COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEASSOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO.57

To amend Section 3.2.22 to read as follows (additional text in bold, deleted text struck through):

‘3.2.22 General Guidance for Development in the Vicinity of Aerodromes

General Guidance for Development in the Vicinity of Aerodromes is set out below. The restricted areas are indicated on Development Plan Maps at a scale of 1:30,000. These areas are available for closer inspection on Drawing No. EDAX 9702/C09 Revision 1 (to a scale of 1:10,000) prepared by Aer Rianta Technical Consultants and lodged by Weston Aerodrome with the Council in pursuance of a direction issued by the Irish Aviation Authority (NRT.02 - 27/08/1998) Drawing – ‘Safeguarding Map for Weston Aerodrome’ (to a scale of 1/10560) prepared by GPS Surveying Ltd. of Newmarket House, Co. Cork dated 10 January 2003 and lodged by Weston Aerodrome with South Dublin County Council in pursuance of a direction issued by the Irish Aviation Authority (NR T.02 Issue 4 Date 02.09.04 – Aerodrome Safeguarding Maps) in [pursuance of Articles 8 and 23 of the Irish Aviation Authority (Aerodromes and Visual Aids) Order, 2000, (S.I. No. 334 of 2000. Applications for development in the vicinity of the aerodrome will be notified to the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA). The IAA will advise the Council of potential hazards to air navigation.

•              In the six inner Approach Areas to Casement and Weston Aerodromes (coloured solid red on the Development Plan Index Map) and in the Casement Aerodrome Security Zone (coloured grey on the Development Plan Index Map), no new development is permitted.   In the document ‘Review of Policy at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell, Co. Dublin’ (January 2009), Public Safety Zones have been introduced within the existing ‘red zones’.  No development whatsoever is permitted within the Public Safety Zones.  However, within the ‘red zones’, some development is permissible whereby the development could not reasonably expect to increase the number of people working or congregating in or at the property.  This may include development such as the extension of an existing dwelling or a change of building use. However new developments with a high intensity of use would continue to be prohibited. Height restrictions would continue to apply to developments in the environs of the Aerodrome.  In the inner Approach Areas to Weston Aerodrome (coloured solid red on the Development Plan Index Map), no new development is permitted.

•              Under the outer Approach Areas graded heights of development may be permitted, to a maximum gradient of up to 1.2% commencing from actual ground elevation at 60m from the relevant runway end. [Indicative maximum height guidance is provided on the Development Plan Index Map as to likely possible heights above mean sea level at various specific distances along the centrelines of these outer Approach Areas].

 •              Above the 116m contour (and outside the Approach Areas), where any development is being considered, such development should not normally be higher than 15m above ground level.

 •              Below the 110m contour (outside all Approach Areas and the Casement Aerodrome Security Zone and at least 215m laterally from the runway at Weston) development of 20m in height would normally be permissible in most areas (from an aviation safeguarding point of view). Additional heights may also be possible below the 110m contour (depending on actual ground elevation) up to the elevations of the lowest Obstacle Limitation Surface (i.e. the Inner Horizontal Surface or the Conical Surface for either Weston or Casement Aerodromes, as indicated on Index Map).

 •              Between the 110m and 116m contours, the maximum height above ground level for any development would vary from 20m (at the 110m and 111m contours) to 15m (at the 116m contour).

 •              The application of ICAO standards will not prejudice the development of zoned lands in Rathcoole.

 •              Other developments which may not fall into the above broad categories would be subject to individual aeronautical assessment, with the ordnance datum elevations of their highest points being of particular importance.

 •              Planning applications for proposed developments exceeding 45m in height shall be submitted to the Irish Aviation Authority for assessment and comment.

 •              Proposals for the location of landfill sites within the County, together with development proposals in the environs of the Aerodrome within or under a flight path for any purpose which is likely to attract birds, shall be referred to the Department of Defence for comment.

 •              The Council will use its development management powers to prevent the encroachment of development around the aerodrome which would interfere with its safe operation.

                  (Schedules 4 and 5)’