Swop Shop Saturday. Refresh your wardrobe this Spring with our Saturday Swop Shop. Women’s swop shop, Saturday the 06th April 11-4pm at O’ Keefe’s Home & Garden, Ballymore Eustace rd, Naas. Bring minimum of 3 of your unwanted clothing; new or once worn. Swop from selected stock. Swops based on the value of your individual items. Complimentary Tea & Coffee to all customers.
Items must be cleaned. Not accepting worn shoes/Swimwear/jeans/men’s wear/budget labels. Some items may be declined at our discretion. Donation of €3 applies in aid of Touch Charity. Touch Charity supporting venerable children around the world.
For all enquires contact O’ Keefe’s 045 864410.

Sept 30th 2010 Jimi Blake Hunting Brook Gardens Tinode Changes at Hunting Brook

Oct 28th 2010 Rosemary Parle Autumn Colour, autumn and March Pruning jobs.

Nov 25th 2010 Michael Carey  “If Trees Could Talk”  – Wicklow Trees and Woodlands over Four Centuries
Dec 16th 2010 Hilary Pallister Seasonal Flower Arrangements followed by Christmas Party Evening in the Resource Centre.  Members will be providing the supper and there will be a €2.00 fee for the Raffle.
January 2011 NO CLUB NIGHT

Feb24th 2011 Maura Robinson Spring Summer in the Garden and Gardening for people with Special Needs

March 25th 2011 Tina Aughney Bat Conservation Ireland-“Gardening for Bats”

April 28th 2011     Liz Butler to be confirmed

May 27th 2011 DVD  and reflections on the tours to the gardens of Geraldine, Janet, and Mairead

Sat June 11th 2011 Club outing to The Sensory Garden in Carlow Town

Each Club night starts promptly at 7.30.
Membership subscription for the year 2010-2011 is €30.00 payable to any committee member by November 1st 2010.  It helps Nuala greatly, if she does not have to be collecting memberships each club night.  Fully paid members are covered by the Clubs insurers only.
If members wish to bring a guest there is a charge of €5.00 for the guest.  Please email your guests name so that they may be included on the Clubs Insurance for that club night.  This is one of the conditions of the Clubs insurers. 
Volunteers are needed to look after the refreshments for each of the club nights.  Please volunteer and
add your name to the “Club Night Teas” list, which is available from any member of the committee.
Members are asked to kindly assist with stacking the chairs and tidying up after club nights.

All the above helps and reduces the workload of the Committee.

Meetings every second Wednesday at the Stage Inn, Mick Murphy's, 9PM

Initial Participants have formed a committee. The Aims of the group were discussed.

1. To Promote interest locally in photography

2. The encourage young people in the community  to take up photography

3. To promote Ballymore Eustace as a special village

Notice will be posted here with contact details and details of the next meeting where anyone interested can get on board.

Draft County Development Plan 2011-2017

Kildare County Council are receiving submissions from various interested parties which will influence the future direction of development in the village - perhaps you might disagree with some of these arguments - are you interested in expressing your opinion? You should be! The draft plan is available on KCC website. REMEMBER this is a DRAFT plan, not the final plan. The final outcome will be the result of more representations being made by various parties, some of which you might not agree with. So the process is there, use it!

Draft County Development Plan 2011-2017

Ballymore Eustace which previously submitted to KCC a Local Area Plan/Development Plan, and for which it was intended to prepare an LAP/DP, is now included as a Village Plan in this Draft Plan:

You can view the draft plan at Áras Chill Dara, Naas, Co. Kildare  from 9am to 4pm or on www .kildarecountycouncil . ie

Observations and submissions on the Draft Plan and/or Environmental Report  may be made in one of the following ways:

Write to: Mary Foley, Administrative Officer, Planning Department, Kildare County Council, Áras Chill Dara, Naas, Co. Kildare
Email to: cdpsubmissions@kildarecoco . ie
 
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4.30pm MONDAY 28th June

Link to Kildare Co Council webpage Page containing Draft Plan Dhttp://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/PreparationoftheDraftCountyDevelopmentPlan2011-2017/ocs

Link to Section 12 Architectural and Archaeological Heritage
http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/PreparationoftheDraftCountyDevelopmentPlan2011-2017/LinkToDocument,22232,en.pdf

12.8.3 Architectural Conservation Areas
(ACAs)
It is the policy of the Council:
ACA 1: To investigate the designation of further
ACAs at appropriate locations throughout
the county to include Celbridge, Kildare
Town, Johnstown, Ballymore Eustace,
Kilcullen, Brannockstown,

Comment from Tidy Towns Adjudication Report 2009
"The Built Environment of Ballymore Eustace is a major asset to the village. In the view of the adjudicator, the strength of Ballymore Eustace is a combination of factors which taken together give a very distinctive and one of the most attractive villages in the county. Firstly, the number of high quality buildings on view mean that the streetscapes are original and distinctive – of particular note are Headons Bar, the Ballymore Inn, the Art Gallery and Paddy Murphys. Secondly, the fact that so many historical buildings have been retained means that the terraces of buildings are intact. This is a rarity in modern Ireland, particularly in the Greater Dublin Area and one hopes that the buildings can continue to be preserved. In view of the number of Protected Structures identified in the village, it is recommended that the option of establishing an Architectural Conservation Area in Ballymore Eustance should be explored with Kildare County Council."

Link toSection 14 Landscape, Recreation and Amenities
http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/PreparationoftheDraftCountyDevelopmentPlan2011-2017/LinkToDocument,22054,en.pdf

Link to Section 17 Village Plans and Rural Settlements
http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/Planning/DevelopmentPlans/PreparationoftheDraftCountyDevelopmentPlan2011-2017/LinkToDocument,22233,en.pdf

"VRS 2: To facilitate sustainable population growth
of the identified villages with growth levels
of up to 25% over the Plan period"

"VRS 6 To generally control the scale of individual development proposals to 10-15% of the existing housing stock of any village or settlement over the lifetime of the County Development Plan in accordance with the Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas Guidelines (2009). For example, for a village of 800 people, the typical pattern and grain of existing development suggests that any individual scheme for new housing should not be larger than 26 - 40 residential unit"

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4.30pm MONDAY 28th June

Useful Links

FeasibilityReport

ConstraintsStudyReport

http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/NationalRoadsDesignOffice/

Questionnaire

http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/NationalRoadsDesignOffice/N81%20RIS/PublicConsultations/LinkToDocument,21943,en.pdf

Brochure

http://kildare.ie/CountyCouncil/NationalRoadsDesignOffice/N81%20RIS/PublicConsultations/LinkToDocument,21955,en.pdf

 Deborah Browne. dclaritysolution@gmail.com