https://webgeo.kildarecoco.ie/planningenquiry
Planning number 2360110
Appealed to ABP, so hope yet.
So : Water Ireland, Esb networks, the HSE, Transport Ireland, Fisheries Ireland, Health and Safety were all written to by the council. They tthen write back and made a comment if necessary. But there seems to be only one objection from a lay person, for a woman. And she lives next door. Objections were it's a rural area, the football pitch lights would interfere with her light, traffic increase ..............
There's a report from the Council Transport people who agree that it will cause problems for traffic, something about Vulnerable Road Users (what is that?)
The planning is for bungalows for elderly people, a football five a side pitch and a creche, which sounds lovely to me.
There are 6 grounds for refusal.
a) zoning (it's an expanding town needing housing so I didn't really understand it) but the areas is zoned community and educational.
b) location is too far away for the elderly !
c) same as b) but now it's because the creche and football pitch would be too far away from Kildare town (does this mean a football pitch should be beside the main street? Laughably the report mentions that is it a 'remote' location.
d) Kildare hates cars and wants nobody to use a car, rural location mentioned again
e) rural location, and they are very insistant on bicycle lanes and footpaths (isn't that up to the council?). I've no idea but there isn't a hell of a chance at my age I'd get on a bicycle in Kildare, Dublin maybe which has actual bicycle lanes.
f) layout is bad they say, they think the choice of finishes are low quality
So for us older people they want us all living next to the main street so we use bicycles. Anyone know where this nirvana is in Kildare town? That is less than 1.5 km from town center?