Barnwell, Hansfield, near Ongar, Dublin 15

ongarboy wrote: »

I use Hansfield Station every day and noticed a new planning notice recently on the railings on the way up requesting extension of the duration of planning for the development of Hansfield (to include 100s of apartments/houses/retail etc) so maybe they plan to develop in the near future?

I'd just be happy if they did up the boarded up ghost houses remaining in Barnwell and offer them for sale. I suspect the so called shortage of housing in Dublin they are now talking about means it is somewhat economical to start releasing these homes to the market again?

Sorry it's been sometime since I've been on the forum!

For anyone with an interest and by way of an update please note that the lands surrounding Barnwell and the unfinished areas within the estate have been purchase by McGarrell Reilly. They applied and were successful in changing the planning permission for the housing types which originally formed part of the SDZ. House Types to be built are 3 & 4 bedroom houses with private parking ample enough for 2 cars per house. No house price or guide price have been set as yet. House plans etc. are available on the Fingal Co.Co. planning section.

The developer is already on site and is obviously keen to get building houses! As a condition of and part of the sale however the current estate must be completed and these are the first of the works for completion.

On another note, and most will have visibly seen, the works on the primary school are fast tracking and will be on line for occupation at the end of August of this year. An Educate Together secondary school is also opening this year and will be housed on the 3rd Floor of the Primary School whilst they await their new school to be built.

I hope the above sheds some light for anyone that is wondering what's going on over this side recently.

Thanks for that update, Marksquirt! - I pass it every day on the way to the station and was wondering what was going on. I think family type homes are best for attracting more permanent residents and give more neighbourhood pride to an area.

I'm sure the current nearby residents in Hansfield will be delighted to see those eyesore boarded up units being put to use too as well as proper direct pedestrian access to the station !

For those who are interested - details of the appliction below which was only granted permission last week! 146 houses in total! Planning Reference FW14A/0021


http://www.fingal.ie/planning-and-buildings/apply-or-search-for-a-planning-application/search-planning-applications-online/searchplanningapplicationsonline/

Anyone know what company are responsible for the traffic jam at the Barnswell roundabout?

Just wondering has anyone had a debt collectors letter for management fees? Had not been paying as the estate was in such a mess. Can't believe we are expected to pay and the estate the way it is. We can't sell houses in this estate until it's finished who would buy them?unless for half the price..

I agree with the last poster, but sometimes you are damned if you do & damned if you don't. You are contractually obliged to pay your management fees and the management company have the right to presue any unpaid fees through the legal route if needed.

Drop the Ball wrote: »

I agree with the last poster, but sometimes you are damned if you do & damned if you don't. You are contractually obliged to pay your management fees and the management company have the right to presue any unpaid fees through the legal route if needed.

You obliged to have a management company to look after the area. You can dissolve the current and set up you own with you own directors.

Drop the Ball wrote: »

You cannot dissolve the Management company, as a property owner you are a member of the management company. The management company can remove and replace the management agency if it chooses to do so.

There is a big difference between the Management Company & Management Agency.

Yes sorry
But you can become a directors or the directors of the company (elections at the AGM, getting an AGM maybe difficult ) and manage the estate as a community,

Drop the Ball wrote: »

Getting residents elected as directors is the best way for residents to influence how the estate and budgets are managed. If the developer has not finished or handed over the estate, they might make it difficult to get residents elected as directors.

Could be a good time, Joan Burton is leader of labour and there will be an election in 18 months or less. Also the train station was finished off with COCO money I believe and not for sales within the estate so there maybe leeway with the developers

DoozerT6 wrote: »

Does anybody know what is happening at the big roundabout where the roadworks are going on? The whole roundabout has been dug up and there is a massive hole in the road. Are they turning it into a junction with lights, etc to control the traffic the new school will bring, or just re-jigging the roundabout?

Looks like the Tommy Knockers by Stephen King! Drove past this morning and they have made progress since yesterday. The hole has something big and yellow - could be electric transformer, something for drainage, septic tank tank

They are introducing permit parking across the way in Ongar with permits being issued only to paid up management fee residents meaning those who haven't paid risk their cars getting clamped. It was felt it would be the only way to force owners to cough up. As Ongar is more communal parking, this is a big deal - not sure if most homes in Barnwell have their own private parking space/driveway and whether this would be an option?

ongarboy wrote: »

They are introducing permit parking across the way in Ongar with permits being issued only to paid up management fee residents meaning those who haven't paid risk their cars getting clamped. It was felt it would be the only way to force owners to cough up. As Ongar is more communal parking, this is a big deal - not sure if most homes in Barnwell have their own private parking space/driveway and whether this would be an option?

Isn't the permit parking and clamping going to be only in the older part of Ongar like Delhurst and Stralem?
This part of Ongar is run by a different management agent OWM than the Village part?

What's to stop non-paying residents from parking there so they don't get clamped?

ongarite wrote: »

Isn't the permit parking and clamping going to be only in the older part of Ongar like Delhurst and Stralem?
This part of Ongar is run by a different management agent OWM than the Village part?

What's to stop non-paying residents from parking there so they don't get clamped?

I really hope this won't be feasible, as ongarboy has mentioned "(Eventually, I would think it will become unfeasible to park increasing distances from your home though.") As a resident of the village, beside the businesses, it's hard enough to get parking as it is when we have no residents' parking permits with shoppers taking the communal parking all day and evening. There is also a car repair business being run from an apartment in The Paddocks, it would seem, and that takes up a good 3-4 spaces on a rotating basis. Parking in the village is one hell of a mess as it stands already.

Access road to Barnwell now open from the Hansfield Train station road. Not sure if this is just temporary to facilitate a diversion as the main road into Barnwell is closed for a few weeks due to the works going around the roundabout ...that disappeared!!...into Barnwell.

Anyone know what they are actually doing there - seems like something major??

ongarboy wrote: »

Access road to Barnwell now open from the Hansfield Train station road. Not sure if this is just temporary to facilitate a diversion as the main road into Barnwell is closed for a few weeks due to the works going around the roundabout ...that disappeared!!...into Barnwell.

Anyone know what they are actually doing there - seems like something major??

I was thinking that's where the main sewerage artery is that they needed to connect the school to, could be totally wrong though