Martina and I from the Tidy Towns met with Minister Martin Heydon at Allenwood Playground to see the progress that has been made since construction started last September. The contractor estimates the playground will be complete by the end of March or early April. This project has been running since 2016, when we took on…
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Very exciting to see progress on the ground for Allenwood Community Playground. Site clearance has started with construction hoped to commence later this year depending on contractor and material availability. Also good news from our latest council meeting that the Multi Use Gaming Area and BMX Pump Track could be delivered in the first phase,…
Some great news today as Allenwood Playground has been granted planning permission. Following the recent Part 8 process, planning was approved by councillors at the March meeting of the Clane Maynooth Municipal District this morning. The next stage will be the development process as we move a massive step closer to delivering this beautiful amenity…
Allenwood Playground is back on track again with the opening of the new Part 8 consultation period today. The playground site is kindly being provided by ACDAL Allenwood for use by the entire community. As secretary of Allenwood Tidy Towns, we led the process to find a suitable site, and last year secured a Drehid…
I am pleased to see that the Parks Section of Kildare County Council hope to advertise the revised Part 8 Planning Application for Allenwood Playground by the end of October 2020. There has been an understandable delay after having to relocate the playground following issues with the original site. A process of consultation took place…
We are delighted to see the playgrounds open again. Over 3 months since we’ve been to one and not a queue in sight! Please bear in mind that hand sanitisation and social distancing needs to continue. Well done Timahoe Community Council (Kildare) on keeping the Community Park in such good condition over the last few months.
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on Allenwood Playground but a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. In this video I explain why it was delayed and where it’s at, as of today. The new site has been approved by Kildare County Council and the original plans for…
In 2018, I did an assessment of the playgrounds in North West Kildare which showed that there is a lack of these valuable amenities in this rural corner of the county. I welcome the publication of the new Kildare Play Strategy 2018-2028 which aims to address that concern by proposing five new playgrounds in Johnstownbridge,…
In the Clane / Maynooth Municipal District meeting for July, I put forward a motion asking Kildare County Council to engage with the main stakeholders involved in offering the site for Allenwood Playground near the ACDAL building on Station Road.
As recorded in the minutes of the meeting, the Parks Section of the council are resigned to the fact that the original site is no longer an option and are now looking for alternative sites for a playground.
I was asked to write a little about myself for the local papers recently, just to let people know my priorities coming up to the local elections. My main reason for getting involved with the community, which is now also my main reason that I am running in the local elections, is that I am…