Successful Planning Workshop

Post date: Oct 07, 2015 10:16:14 PM

Workshop Report

Nearly 100 people attended the public planning workshop in the GAA Clubhouse on Tuesday 6th October 2015. We had a great mix of people from our own active members, coaches & supporters, local residents, school teachers, Edenderry Swimming Pool Reps, Local County Councillors, Eden Tri Club Reps, Skateboard Park Reps and many others.

Our Architects Bernard Voortman & Robert Cummins gave a detailed presentation on the proposed masterplan, including the initial site analysis, the results of the online survey and importantly their first draft of how they see the lands being developed.

The Architects proposals were very visual in nature and thus easy to understand. They were very well received and instigated much debate and analysis from the floor.

A 3-D Model of the proposed new entrance & clubhouse

Our facilitator for the evening Paul O'Kelly then took over to ensure that all ideas were captured from the debate. Paul had a set of prepared questions that were discussed among small groups and the ideas and opinions were collected for the Architects.

It must be highlighted that the initial proposals are open to change and we also wish to highlight the importance of our on-going discussions with Edenderry Swimming Pool to establish if common ground can be found so that the pool can expand at its current location.

The next steps are as follows;

1. Review Material from the Workshop and amend the initial design.

2. Meeting with the Swimming Pool Architectural Team to further work up common proposals.

3. Further update proposals and present to interested parties again.

All of the workshop material is downloadable from this site under the Facilities Development Tab

A visual of the proposed training area