Newtown

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 156 m² to 335,160 m² (33.52 ha, 82.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C5Leisure Tourism / Amenity (Tourism and related)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission for the following works from that previously approved under planning reference number PD/24/60437 (a) revisions to the existing woodland walk / trails (b) omission of the outdoor learning zones and the introduction of new activity and learning areas (c) revised location of the 4th class housing exhibit (d) proposed new entrance signage (e) together with all other ancillary site works. The proposed works are located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300141 & RPS No. 02900142) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660072

• 3 Dec 2025Conditional

  Permission for the following: 1. To demolish existing rear extension and sheds, 2. To refurbish existing house to include alterations to elevations, 3. To construct new extension and 4. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560569

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following; (a) extension to the existing woodland walk /trails together with a board walk (b) outdoor learning zones (c) the construction of a holistic eco-centre pavilion building (d) the installation of a 4th class housing exhibit (e) the construction of new car parking facilities, footpaths and extension to the existing bus parking (f) together with public lighting, drainage, landscaping and all other ancillary site works. The proposed works are located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No.02300141 & RPS No.02900142) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460437

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission for erection of dwelling house, domestic store and garage with sewerage treatment plant and percolation area and ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22147

• 20 Oct 2021Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the provision of a ground mounted, photovoltaic (PV) array of approximately 50 sqm to deliver a maximum yield of less than 11kW, (the proposed development is located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300141)) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21589

• 21 Jan 2021Conditional

  for development which will consist of the following minor design changes to the visitor centre and café buildings granted planning permission under planning order reference: PD/18/10: (a) Revised entrance to visitors' centre; (b) Design changes to visitors' centre building in the courtyard; (c) Design changes to the café extension (the proposed development is located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure - RPS No. 02300141) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2124

• 27 Sept 2019Conditional

  for planning permission to construct dwelling house and domestic garage with proprietary treatment system and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19503

• 3 Apr 2018Refused

  to demolish existing cottage, construct part single storey and two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18151

• 13 Mar 2018N/a

  Planning permission to demolish existing cottage, construct part single storey and two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18116

• 27 Feb 2018Conditional

  Planning permission for a change of house plans of the dwelling house and garage granted planning under planning reference No. PD/08/485 at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1885

• 21 Feb 2018N/a

  for a change of house plans of the dwelling house and garage granted planning under planning reference numbers PD/08/485 at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1872

• 15 Jan 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of:- (a) Extensions and upgrade works to the existing visitor centre (including extension of the café area and the creation of an outdoor terrace and the development of a new visitor centre within the exiting courtyard); (b) Extensions and upgrade works to the stable building (including a new lobby, upgrading of toilet facilities and the conversion of the existing ground floor stables into an event space; and (c) Upgrade works to the existing car park (including resurfacing, drainage works and landscaping). The existing buildings are attached to and/or within the curtilage of Strokestown House, which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300014 refers) at Strokestown Park House,

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1810

• 22 Dec 2017N/a

  The development will consist of:- (a) Extensions and upgrade works to the existing visitor centre (including extension of the café area and the creation of an outdoor terrace, and the development of a new visitor centre within the exiting courtyard); (b) Extensions and upgrade works to the stable building (including a new lobby, upgrading of toilet facilities and the conversion of the existing ground floor stables into an event space); and (c) Upgrade works to the existing car park (including resurfacing, drainage works and landscaping), (The existing buildings are attached to and/or within the curtilage of Strokestown House, which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 023000141 refers)) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17522

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 Newtown.

Recorded monuments

• RO029-023 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as an irregularly-shaped enclosure (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) which may be a quarry on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval wooded enclosure (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1915 ed. Situated at the crest of the S edge of a low WNW-ESE ridge, no feature is visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-026 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) which may have been a quarry only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low-lying level landscape. It is not visible at ground level, and is replaced by a small pond. Rath (RO028-028----) is c. 160m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of the E-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular area planted with deciduous trees and overgrown (diam. 37.5m E-W; 36.8m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of top 2.1-2.3m; Wth of base 5.3-6.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.7-1.9m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.8-7.4m; Wth of base 3.2m; D 1.3m) from an outer, rounded bank (Wth 4.3-4.5m; ext. H 1.4-1.6m), which is incorporated into a field bank W-N. There is no identifiable original entrance (max. ext. dim. 61.4m N-S). Rath (RO028-028----) is c. 90m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a low rise. Overgrown subcircular area (dims 28.3m N-S; 24.1m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4-5.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1-1.7m) and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.8m; Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.4-0.7m). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at ENE. Rath (RO028-027----) is c. 90m to the WSW and earthwork (RO028-026----) is c. 160m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• The Glebe, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former glebe house, built in 1814, with central bow to front elevation, return to rear and entrance porch to side elevation. Balustrade to basement well. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Coursed limestone walls with limestone quoins, pebbledashed walls to rear. Date to keystone on front elevation. Timber sash windows set in blind arches with tooled limestone sills and tooled limestone surrounds. Round-headed door opening in entrance porch with replacement timber panelled door and fanlight. Tripartite windows to central bow. Two-storey outbuildings to rear yard with pitched slate roof and roughcast-rendered walls. Rear yard enclosed by random coursed limestone wall. Decorative cast-iron gates and square-profile limestone gate piers to roadside, wrought-iron railings to winding driveway. Former glebe house is located in a parkland to the south of Strokestown.

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 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.

No address of the register names Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Newtown

Area

1,494,145 m² (149.41 ha, 369.21 acres)

Civil parish

Bumlin, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Strokestown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,232 people lived in 529 households in the Strokestown electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhammon, Bumlin, Castlenode, Cloonradoon, Farnbeg, Farnmore

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.