GARAGE, A NEW ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY, NEW HEDGE AT BOUNDARY, NEW SEPTIC TANK, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, SOAKAWAYS, BORED WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22680
19 Sept 2022Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DERELICT COTTAGE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE DWELLING CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STOREY AND STOREY-AND-A-HALF BUILDING., SEPARATE GARAGE, REFURBISHMENT OF AN EXISTING STONE SHED, NEW ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY, NEW HEDGE AT BOUNDARY, NEW SEPTIC TANK, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, SOAKAWAYS, BORED WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 22482
1 Dec 2020Conditional
EXISTING PREFABRICATED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Offaly County Council, 20600
17 Dec 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18574
29 Nov 2018Conditional
AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF A DWELLING
Retention, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18533
20 Jun 2018Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 18267
2 Jan 2018Conditional
A 203 SQ.M TWO-STOREY HOUSE WITH SINGLE STOREY RETURN TO THE REAR, SINGLE STOREY GARAGE, BORED WELL, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, NEW ENTRANCE, SITE AND LANDSCAPE WORKS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING ROADWAY BOUNDARY HEDGE
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 181
21 Dec 2017Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 4 BEDROOM, 2 STOREY HOUSE OF 182SQM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEPARATE SINGLE STOREY GARAGE BUILDING OF 68SQM, RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING SHED BUILDING, THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING SHED BUILDING, A NEW DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE, REALIGNMENT OF THE ROADWAY BOUNDARY, ASSOCIATED SITE AND LANDSCAPE WORKS INCLUDING NEW BOUNDARY FENCING, SEPTIC TANK AND WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA, SOAKAWAY AND BORED WELL
Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 17508
12 Dec 2017N/a
A NEW DETACHED 203 SQ.M. TWO-STOREY FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH SINGLE STOREY RETURN TO THE REAR, SINGLE STOREY GARAGE, BORED WELL, SEPTIC TANK AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, NEW ENTRANCE, AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING BOUNDARY HEDGE TO ACCOMODATE SIGHTLINES
Permission · Offaly County Council, 17486
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Newtown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Newtown, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1852 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Newtown · An Baile Nua
- Area
- 1,682,059 m² (168.21 ha, 415.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballycowan
- Electoral division
- Rahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 753 people lived in 243 households in the Rahan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadonagh, Cappaloughan, Goldsmithslot, Killaranny, Mountarmstrong, Rabbitburrow, Rahan Demesne
- 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.