Notes: daa rejects solution
May 2024 Supplementary info to Press Release
The flight paths presently in operation at Dublin Airport were developed for daa by a section of the Irish Aviation Authority responsible for providing air traffic controller services (IAA-ANSP), now known as AirNav. They are the fourth set of routes used by AirNav for this exercise, after several failed attempts. AirNav has made clear in writing that they never considered the runway’s planning permission when they performed this exercise, only the aviation rules.
Noise and environmental pollution from aircraft following these flight paths does not fall where daa agreed it would be in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) they produced when applying for the runway’s planning permission. Daa does not contest this, in fact they openly published noise zone charts for a planning application in 2023 that bear no resemblance to the ones they published in the 2005 EIS. An Bord Pleanála granted the runway permission in 2007 acknowledging the EIS as their basis for overruling the earlier rejection by Fingal County Council and refusing to accept the recommendation of their own Planning Inspector.
Daa’s e-mail to an NRTG member read in part, “Following this meeting and based on the suggestion of [NRTG], daa requested that AirNav Ireland undertake a review of the procedures that are in place at Rome FUI airport. The findings of this review were shared with daa. The output of the review reaffirms that this is a complex proposal in the context of Dublin Airport airspace and there are a wide range of factors that must be considered. Ultimately, proposals of this nature need to be considered in a structured and coherent manner and not in isolation.”
It continued in a manner that reads like a script from Yes Minister, “Therefore, in addition to the above, we have now engaged with the relevant agencies to determine how a consultation process could be run in the future, which would provide scope to further explore other suggestions and community proposals in respect to flightpaths. As part of this, daa, in conjunction with AirNav Ireland, are seeking engagement with other airports who have implemented similar consultation processes. This will enable us to further develop our thinking in this regard.”
According to Fingal Co Co:
Since the opening of the North Runway at Dublin Airport, the Planning Authority have received complaints in relation to alleged breaches of conditions of the relevant planning permissions (Register Ref. F04A/1755 / ABP Ref: PL 06F.217429 as extended under FCC Reg. Ref: F04A/1755/E1 and amended under FCC Reg. Ref: F19A/0023 / ABP Ref: ABP-305298-19). Complaints have also been received with regard to condition 3 of Reg. Ref: F06A/1248 (PL 06F.220670) and condition 2 of Reg. Ref: F06A/1843 (PL 06F.223469).
On foot of these complaints, six Warning Letters and an Enforcement Notice have been issued. With regard to the Enforcement Notice, the daa made a High Court challenge to the Enforcement Notice issued by the Planning Authority. There was a court hearing in relation to this challenge which was adjourned on 13th March 2024 for mention on the 24th June 2024.
e-mail: info@dublin-north-runway.com