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...
Warning of flood risk from port plan
AN EXISTING risk of flooding in Clontarf, Sandymount and Ringsend would be exacerbated by Dublin Port’s plans to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay, a Bord Pleanála hearing heard yesterday. Citing a range of expert opinions, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2003 report entitled Climate Change, Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland , the campaign...
Dublin port hearing to reopen
TIM O’BRIEN Bord Pleanála is to reopen its oral hearing into plans by Dublin Port Company to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay. The hearing was adjourned last September after it was revealed that the Bord’s advisor on hydrogeology, HR Wallingford Ltd, had previously worked for Drogheda Port Company. Drogheda Port Company is seeking to...
The Bord are to reopen oral hearing into Dublin Port land infill
AN BORD PLEANÁLA is to reopen a planning hearing into Dublin port proposals to infill 52 acres of Dublin bay. The hearing was suspended last month after it emerged the board’s advisers HR Wallingford, had undertaken work on plans for Bremore port which is a potential rival for Dublin’s port’s expansion plans. In a letter...
