Newtown
Newtown is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford. Its name in Irish is An Baile Nua.
Parcel 430387
- Area
- 2,800 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 192 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
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 20 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2922 (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
- 96.1 ha
- 237 acres
- Land parcels
- 98
- registered freehold, median 2,859 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 34 m² to 206,801 m² (20.68 ha, 51.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 57 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
25 Jul 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, domestic
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250922
25 Feb 2025Refused
Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house
Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250226
24 Apr 2024N/a
Planning permission for the development of: Forlorn Road Carpark: Construction
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240449
25 Aug 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of alterations to house design granted in planning
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230993
23 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the installation of a new on-site wastewater treatment system
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230297
20 Feb 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of the following: (a) existing front boundary wall
Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230156
25 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221561
25 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for new dwelling, wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221418
4 May 2022Refused
Permission for (i) the renovation of, and approx. 112.3sqm extension to an
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220577
3 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)
Permission for the development of a fully serviced single storey dwelling and
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220266
12 Nov 2021Refused
Permission for a new dwelling, wastewater treatment system, soil polishing
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211749
5 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention of change of use of domestic garage to games room
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211723
24 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for the erection of an extension to an existing agricultural storage
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210423
22 Mar 2021Granted (conditional)
Permission for a replacement dwelling on the site of an existing dwelling compri
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210409
24 Apr 2020Granted (conditional)
Permission for the retention of domestic garage
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200460
5 Nov 2019Granted (conditional)
RETENTION OF 1. EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE LEAN-TO BOILER HOUSE ATTACHED TO THE
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191485
15 Oct 2019N/a
RETENTION OF 1. EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE LEAN-TO BOILER HOUSE ATTACHED TO THE EXIST
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20191394
30 Nov 2017Refused
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171569
3 Nov 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171421
26 Oct 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171391
28 Mar 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170367
8 Mar 2017Granted (conditional)
INDEFINITE RETENTION PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FRONT BOUNDARY WALL
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20170282
25 Aug 2016Granted (conditional)
INDEFINITE RETENTION PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHED/GARAGE AND ALL
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160950
29 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20160312
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
- WX052-051001 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB91.EX.11) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. A second, smaller, circular overlapping enclosure (WX052-051002-) is located to the north-east. A third circular enclosure (WX052-051003-) adjoins the larger enclosure on the south-west. Compiled by: Gillian Barrett/Michael Moore. Date of upload: 24th February, 2011.
- WX052-051002 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB91.EX.11) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. This enclosure overlaps with a larger curvilinear enclosure (WX052-051001-) to the south-west. Compiled by: Gillian Barrett/Michael Moore. Date of upload: 24th February, 2011.
- WX052-051003 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB91.EX.11) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by two concentric fosses. A ring-ditch is located within the interior of the enclosure, positioned in the south-eastern quadrant of the enclosure close to the enclosing fosse. The enclosure is located to the south-west of a larger curvilinear enclosure (WX052-051001-). Compiled by: Gillian Barrett/Michael Moore. Date of upload: 24th February, 2011.
Architectural heritage
- Farm house, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey gabled windbreak. Reroofed, ----. Chicken wire-covered replacement hipped oat thatch rood with exposed hazel curvilinear stretchers to ridge having exposed scallops, red brick Running bond off-central dwarf chimney stack on rendered base supporting terracotta pots, and paired exposed hazel stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings including timber lintel framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings including timber lintels framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in own grounds.
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 20 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_2957 (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. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Newtown · An Baile Nua
- Area
- 960,843 m² (96.08 ha, 237.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bargy
- Electoral division
- Kilmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,469 people lived in 925 households in the Kilmore electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballask, Ballyhealy North, Ballyhealycastle, Ballyseskin, Ballyteige, Bastardstown, Grange, Inish and Ballyteige Slob, Libgate, Rickardstown, Soughane
- 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.