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Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Daily Mirror
Dublin Airport permitted to increase night-time flights
Dublin Airport has been allowed to increase the number of night-time flights, with some subjected to noise limits. Irish planning body An Coimisiun Pleanala has granted permission to increase flights landing and taking off at night at the airport. Previous planning permission had allowed 65 flights a night between 11pm and 7am. "The commission agreed with the inspectors' revised calculations and concluded that an annual cap of 35,672 night-time aircraft movements would be appropriate," it said in a decision published on Thursday. This increases the cap to 98 flights a night, subject to certain noise-level restrictions. The quota will be in place for 12 months from April 1. A ban on flights at the north runway between 11pm and 7am has been reduced to between midnight and 6am, except in exceptional circumstances such as emergencies, adverse weather, or technical faults in air traffic control systems. Aircraft that breach the noise quota will not be permitted to take off, the planning body said. It said its decision will ensure both the number and the noise level of night-time flights are "effectively managed". Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here.
Irish Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Wetherspoons wins permission for Dublin sound barrier
An Coimisiún Pleanála has granted planning permission to UK pub giant JD Wetherspoon for a 13 ft high acoustic glass screen that now allows it to reopen a court-yard at its Keaven's Port hotel on Dublin's Camden Street but had stirred local opposition. The planning green light overturns a decision by Dublin City Council earlier this year to refuse permission after local residents objected, claiming that the application would turn a 'super-pub' into a 'mega-pub' by reopening the courtyard. JD Wetherspoon closed its beer garden at the venue in April 2022 in response to locals' noise complaints. In response to the JD Wetherspoon planning appeal, the planning commission has granted permission after concluding that the works are 'modest in scale and due to the sensitive design, do not detract from the setting of the protected structures'. READ MORE [ Council refuses permission for Wetherspoon 'noise wall' Opens in new window ] The order stated that the commission was satisfied that the proposed works in combination with mitigation measures, would address the issue of noise and its impact on the amenity of the adjoining property. In conditions attached to the permission, the planning commission states that the capacity of the courtyard will be limited to 135 persons and it will operate from 10am to 11pm 'to protect residential amenity'. The planning commission has also ordered that there will be no outbreak of amplified music from any activities at nearby noise sensitive locations. JD Wetherspoon will also be required to carry out further acoustic monitoring post commencement of the use of the beer garden to ensure that the patron noise levels projected within the acoustic report are being compiled with. The 13 ft high acoustic glass screen is the firm's second bid to address the noise complaints - in 2023, Wetherspoons abandoned plans to erect a 43 ft high sound barrier, dubbed 'taller than the Berlin Wall' by one objector, after strong local opposition. JD Wetherspoon spokesman, Eddie Gershon said on Wednesday: 'As you would expect, we are very pleased that An Bord Pleanala has granted the appeal. He said: 'We do not yet have a date for the works to the garden to commence, but we hope to get started as soon as possible. Mr Gershon said: 'We will endeavour to keep our neighbours and the relevant authorities fully briefed when we have more information'.
The Irish Sun
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Staggering 5-figure sum forked out over ‘completely unnecessary' renaming of State's planning watchdog after scandals
THE contentious renaming of An Bord Pleanala to An Coimisiun Pleanala has cost just under €77,000. New figures provided by the State's planning watchdog show an outlay of €22,045 on new signage. 2 The €76,921 outlay also included a spend of €18,450 on architect consultancy Credit: Getty Images - Getty This includes an external over-entrance sign and two corner projection signs with the new name at the agency's Marlborough Street HQ in The €76,921 outlay also included a spend of €18,450 on architect consultancy which provided design, coordination and project management services for internal ground floor signs and external signage. The spend also included €18,450 on a radio ad campaign; €5,380 on a new sign installation cancellation fee; €6,363 on newspaper notices and €3,637 on the change of name on the corporate seal and rubber stamps. Read more in News When first mooted in 2023 in the wake of scandals at the agency, trade union Forsa opposed plans to change the name as it would amount to a 'collective punishment'. In correspondence with then Housing Minister McDonnell said that the proposed change 'reflects negatively on all who work in the organisation' and is akin to 'collective punishment of all (past and present) in the organisation. O Broin said that as a member of the Oireachtas Housing Committee he tabled an amendment to the then Planning and Development Bill to have the name of An Bord Pleanala retained but this was rejected by Government. Most read in Irish News Asked about staff's attitude to the name change, a spokesman for An Coimisiun Pleanala said: 'In terms of staff feeling on the name change, while there was some unhappiness about the changing of the name when it was first suggested in early 2023, now the name change has taken place, the staff and planning commissioners of the Commission have embraced and accepted the name change." He stated that 'good developments are built on solid foundations and An Coimisiun Pleanala is built on the most solid of foundations, which is down to the part played by all former staff and Board members who have served with An Bord Pleanala over the last 48 years'. REDUCING BACKLOG As part of the bid to reduce the backlog in appeals, the number of senior planning inspectors at An Coimisiun Pleanala totals 60 at the end of June 2025 compared to 45 at the end of December 2023. The appeals board now has two Directors of Planning while the number of planning inspectors has reduced from 39 at the end of last year to 35 now though five new appointees are due to start in July and August. The most recent quarterly figures show that the number of cases on hand at the end of March this year was 1,369 which was down 878 or 39 per cent on the 2,247 cases on hand at the end of March 2024. 2 Renaming An Bord Pleanala to An Coimisiun Pleanala cost just under €77,000 Credit: Getty Images - Getty
BreakingNews.ie
17-06-2025
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Three housing proposals, including RPZ extension, to go to Cabinet
Three housing proposals, including draft laws to extend rent controls nationwide, are to go to Cabinet on Tuesday. The Government had flagged that emergency legislation would be brought forward this week to quickly introduce rent caps to a fifth of tenancies not already covered. Advertisement It is expected that the rent controls will be extended to around a dozen counties where they are not already in place by the summer. Taoiseach Micheál Martin (left) and Paul Reid, then-CEO of the HSE, in 2021 (Brian Lawless/PA) Two other measures will also be brought to Cabinet by Housing Minister James Browne. Former HSE chief executive Paul Reid is to be named as chairman of An Coimisiun Pleanala, which will replace An Bord Pleanala, in a memo to establish the body that is to be brought to Cabinet. It is understood that the overhaul of the State's planning authority aims to provide more certain timelines for planning decisions as well as a 'cultural reset'. Advertisement The third measure will see Mr Browne ask Cabinet to agree to expand the role of the Land Development Agency to enable it to secure additional housing supply. This will enable it to activate urban brownfield sites and allow for better land transfer powers when it comes to underused State lands, it is understood. The housing and planning measures come a week after the Government announced a swathe of rent and tenancy reforms. Mr Browne, who admitted that rents in Ireland are 'way too high', said the measures would give renters 'greater certainty' and would attract new investment in rental accommodation. Advertisement They included the extension nationwide of the rent pressure zone (RPZ) system – areas of high demand where rent increases are capped at inflation or 2%, whichever is lower. Rent increases in new developments will be capped only by inflation in an attempt to boost Ireland's apartment supply, Mr Browne said. Other rental reforms will kick in from March 1 2026: the offer of six-year-minimum rolling tenancies and a ban on no-fault evictions for large landlords, defined as having four or more tenancies. The opposition has criticised the proposals as 'a recipe for rocketing rents', particularly a measure that sees rents 'reset' to the market rate when a tenant voluntarily leaves a six-year-minimum tenancy. Advertisement A joint-opposition motion on housing and homelessness, which will be voted on on Tuesday, calls for the introduction of a no-fault eviction ban and greater use of compulsory purchase orders to 'bring empty homes back into use'. The motion is being proposed by Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, People Before Profit, the Green Party and Independents. A Raise the Roof protest will be held outside Leinster House to coincide with the opposition motion.
