Newtown

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 356 m² to 117,833 m² (11.78 ha, 29.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  Proposed construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area and replacement with new effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter, together with all associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660115

• 16 Feb 2026N/a

  1. Demolish of the following; a. Existing boat shed building to the south of the site. b. Storerooms attached to the main building on the northern boundary c. Entrance Lobby located on the main building to the west of the site 2. Removal of the following; a. Existing modular toilet block located on the school yard, b. 2no modular classrooms to the north of the site. 3. Construction and alteration of the existing school building for a new two storey extension at the north of the site consisting of 11no classrooms including all ancillary accommodation and an entrance canopy. 4. Construction of a single storey extension to provide Special Education Needs Accommodation with attached external soft play area to the southwestern side of the site. 5. Associated internal and external alterations to facilitate the proposed extensions. 6. Relocation of the southern boundary wall along main road (L3204) to provide a bus drop off lane. 7. Construction of carparking within the main vehicle entrance with associated EV charge point. 8. Reconfiguration of an existing hardstanding area to provide additional parking to the rear of the existing sports hall with a modified access route. 9. Removal of the existing astro-pitch to facilitate the new two storey extension and construction of 2no multi-use games area with boundary treatment, fencing and lighting. 10. Relocation of the existing gas tank and compound from the southern to the northern boundary. 11. All associated works and site works including landscaping, bike shelter, street lighting, flag poles, boundary treatment, retaining structures, service yard and the connection to the existing surface and foul drainage system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660053

• 2 Dec 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of a single storey extension to the side & rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to existing façade & window openings, demolition of existing outbuilding and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21474

• 6 May 2021N/a

  development consisting of the following; (1) to demolish the existing detached storage building and gas compound located to the south east of the main school building. (2) erection of a new single storey extension at the east of the school, consisting of 3 no classrooms, 1 no home economincs classroom, 1 no construction room with an associated preparation area including all ancillary accomodation, school signage and roof mounted PV solar panels (3) all associated works and site works including new car park, connection to the existing storm and foul drainage roadside vehicle drop off with a re-aligned footpath and boundary wall, landscaping, public lighting, and a new gas compound (4) provide a new external service door serving the existing metalwork room on the South Elevation

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21165

• 14 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the erection of 2 no. Prefabricated units comprising of of total area 98m2 along with all associated site works at Grange Post Primary School

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17352

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

• SL005-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a low bank of earth (Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.30m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 5.1m; D 0.2m). The bank encloses the site E-NW. From NW-E the bank is absent and the edge of the rath is defined by a scarp. The position of the original entrance is marked by a slight ramp (Wth 2m) across the scarped edge at NE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

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).

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, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newtown.

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.

• Newtown, Grange6 sales

Name

Newtown · An Baile Úr

Area

665,138 m² (66.51 ha, 164.36 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cliffony South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cliffony South electoral division: 577 people in 216 households; 90% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnaglass Lower, Barnaderg, Cloontyprocklis, Derry, Grange, Grogagh, Kiltykere

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.