Environment & Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment
An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) was prepared by Uisce Éireann to inform the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and was submitted to the planning authority for evaluation along with the planning application documents.
The EIAR submitted as part of the planning application is available here.
Planning
On 20 June 2018, Uisce Éireann submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for the Greater Dublin Drainage project (the GDD Project), complete with an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS). The application was made under planning legislation that relates to Strategic Infrastructure Development. A Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) was also submitted for confirmation to An Bord Pleanála.
The GDD planning application is available here. An Bord Pleanála then held statutory public consultation including an oral hearing.
In November 2019, An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission and confirmed the CPO for the GDD Project. This planning permission was quashed following the issue of legal proceedings and a Court hearing. The planning application was subsequently remitted back to An Bord Pleanála by Order of the High Court on 16 July 2021 for a fresh decision (the Remittal Application). The Board subsequently wrote to Uisce Éireann in August 2022 providing Uisce Éireann the opportunity to update, where appropriate, the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement and any other information submitted.
Uisce Éireann submitted further information to the Board in October 2023 in response to this direction (the Further Information). The Further Information addresses changes that have occurred in the Environmental, Policy and Legislative context since the original application was made in 2018.
The planning application and Further Information, along with other material on the GDD Project, can be viewed and downloaded on the project website: www.gddapplication.ie.
The Board is now inviting submissions or observations on the Further Information. These submissions or observations may be made in writing to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 (see details below). The consultation period will run from Tuesday, 7 May 2024 up to 5:30pm on Friday, 7 June, inclusive.
An Bord Pleanála's case reference for the Remittal Application is PA06F.312131.
Hard copies of the planning application and Further Information are available for inspection free of charge during public opening hours at the following locations:
- An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Rotunda, Dublin 1
- Fingal County Council, Planning Counter, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin
- Fingal County Council, Planning Counter, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
- Dublin City Council, Planning Counter, Ground Floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8
Copies of the Further Information or extracts may be purchased on payment of a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of printing from: greaterdublindrainage@water.ie.