Fingal County Council have issued two new warning letters to the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in relation to the North Runway.
The letters sent on March 2nd relate to conditions set in the original planning for the North Runway granted in 2007.
This comes on top of the planning enforcement process that started late last year relating to flight paths being used by aircraft that were not contained in the original planning permission.
One warning letter relates to the use of the North Runway at night. Under the planning permission there is a restriction on the use of the north runway between 11pm and 7am, but there are a number of exceptions to this that the DAA can claim.
The other is to do with Condition 10 of the planning which requires the airport to present quarterly flight track records.
The DAA now have four weeks to respond to these new warning letters and following that FCC should aim to make a decision within 12 weeks of the warning letter.
As the relevant planning authority, Fingal County Council have continued to receive complaints from the public in relation to the operation of the new North Runway, which began August 24th 2022. FCC currently have received 115 complaints.
Cllr Ian Carey said:
“The new warning letters are, to my mind, a postive sign. They show that the public are taking issue with the way the DAA are operating the airport, which is clearly outside the scope of what was permitted. It also shows a willingness of the planning authority to act on these complaints.
“If you or I were to breach a planning permission then the council wouldn’t hesitate to take strong action against us. All we are asking is that the same rules apply to Dublin Airport. That is only fair.
“The communities of north county Dublin are the ones that are really suffering from this. Aircraft noise is not just an annoyance it has been proven to seriously impact your health. How the DAA are allowed to continue to damage the health and well-being of communities without any explanation why they are doing it is truly shocking and it can’t continue to be tolerated.”
The St Margarets The Ward Residents Group are having a public meeting on the new flight paths next Monday in the Coolquay Lodge.
