Review of decision on Fingal Landfill sought
AN APPLICATION is to be made to the High Court seeking a judicial review of the decision to grant a licence to Fingal County Council for a landfill site at Nevitt near Lusk in north Co Dublin. Gemma Larkin of Walshtown, Lusk, Co Dublin, a member of the Nevitt Lusk Action Group (NLAG), is seeking...
Board rejects housing plan at protected demesne, Castletown House
AN BORD Pleanála has scuppered plans for the development of a historic demesne near Celbridge, Co Kildare, on the basis that it would compromise the setting of Castletown House – now maintained by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Overturning a decision by Kildare County Council to approve plans by developers Devondale Ltd for 108...
Luas BXD and Interconnector lodged to the Bord
Today the 30th of June 2010 is the day that the Luas Line BXD, Stephens green to Broomsbridge website goes live. All the documents pertaining to the railway order are available freely at: www.dublinluasbroombridge.ie It is also the day that CIE have lodged their plans for the Dublin DART interconnector to link the Kildare Line and...
RPA lodge Railway Order for Luas Line BXD to join the green and red line
I was reading the MetroHearald today on the bus and i noticed a public notice on page 11. I have scanned in a copy of the notice below for your viewing pleasure. (Click for full size) I hope the process is a speedy one. Public consultation starts on the 30th of June (next Wednesday). It...
Approval granted for €2bn town centre plan [Bray Town Centre]
LONG-RUNNING plans for a new town centre which straddles the border of counties Dublin and Wicklow have been approved by An Bord Pleanála. The €2 billion development incorporates more then 900 new homes – including some 600 apartments, a hotel, leisure facilities, offices, a cinema, bars and more than 100 new shops. Also envisaged is...
Dublin Port expansion plan refused
An Bord Pleanála has today refused the Dublin Port Company permission to implement an expansion plan for the port. The company had applied to develop additional facilities with access to deepwater berths at the north eastern part of Dublin Port, off Alexandra Road through infilling some 95 acres. The controversial plans had attracted more than...
Eirgrid defends northeast interconnector plan
EIRGRID HAS defended its proposal to build an interconnector in the northeast which would link electricity grids in the North and South. Residents of the northeast, led by groups including the North East Pylon Pressure Group, have argued that large pylons and high-voltage overhead lines are not appropriate in the area. More than 900 submissions...
ABP Hearing on plan for power plant in Tarbert, Kerry
A TWO-DAY oral hearing is to be held into the proposal by Spanish energy giant Endesa to build a power plant at the former ESB generating station in Tarbert on the Shannon estuary in Co Kerry. The hearing into the 450MW natural-gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine is to take place on April 20th and 21st...
Bord Pleanála seeks ‘more modest’ road for Foxford By-Pass
THE NATIONAL Roads Authority (NRA) and Mayo County Council have been sent back to the drawing board by An Bord Pleanála to design a “more modest” alternative to a 19km dual-carriageway bypassing Foxford. Refusing permission for the proposed scheme, the appeals board said it would “constitute an unacceptable intrusion into the Moy river valley and...
[IT] – Slane bypass to run close to Boyne heritage sites
THE NATIONAL Roads Authority has confirmed that the proposed route of the bypass of Slane village will pass some 500 metres “from the perimeter” of the buffer zone of the Brú na Bóinne Unesco World Heritage Site. The road, which will be a dual carriageway, will have “the least impact” taking all factors into consideration,...
Complaints over traffic controls at new bridge
THE €60 million Samuel Beckett Bridge across the river Liffey in Dublin opened to traffic yesterday with mixed reports about its effect on traffic flows in its first day. While AA Roadwatch said it had not heard of any specific problems with traffic, a handful of callers to RTÉ’s Liveline programme complained about it. A...
Planning board shoots down €50m development
Controversial plans for a €50m shopping centre and discount foodstore in Carrick-on-Suir, together with a new river bridge, have been rejected by An Bord Pleanála. The major retail development, which was to include an anchor supermarket and 12 smaller outlets, was turned down on Thursday in a judgment that reversed the local Town Council’s approval...
