Council receives Dublin Airport planning application

Fingal County Council received an infrastructure development planning application for Dublin Airport.

The daa, the Airport Authority, is applying for a 15-year permission to build a suite of 11 distinct infrastructure projects at Dublin Airport and the surrounding area as well as an increase in the passenger capacity at the airport from 32 to 40 million passengers per annum. 

The infrastructure projects include the expansion of the North and South Aprons to accommodate extra aircraft and the expansion of the check-in and passenger services area within Terminal 1 which includes the relocation of the existing security area. There are also three infrastructure projects on the airfield and five relating to airport access and parking.

This application will be assessed by the Planning Authority in accordance with the Fingal Development Plan and the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan. It will also be assessed by ANCA, the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority, in its role as the regulator of aircraft noise. 

The documentation submitted by the daa runs to over 7,000 pages and almost 700 drawings and is an application of significant scale and complexity.

Following receipt of the daa documentation, the Planning Authority commenced the validation of the application, with the scanning of the considerable amount of documentation taking place at the same time. The application is now available to be viewed online on the Fingal Planning portal and in person at County Hall, Swords. A submission in relation to the application can be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of a fee of €20 on or before 29 January, 2024.