Feb 20 th 2008

NCR would like Kildare Co. Co. to attach conditions to any planning permission given to Clemens Pont Ltd regarding this application. By sending in your submission/obersvations/objections before Fri 22nd to Kildare County Council on planning application 08/51, you can help to make this happen.
Click here for details on how to do this.

	Here is some footage of the first ten minutes of the meeting held by NCR on the latest application for planning of a cinema in the White Water complex. Learn in more detail about this application and some questionable aspects to it.
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	..more footage will be added in the coming days..

Feb 03 2008
Here is the latest press release from NCR. The public meeting on the 13th Feb goes ahead in the Keadeen at 8pm.
Just before An Bórd Pleanála were due to give their decision (30th Jan), a company called Clemens Pont Ltd ( closely connected to White Water ) has applied to Kildare County Council for planning permission (08/51) for an 8 screen cinema at the rear of the White Water shopping centre.

With the objective of looking more closely at this planning application and informing the local community about it , NCR have arranged a public meeting
in the Meadow Court room in The Hotel Keadeen for 8pm on Wednesday, 13th February.
Invited are the public, local councillors and White Water representatives.
Here is the letter of invite sent to the Town Mayor Paddy Kennedy which sets the context of the meeting. click here

White Water have already declined the invite saying they will be in touch with local elected representatives during the planning process.

Sept 24 2007
Yes, White Water are appealling to An Bórd Pleanála, following the Council's recent decision to refuse permission to change the cinema from its current site within the Shopping Centre.
Find out the REAL reasons behind this move according to NCR. Click here
White Waters appeal to An Bórd Pleanála can be downloaded from the Kildare County Council website. You can also download this zip file (13.5Mb) here which consists of a pdf file of scanned pages.

Sept 10 2007
NCR has welcomed Kildare County Council’s decision last week to turn down Whitewater’s request to turn the current cinema space into shops and a crèche. Whitewater has until 18th September to appeal the decision to An Bórd Pleanala. Several local politicians have called on the company not to appeal the decision and to complete the cinema at its current location.

NCR'S press release is shown below in a word document. In it there are details on the Developers and potential implications of this decision. Click here

 

NCR write an open letter and hard hitting letter to the Developers of White Water. You can download and read this word document here.