Fingal Council puts Dublin runway flight plans on hold
Fingal County Council has sought further detail on Dublin airport’s new €320m runway.
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Fingal County Council has sought further detail on Dublin airport’s new €320m runway.
The local authority is seeking additional information from airport operator DAA on its planning application. The runway is due to become operational next year and DAA is seeking amendments to the original 2007 planning permission that will be allow the 3.1km runway be used between 6am and midnight with a noise quota system used to dictate the number of night-time flights at the airport. At the end of a 70-page report into the planning application, Fingal County Council has asked DAA to examine the noise impacts of the easing of restrictions over a 10- to 15-year period and to allow considerat...
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