PROCEEDINGS

An Bord Pleanla

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A 10 year planning permission for development at Dublin Airport, east of the existing terminal building adjoining Pier C. The development will consist of the construction of: 1) a passenger terminal (which will be built in two phases) of ca. 92,049 sq.m. in 4 no. interconnecting blocks ranging in height from two to four stories with an overall height of 35m, which partially bridges the access road to the existing passenger terminal building; 2) a three storey Pier Building with an overall height of 18m (ca. 24,052 sq.m.), complete with 19 no. air bridges and associated fixed links. 3) a two storey over basement energy centre containing water storage and plant for power supply, heating and cooling systems (ca. 5,049 sq.m. with total height of 11m and a chimney stack of 38m); 4) external service yard; 5) realignment of existing internal access road infrastructure and provision of new access roads, including pedestrian and cycle routes, all contained within the existing airport campus; 6) Rearrangement of the existing coach park adjacent to the north of the existing terminal building; 7) separate car, taxi and bus set-down areas; 8) associated services connections; site development; and landscaping works, including a feature access area; 9) refurbishment of the existing Pier C; 10) demolition of the following; Corballis House a two storey protected structure with an area of ca. 482 sq.m.; a single storey storage building (ca. 1295 sq.m.); 3 no. single and two storey car hire buildings ca 280 sq.m., 690 sq.m. and 1925 sq.m.); a single storey boiler house building (ca 373 sq.m.); single and two storey DAA Maintenance offices (ca 1,290 sq.m.); a mainly single storey Hanger Building (ca 2,165 sq.m.) and fixed links to Pier C (ca 380 sq.m.). All on an application site of ca. 32,646 ha. The following will be included within the passenger terminal and pier; check-in areas including 58 no. manned desks and 24 no. self-service facilities; passenger services and associated terminal support facilities; departure lounge; baggage processing hall; baggage reclaim area; ca. 5,813 sq.m. of retail (ca. 840 sq.m. landside, ca. 4,973 sq.m. airside); ca 2,730 sq.m. of catering facilities (ca. 643 sq.m. landside, ca. 2,087 sq.m. airside); 2 no. public houses totalling ca. 1,278 sq.m. (1 no. landside of ca. 491 sq.m., 1 no. airside of ca. 787 sq.m.); airline security, immigration and customs offices( ca. 4,625 sq.m. airside); links to a future multi storey car park and the existing passenger terminal; security check-in and arrival areas; associated plant, circulation and toilet space. An Environmental Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

VOLUME 4 PROCEEDINGS

CONTENTS

POLICY MODULE

ADEQUACY OF EIS AND COMPLIANCE WITH EIA DIRECTIVE

TRANSPORT

AIR QUALITY

CLIMATE CHANGE

ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

URBAN DESIGN, BUILDING DESIGN, PASSENEGER EXPERIENCE, VISUAL IMPACT

ECOLOGY

DRAINAGE

NOISE

RESIDENTIAL AMENITY

CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY PLANNING AUTHORITY

CLOSING SUBMISSIONS

The oral hearing was held at the Great Southern Hotel (Radisson SAS) over a three-week period commencing on 16/04/2007 and finishing on 04/05/2007. It should be noted that on most days the hearing continued well into the evening. Some of the modules while extending over several days, were not examined on consecutive days to facilitate some parties. Therefore, the following narrative of the hearing does not follow a date order.

A substantial amount of additional documents were submitted during the hearing. These were in addition to those requested by the inspector prior to the hearing, and were circulated to the parties.

The parties and observers were advised of the general format of the hearing in advance, though some revisions to the order were made during the hearing, in an effort to meet the needs of some attendants.

Those in attendance were:

Applicant Dublin Airport Authority

Michael ODonnellCounsel for DAA

Snr. Counsel

Mark Foley

DAA

BE; MIE

Mary Coveney

DAA

Forecaster

Alan Lamond

Pascall + Watson Arch.

BSc BARL; RIBA

Regine WestonArup Consulting Engineers

Eng/Airport planer

Colm Moran

Project Mgt Group

Chartrd.Engineer

Andrew Evans

Scott Wilson Ltd

MA MSc C eng.

Alan Whelan

Tiros Resources Ltd

BA(Hons); MRUP

Damian Kelly

AWN Consulting Ltd

BSc.; MSc

Terry Dix

Arup Consulting Engineers

BSc CEng.; FCI

Paul Coughlan Arup Consulting Engineers

BE; MICE; MIEI;

Niamh OSullivanArup Consulting Engineers

BE; MSc; C Eng.

Stephen ODriscollArup Consulting Engineers

BEng MICE Ceng .

Mark Johnston

Gunne Residential

Assoc. IAVI

Douglas SharpsSharps Redmond Partnership

Acoustic consult

Gabrielle ODonovanDAA

Stakeholders prog.

Michael BaileyEnvirocon Ltd

BScMSc Env Eng.

Paul Willis

Arup Consulting Engineers

BSc (Hons) Eng

Pdraig Butler

DAA

Forecaster

Helen DArcy

Arup Consulting Engineers

B Eng (Env.)

Barry Drinan

DAA

B Arch.; MRIAI

Deborah SpenceAnthur Cox

Solicitor

Fingal County Council

Dermot FlanaganCounsel for FCC

Snr. Counsel

Sen OFaircheallaighFingal Co Co

Snr. Planner

Rachel Kenny

Fingal Co Co

Snr. Planner

Sean McGrath

Fingal Co Co

Snr. Ex. eng

Christy OSullivanILTP

Transport consult

Fionnuala MayFingal Co Co

Snr Architect

(Heritage)

Myles Farrell

Fingal Co Co

Snr. Exec. Planner

Les Doyle

Fingal Co Co

Snr. Staff Officer

Loretto Moore

Fingal Co Co

Clerical Officer

Pat Finn

Fingal Co Co

Snr.Exec. engineer

John Daly

Fingal Co Co

Snr.Exec. engineer

Angela Ryan

Fingal Co Co

Clerical Officer

Mary Garrick

Fingal Co Co

Snr.Ex. Solicitor

Appellants

Angela Lawton

Teresa Kavanagh (represented by Peter Sweetman)

Mire OBrien

Bridget Byrne (represented by Brian Byrne)

An Taisce

Ian Lumley

An Taisce

Heritage Officer

Marina MitrovicAn Taisce

Planning Manager

Portmarnock Community Association

Matthew HarleyPortmarnock Comm. Ass.

Joseph Fitzmaurice Portmarnock Comm. Ass.

Anthony StainesEpidemiologist

PhDMS

Frederic Walsh Acoustics consultant

Ryanair

Martin Hayden

Snr. Counsel

Jim Callaghan

Ryanair

Regulatory Affairs

Anthony ManahanManahan Planners

Town Planner

Louise CongdonYork Aviation

Airport Planner

Robert Kelly

RW Kelly & Associates

Engineer; Urban

Planner

Tom Shearer

Ryanair

Regulatory Affairs

Simone Kelly

Manahan Planners

Planner

Jenny Noctor

A & L Goodbody

Solicitor

Lucy Nelligan

A & L Goodbody

Solicitor

Observers

Trevor Sergeant

Green Party

Sheila Morris

St Margarets Concerned Residents Group

Owen Shinkwin

DTO

Jeremy Ryan

DTO

Observers to EIS

Colm MacEochaigh

HEAT

Seann Oliver Manfred Kerr

SPURT co-founder

Invitees

Brian K Duffy

DoEH&LG National Monuments Service

Chief Archaeologist

Dr. Frederick ODwyerDoEH&LG Architectural Heritage Advisory

Service, Senior Architect

Dr. Morris Aiken

DoEH&LG National Parks and Wildlife

Service, ecologist

Rory OConnorRailway Procurement Project Director

Agency

Ronan ODea

National Roads Project Mngr. Engineer

Authority

Hugh Cregan

NRA

Derry OLeary

Dublin Bus

BE; MSc; MBA

Other attendees

Bridin OLearyComm. For AviationEconomist

Regulation

St. Margarets Concerned Residents who had missed the legal deadline for written appeal and observation was granted observer status by the inspector.

Preliminaries

Following opening of the hearing (16/04/2007) and outlining minor amendments to the previously circulated format of the hearing the inspector invited parties to introduce themselves. This was followed by introduction of those invited by the inspector to provide expert opinion.

Mr. Sweetman stated that the planning authority documents showed no evidence that an assessment was carried out by the regulatory authority (in this case Fingal County Council ) as required by Article 3 of the EIA Directive. He further stated that as the DAA was an emanation of the state and as An Board Plenala was also an emanation of the state direct effect of the Directive had to come into place. He inquired if the hearing a review as required under Article 10(a) of the amended Directive (2003/335).

Mr. Flanagan did not accept that there was not an adequate assessment of the EIS, and if there were such a view no doubt Mr