COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, April 20, 2009

MOTION NO. 26

MOTION: Councillor T. Ridge

Chapter 7 - Infrastructure

That the Development Plan include policies that prohibit the following;

(i) thermal treatment or thermal energy solutions dependent on the burning or combustion of waste to be situated in the County and that such facilities such as incinerators with waste recovery and/or energy production be specifically precluded in the County within the 2010-2016 County Development Plan.

REPORT:

The waste management plan for the Dublin Region is the considered common regional strategy for the four Dublin local authorities in dealing with their waste in an ordered, coherent and sustainable fashion.  South Dublin County Council has co-operated with and participated in the preparation of the Dublin waste management plan for the collection, treatment, handling and disposal of wastes.

The South Dublin County Development Plan is subsidiary with regard to policies concerning waste in this County. The Dublin waste management plan sets out specific and detailed policies and the Development Plan supports these in accordance with Section 10 (2) (b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000.

The importance of a common integrated approach to dealing with Dublin’s waste was highlighted in the recent An Bord Pleannal decision to refuse permission for a waste to energy facility at Behan’s Quarry Rathcoole. In this decision a fundamental determinant was the objectives of the regional waste management strategy.

This motion, if passed, would create a situation that would be contrary to the provisions  of the waste management strategy.  It is the waste management strategy that formulates and directs waste management policy and infrastructure in the Dublin region.

Recommendation

That this motion not be passed.