Environmental Issues

Noise Action Plan

Noise Control

Councils prepare Noise Action Plans to address environmental noise in their areas. Citizens can have input into these plans through consultation.  

Please see Draft Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan 2024-2028, 2024 - 2028 below:

Draft Dublin Noise Action Plan 2024-2028 

Draft Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan 2024 - 2028 SEA Screening

Draft Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan 2024 -2028 Appropriate Assessment Screening

Submissions are invited from the public on the draft Dublin Agglomeration Noise Action Plan 2024-2028, prepared under S.I. No. 549 of 2018 (as amended), to address environmental noise in the Agglomeration of Dublin (as defined in the above regulations), and prepared jointly by Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council, Wicklow County Council and Kildare County Council.

 

This is a four-year strategic plan with the main purpose to inform and consult on the health effects of noise exposure from road, rail and major industrial sources and the measures that may be considered to address this issue in the Agglomeration of Dublin (as defined in the above regulations). The plan excludes noise from domestic activities, noise created by neighbours, noise at workplaces or noise inside a means of transport or due to military activities in military areas.

 

The public consultation will be open from 9a.m. Friday 12th April 2024 for a period of 6 weeks until 5p.m. Friday 24th May 2024. 

 

The draft Noise Action Plan is available for inspection at the following locations;

  • Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, K67 X8Y2. (Mon-Fri, 9a.m.-5p.m.).
     
  • Civic Offices, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 W638.  (Mon-Fri, 9a.m.-5p.m.).

In addition, the draft Noise Action Plan may be viewed on the Fingal County Council website or the Dublin City Council Consultation Hub at the following links;

Submissions on the draft Noise Action Plan may be made through the Consultation Hub or alternatively by email at [email protected] or in writing to, Air Quality Monitoring and Noise Control Unit, Environment & Transportation Department, Block 3 Floor 1, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.

Please see Noise Action Plan for Dublin Airport 2019 - 2023 below:

Noise Action Plan for Dublin Airport 2019-2023

Dublin Airport Noise Action Plan SEA Consideration

NAP for Dublin Airport Information for Screening for Appropriate Assessment

 

The Aircraft Noise Competent Authority monitors, and regulates where necessary, for the management of aircraft noise in the communities around Dublin Airport. To find out more about their work visit https://www.fingal.ie/aircraftnoiseca

The complete ‘Dublin Environmental Noise Action Plan December 2018 – July 2023 can be viewed below:

 

A summary of the Noise Action Plan can be found here.

For further information visit https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/environment/air-quality-monitoring-and-noise-control-unit/dublin-city-noise-maps/dublin-city-dublin-agglomeration-strategic-noise-maps

EU Directive 2002/49/EC, which was transposed into Irish law through the European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations 2018 to 2021, requires the local authorities within the Dublin agglomeration (Dublin City Council, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, South Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare County Councils) to produce Strategic Noise Maps and Noise Action Plans every five years. These maps shall apply to environmental noise created by road traffic, rail traffic, air traffic and from sites of industrial activity.  Fingal County Council intend to prepare a separate Noise Action Plan for Dublin Airport.

 

The main maps of interest are all roads for Lden and Lnight.  Lden is  a 24 hr measure of noise with a 5 and 10 dB weighting for evening and night noise respectively.

 

To view the current Strategic Noise Map for Fingal please click here to open the map viewer.

Please note that this is a very large dataset and may take a few moments to load.

 

Further information on the Environmental noise planning is available here Noise mapping and action plans | Environmental Protection Agency (epa.ie)