Newtown
Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kilpeacon, barony of Smallcounty, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Baile Nua.
Parcel 3266502
- Area
- 1,971 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 80 m².
- 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
19 Jun 2023Conditional
the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance and all other associated site works. The development will consist of 1) extension to an existing dwelling house 2) upgrade existing entrance and 3) Modifications to existing dwelling (Alterations to plans approved under PLREF 201113)
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360424
30 Oct 2020Conditional
construction of an extension to a dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 201113
21 Aug 2020N/a
construction of an extension to a dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20819
27 Aug 2019N/a
an extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19843
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 109 ha
- 269 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 3,284 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 43 m² to 78,066 m² (7.81 ha, 19.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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
No zone of a development plan covers Newtown 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
23 May 2026Conditional
a change of house type, to include attached garage in lieu of detached garage, under previously permitted governing permission Planning Reference Number 2660025 together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660577
15 Jan 2026Conditional
the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic proprietary waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660025
19 Jun 2023Conditional
the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance and all other associated site works. The development will consist of 1) extension to an existing dwelling house 2) upgrade existing entrance and 3) Modifications to existing dwelling (Alterations to plans approved under PLREF 201113)
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360424
6 May 2022Conditional
the construction of a slatted agricultural livestock shed and dry store lean-to extension to existing shed and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22502
1 Apr 2021Refused
the construction of a slatted agricultural livestock shed and dry store lean-to extension to existing shed and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21411
30 Oct 2020Conditional
construction of an extension to a dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 201113
21 Aug 2020N/a
construction of an extension to a dwelling house, upgrade existing entrance, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20819
26 Nov 2019N/a
the construction of a dwelling house, separate garage and horse stables including the following; 1) new site entrance off shared private roadway, 2) installation of septic tank and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 191160
27 Aug 2019N/a
an extension to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19843
28 Jan 2019Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house and separate garage including the following; 1) new site entrance off shared private roadway, 2) installation of septic tank and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1963
9 Mar 2017Conditional
construction of a single storey extension, consisting of an independent living unit, a detached garage to the rear, a porch to existing entrance and elevational changes to existing house with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17215
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 Newtown.
Recorded monuments
- LI022-020 Enclosure
Description
Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of an oval platform of earth surrounded by a fosse. Parts of the sides of the platform are faced with stone. The entrance is not recognisable. It measures 160' [49m] east-west by 90' [27m]. The maximum height of the platform over the fosse-bottom is 8' [2.4m]. The fosse is gone on the north side. The stone facing remains only at a few points. Fences have been built against the platform at a number of points' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Tree-covered monument clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020
- LI022-255 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 47m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 March 2020
- LI022-256 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 45m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 March 2020
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newtown.
- 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. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Newtown · An Baile Nua
- Area
- 1,089,899 m² (108.99 ha, 269.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilpeacon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Electoral division
- Kilpeacon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 561 people lived in 192 households in the Kilpeacon electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Badgerfort, Ballyregan, Bawnacouma, Kilpeacon, Rockfield, Skehanagh
- 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.