Ah yes welcome to the beautiful countryside, farming rural town of Ballyboughal where the sheep sleep all day and the leaves of the trees rustle in the wind….
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Oh hold on a second…..? The above image is what was supposed to happen. The one below is what has existed for close on…. 2 years [?] and today. Yes Folks this is what Dublins very own Emmerdale Farm ended up with instead….
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I was wondering what if anything was the news with the delightful semi-pile of bricks that sits opposite Connors pub. And today I got an email in from Michael Kennedy. Fianna Fáil.
I’m mildly confused here…. because I’m guessing [at least] the €101, 895 [see below] will be going into tidying up the peripheral of the ghost estate that sits there at the moment….? Maybe it could be taken from transportation…. doesn’t seem like they have done anything with the roads….?
Maybe we should all call one could call Liam or email him and find out if anything will ever happen to the site….. ? My guess, Fingal co co will do nothing. I figured that one out on my etch-a-sketch.
At least one politician did something. Eventually.
Anyhow, Deputy Kennedy has been communicating with the Ballyboughal Community Council…. [?] and emailed me this [quote] detailed breakdown of development levies for the Swiftcourt Developments Site from Fingal County Council.
It’s the only news I can get….. What I think believe stinks is the closing quote on the bill of fare [see below]. Why don’t Fingal County council contact someone, anyone and just say here…. here is where this village stands. Here’s what we propose. Here’s when it will happen by.
Instead this…
I have emailed both Michael [Michael.Kennedy[at]Oireachtas[dot]ie] and Liam Kindregan this post.
To the the politcians of Ireland [from the top to the bottom] and to you in fingal county council – I have paid my taxes and levies – you have taken your salaries and pensions – will you do something in return. Will you….?
Deputy Kennedy
The approved development is for mixed use and is calculated on 1383 sq metres of commercial development and 9431 sq metres of residential development. There are numerous different house types and changes under Additional Information so it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to quantify a unit based levy if that is what is required. There is also a separate levy for open space shortfall.
The amount outstanding is €1,480,000 of which €1,175,000 is the standard levy and €305,000 is for open space shortfall. All of the latter figure goes to Parks Division and the former figure is broken down as follows; 48.84% to Transportation, 34.9% to Water Services, 15.68% to Community/Parks and 0.58% to Regeneration.
A sum of €493,310 has been paid to date and has been apportioned in accordance with the above %’s as follows;
Transportation €191,167
Water Services €136,603
Community/Parks €61,374
Regeneration €2,271
Parks-Open Space Shortfall €101,895
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Total €493,310
Can I suggest that if the Ballyboughal Community Council have any further queries in relation to this matter that they contact Liam Kindregan direct on 01-8905760 or liam.kindregan[at]fingalcoco[dot]ie
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What on earth? The montage of what it is supposed to look like is nearly as bad as reality. These places will be the current ‘deserted villages’ or ‘famine villages’.
That’s the first time I’ve seen the “artist image” of what was supposed to happen…
“A Different Perspective on City Living”-looking at the site at the moment would give you a great perspective on city living, and make you wonder why you would ever want to leave.
Radharc Uafásach.
@nick
a very accurate statement and based on the information I have I cant disagree.
@yvonne
radharc uafásach is very much the understatement.
wonder where the politicians are….?
fingal independent ?
Is there any further update on this as I’m one of the unfortunates who paid a deposit on a house here and have never seen a red cent of it back. Those builders are fully responsible for everyones pain and loss at this site but I’m sure they are quite happy in portugal