Newtown

162 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 3 m² to 233,887 m² (23.39 ha, 57.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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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.

• 21 May 2026N/a

  Permission for the proposed alterations to previously granted Planning

  Permission, 14 homes · Wexford County Council, 20260643

• 12 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to change the use of existing domestic garage and erect an extension

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251460

• 2 Oct 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for development which will consist of:

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20251250

• 11 Jun 2025Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A BAR AND RESTAURANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORK

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20150540

• 11 Oct 2023Granted (unconditional)

  PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NO. TWO-STOREY DETACHED HOUSES

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20180774

• 10 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for erection of an exempt development

  Retention, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231207

• 14 Jul 2023Granted (unconditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF 57 NO. FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE

  Extension of duration · Wexford County Council, 20181148

• 15 Jun 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a 10-year planning permission for construction

  Permission, 34 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230670

• 24 Apr 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of alterations and extensions

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230427

• 31 Mar 2023N/a

  Permission for retention of alterations and extensions

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230330

• 16 Feb 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for construction of 93 no. dwellings consisting of a 12 no. unit

  Permission, 93 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230150

• 30 Nov 2022Refused

  Permission for the proposed erection of 74No. 2 storey semi-detached & terraced

  Permission, 74 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221586

• 24 Oct 2022N/a

  Permission for the proposed erection of 74 no. 2-storey semi-detached & terraced

  Permission, 74 homes · Wexford County Council, 20221408

• 27 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for the proposed erection of 29 No. detached 2-storey, 4 bed

  Permission, 29 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211658

• 7 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention and completion of a domestic garage/store (erected to f

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211076

• 12 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a two storey extension to the side of an existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210531

• 9 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of 1.8m high concrete post and panel inter-

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201511

• 16 Sept 2019Granted (conditional)

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF WORKS COMPRISING OF WORKS CARRIED OUT ON AN

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191278

• 10 Jun 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR A PROPOSED TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190788

• 30 May 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR A PROPOSED TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190755

• 20 May 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR A NEW SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL UNIT ON THE FOOTINGS/SUBSTRUCTUR

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190675

• 17 May 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR A PROPOSED TWO STOREY DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190658

• 9 May 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR CHANGES TO HOUSE TYPE 'O' WHICH WAS GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION

  Permission, 7 homes · Wexford County Council, 20190624

• 2 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED TO DATE AND PERMISSION FOR

  Retention, 13 homes · Wexford County Council, 20190429

• 25 Mar 2019N/a

  PERMISSION FOR A NEW SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR USE BY A FAMILY MEMBER

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190368

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Special Protection Area: Wexford Harbour and Slobs SPA 004076
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Wexford Slobs And Harbour 000712

Recorded monuments

• WX037-028001 Monumental structure
  Description

  Located on a high promontory overlooking the NW-SE River Slaney at a narrow point (Wth c. 100m) before it enters the inner harbour of Wexford. An imitation round tower (H c. 16.5m) made of shale was erected in 1857-8 to commemorate the Wexford dead in the Crimean War (1854-56). It is within the ringwork (WX037-028002-). (Bennett 1989) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-028002 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  Situated on a promontory (H c. 10m) overlooking the W-E River Slaney at a narrow point (Wth c. 100m NE-SW) before it enters the inner harbour of Wexford. When the Anglo-Normans captured Wexford town in 1169, Dermot Mac Murrough granted it and the surrounding area to Maurice FitzGerald and Robert FitzStephen, and the latter fortified the steep rock at ‘Karrech’ with an earthen bank and a palisade. On the death of Dermot in May 1171, the Irish rebelled, captured Wexford town and besieged FitzStephen behind the ‘earthen rampart’ at Carraig. FitzStephen surrendered to trickery and was handed over the King Henry II at Waterford later in the year. The enclosure is described as the ‘castrum de Karrich’ in 1231-34, testifying to its continued use as a strongpoint. The castle is mentioned again in 1307 when it appears to have been in good repair, but by 1323-4 it is described in an inquisition as vacant and consisting of an unroofed hall and chapel (Orpen 1906, 33). The castle is described as burnt in 1420 but it would still be the centre of the manor (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 130). References to the manor and castle continue into the late 16th century, and in time it came to be known as Shanacourt (Old Castle) (Orpen 1906 29-34). An antiquarian footnote by J. Hooker in Holinshed’s ‘Chronicles of Ireland’ (1587, vol. 2, 11) and quoted by Orpen describes the castle as ‘first made of rods and turfs, according to the manner in those daies, but since builded with stone, and was the strongest fort then in those parts of the land…but it was pulled down, defaced and raced, and so dooth still remaine’. The ringwork was described in 1988 (SMR file) as an oval overgrown area (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 27m N-S) defined by a cliff edge (H c. 10m) NW-N-E and by an earthen bank and fosse elsewhere (total Wth c. 15m). Bennett excavated (E000282) through the rampart recording an earthen bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2.15) that had been extended, or slipped twice, on the inside but there was no evidence of a palisade (1984-5). There is an external rock-cut fosse (Wth at top 2-5.5m; total int. D 4.15m; ext. D 1.2-2m), and with an internal stone revetment but the interior had been disturbed by the building of a memorial round-tower (WX037-028001-) in 1857-8 (Bennet 1989). However, evidence of at least two structures was recorded in further excavation (E000352) when 13th century pottery and three silver pennies were recovered (Cotter 1988). The monument is now within the National Heritage Park. Further excavation (17E0318) was undertaken in 2018 and 2019 when the earlier trenches were identified and five new cuttings were made in the interior. A sample of charcoal from beneath the bank yielded a C14 date of 880-980 cal. AD, providing a terminus post quem for its construction. Some post-holes in the interior were sealed by a charcoal layer with a C14 date of 1040-1210 cal. AD, and pre-date two structures of thirteenth or fourteenth century date, represented by walls (Wth c. 0.7-1.17m) or robber trenches. Structure A is possibly the S room of an oblong building (max. dims 15m x 9.5m) aligned N-S, which may have been the hall. Structure B (dims c. 8.5m E-W; 5.4m N-S) partly overlies material from the bank of the enclosure and could be the chapel. The remains of both structures are sealed beneath deposits with medieval pottery. (Shine and Mandel 2018, 2019) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 December, 2012 Amended: 18 November 2020

• WX037-028003 Historic town
  Description

  The ringwork at Carrig (WX037-028002-) is described as the ‘castrum de Karrich’ in 1231-34, testifying to its continued use. A town had developed around the castle and manor of Carrig by 1307 when the castle, two watermills and the ferry were listed. In 1323-4, while the castle is described as vacant and ruinous the settlement continued, although depreciated in value and three burgages lacked tenants. From the amount of the rents in 1307 the settlement is likely to have had over a hundred burgesses, but there is no record of a charter and it was not walled (Orpen 1906). An inquisition of 1420 records that ‘the castle of Carrick with two tofts called ‘the Mille places’ of Carrick, with the watercourse belonging thereto, with other lands which are now only worth 10 shillings yearly, as they have been recently destroyed and burnt by Irish enemies and rebels’ (Hore 1906, 130). This refers to the two mills, which were probably located on the small S-N stream forming the boundary with the townlands of Park and Ballyboggan. A settlement with over 100 burgesses is likely to have occupied an extensive area along the ridge extending S from the ringwork, an area now cut by the N11 road and bypass of Wexford town, but its exact extent is not known. Archaeological testing (05E1405) on the E side of the N11 recovered evidence of medieval occupation in the form of a large ditch and pits with medieval pottery (McLoughlin 2006). A remote sensing survey (18R0099) was able to confirm the presence of extensive archaeological features at this location, although two ring-ditches suggest that prehistoric features might also be present, as is also intimated by the discovery of a pit burial with a collared urn (WX037-029----). The castle is also associated with a deerpark, which was located between Carrig and Wexford town. The deerpark is mentioned in the deforestation charter or 1231-4 (Orpen 1934, 56), and is remembered today in the townland name ‘Park’. The ferry continued until a bridge was built at this point at the end of the eighteenth century, but while the mills were mentioned again in 1399 and 1519 (Hore vol. 5, 126, 133) they are not recorded in the Civil Survey of 1654 (Simington 1953, 105) and their location is not now known. The town went into decline rapidly after 1307 as in 1324 an inquisition described the castle of Carryk as ruinous. Within the enclosure its hall and a chapel were described as roofless. Seven references survive from the early fourteenth century, after which a gap arises until Carrig is mentioned five times in the sixteenth century, but the castle is not recorded (Hore 1906, vol. 5, 33-4). An antiquarian footnote by J. Hooker in Holinshed’s ‘Chronicles of Ireland’ (1587, vol. 2, 11) and quoted by Orpen (1906, 34) describes the castle as ‘first made of rods and turfs, according to the manner in those daies, but since builded with stone, and was the strongest fort then in those parts of the land…but it was pulled down, defaced and raced, and so dooth still remaine’. (Bradley and King 1990, 65-72) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 18 November 2020

• WX037-029 Pit-burial
  Description

  Situated towards the N end of a N-S ridge with the narrow part of the W-E River Slaney (Wth c. 100m NE-SW) c. 170m to the NE. The rim of a collared urn and a small sample of cremated bone, probably representing an older adolescent, were recovered from what was probably a pit-burial in 1984 (Sikora 2011). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-030001 Church
  Description

  Located on a N-facing slope of a small W-E spur in the valley of a S-N stream, which is c. 100m to the E. The parish church of Carrick dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra is within a neglected rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by earthen banks. References date from 1404 when it was granted to St. Selskar’s abbey (WX037-032009-) (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 34 5). According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 this church was impropriate to Henry Wallop and the name of the priest, if any, is not recorded. Nor is the condition of the church building recorded (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 268). St. Nicholas, whose feastday falls on the 6th December, was a 4th century bishop in Turkey and a renowned gift-giver, on whom much of the character of Santa Claus is based.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas) accessed on (03/12/2012) The base of the clay-bonded walls (Wth 0.9m) of an undivided church (int. dims. 13.6m E-W; 6m N-S) survive (H 1-1.5m) with uncut quoins. There is an entrance (Wth 0.85m) towards the W end of the N wall with an area of collapse opposite it in the S wall. A damaged rectangular granite font (ext. dims 0.66m x 0.66m; D 0.14m) with a central drain-hole is almost buried inside the N church entrance. The site of St Nicholas' Well, at which patterns may have been held on 6th December (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 357) lies in a ravine, c. 130m to the SE and on the opposite side of the stream. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 14 December, 2012 Amended: 2 Sep. 2013

• WX037-030002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a N-facing slope of a small W-E spur in the valley of a S-N stream, which is c. 100m to the E. The parish church of Carrick (WX037-030001-) dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra is within a neglected rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by earthen banks. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-030003 Font
  Description

  A damaged rectangular granite font (ext. dims 0.66m x 0.66m; D 0.14m) with a central drain-hole is almost buried inside the N entrance of the parish church of Carrick (WX037-030001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 December, 2012

• WX037-031 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as St. Nicholas’ Well on both, with the additional information ‘Site of ’ on the later map. St. Nicholas, whose feastday falls on the 6th December, was a 4th century bishop in Turkey and a renowned gift-giver, on whom much of the character of Santa Claus is based (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas) (accessed on 03/12/12) (Butler 1990, 175). John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840 lists the well, but says that there was no pattern held (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 357). It is situated on a fern-covered shelf in the ravine of a N-S stream, on the E side of the stream. The well is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 December, 2012

Architectural heritage

• Crimea Monument, monument, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding "Irish Round Tower" monument, begun 1857; completed 1858, on a circular plan. Part repointed rubble stone flagged conical roof. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls centred on inlaid plaque on "Cavetto"-detailed corbels. Round-headed elevated door opening with part repointed cut-"Old Red Sandstone" voussoirs. Set on outcrop.

• Tunnel, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Tunnel, opened 1872. Part creeper- or ivy-covered portal walls between part creeper- or ivy-covered battered abutment walls with cut-granite chamfered stringcourses supporting replacement concrete block parapets. Single horse shoe-profiled openings with red brick header bond voussoirs. Sited spanning railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.

• Farm house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch to ground floor; single-bay (south) or two-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners; creeper- or ivy-covered slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with timber colonnette mullions on step threshold supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with limewashed piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.

• Newtown House, farm house, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey over basement farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1840, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey advanced end bays on elliptical bowed plans; four-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Vacant, 1975. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan including half-conical slate roofs (end bays), clay or terracotta ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks centred on cement rendered chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on slightly overhanging rendered slate flagged eaves. Limewashed roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds perpendicular to road.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1745–1991 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1745-1991. Closed, 1992. Set in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having rubble stone capping supporting looped flat iron gate.

• Belmont House, farmyard complex, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1840, on a U-shaped plan about a courtyard including (south-east): Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick chevron- or saw tooth-detailed eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls. Tudor-headed central door opening with overgrown threshold, and red brick block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Tudor-headed flanking window openings with no sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with no fittings surviving; (south-west): Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick chevron- or saw tooth-detailed eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls. Series of five segmental-headed carriageways with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Set in grounds originally shared with Belmont House.

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 made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2985 (ZIP).

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. Wexford.

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

1,431,654 m² (143.17 ha, 353.77 acres)

Civil parish

Carrick, and its townlands

Barony

Shelmaliere West

Electoral division

Carrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrick electoral division: 1,831 people in 630 households; 89% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindinas, Ballyboggan, Barntown, Coolcots, Cullentra, Park

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.