Category: Draft Athy LAP

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Garden of Remembrance & Reflection Initiative

This idea was brought to our attention by Councilor Veralouise Behan Garden of Remembrance & Reflection Initiative designed by Landscape Artist Diarmuid Gavin may be of interest to your constituents Tidy Towns “under this initiative, groups may be in a position to gain points within the competition” A chara, Please find attached a brochure for […]

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Cllr Veralouise Behan KCC Submission

Cllr Veralouise Behan sent this submission to KCC Dear Sir/ Madam. I’m writing this email, to support the concerns the residence Kingsgrove, and Graysland Athy. Their green areas should remain so, and cul de sacs should remain intact, If you have read any of the submissions on this subject to date, I’m sure you understand […]

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Dear Senator Fiona O’Loughlin

The email below was sent to Fianna Fail Senator Fiona O’Loughlin at fiona.oloughlin@oireachtas.ie & fiona@fiona.ie and received a very prompt response, which is shown first.   Thank you for your email Oliver. Technically I have not been elected by South Kildare constituents, but as I live in South Kildare, and care passionately about my County, […]

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UK Council to build apartments on housing estate’s only green space

The South Kildare Labour Party representatives kindly got in touch with the planning team at Kildare County Council on the resident’s behalf. Questions included whether the greens in the Kingsgrove Graysland Estate could be built on in the future. As a complete housing estate was dropped into the middle of the estate without the resident’s […]

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Patricia Ryan TD response to Dear Public Representative

A chara, Our local party member Ger Kelly has made me aware of your leaflet. I apologise for not replying to your email, I’m not sure what went wrong but I have been unable to find your email to respond to it. I am aware that local Sinn Féin members have made submissions. I am […]

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Dear Public Representative – Take 2

Dear Public Representative, Following our earlier communication may I thank all of those of you who had the courtesy to respond to your constituents, and offer your help. To those of you who did not, I have no words. The survey results are in and you can see the results and read the comments made […]

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Resident’s Survey Results Are In!

The results are in! In the end, 83 people completed the survey, which from my experience of these matters is a fantastic result. It appears with the great gift of hindsight that we should have offered the opportunity for people to say they wanted the land at Chanterlands left as it is. Some of the […]

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My Personal Submission to KCC

My objections to the Athy Local Area Plan For a start, I wish to register a protest at the way that the process of creating and publicising the Athy Local Area Plan has been executed. Putting a notice in a newspaper circulating in the area may discharge the council’s statutory duties but this is quite […]

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A Resident’s Thoughts 0n Planning

One of the residents wrote the following which we feel is worth sharing. OUR APPEAL Traffic impact. Our town must grow – everybody agrees on this, but it must be done in a smart way. Building new estates will have a  huge, negative impact on the town’s traffic. Since the new estate was built at […]

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Cllr Brian Dooley Response to Dear Public Representative

Hello all, as a Councillor I’ve sent in my submissions regarding the LAP. I’ve outlined that I’m not in favour of pathway connectivity through estates, and that open space and green area must be protected. I’ve also looked for an extension on the time line for submissions to the plan as we are engulfed in […]

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