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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2008

MOTION NO.3

MOTION: Councillor T. Ridge

That the Manager report as to number of months it will take for Bord Pleanala to make a decision re proposal for Incinerator at Behans Quarry Rathcoole, and to ascertain if this proposal is in line with Government Policy i.e. what body or Minister sent planning application to an Bord PLeanala.

REPORT:

Bord Pleanala Reference 06S.PA0006 refers.

The Planning and Development ( Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 governs the process for determining the waste to energy proposed development at Behan’s Quarry. In the case of a proposed development that comes within the remit of the aforementioned Act, An Bord Pleannala is the determining authority.

A number of pre-planning consultations were held between An Bord Pleanala and Energy Answers International Ltd. regarding a proposal to cease and replace the existing quarry activities on site and to construct of a "resource recovery project" at Behan’s Quarry, Windmill Hill, Rathcoole, County Dublin - ABP Reference No. PL.15.PC0036 refers.

Having regard to the record of the pre-application consultation between An Bord Pleanála and the prospective applicant, the Board decided that the proposal  constituted strategic infrastructure development under the meaning of Section 37A of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 as it would fall within Paragraphs 37A (2)(a) and (c) of the Act.

Under Section 37J of the Planning and Development ( Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006, it is the duty of the Bord to determine an application in an expeditious manner. Section 37J (2) states a target  of eighteen weeks after the last date for submissions or observations for determining an application. The Bord notifed the Council that a decision is due is 25/11/2008. However, on October 8th the Planning Department were notified that the Bord now intends to hold an oral hearing for this case. The oral hearing will commence on 12th November 2008 at 10.00am in the Green Isle Hotel, Newlands Cross, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.