The local authority is seeking additional information from airport operator DAA on its planning application.
The runway is due to become operational next year and DAA is seeking amendments to the original 2007 planning permission that will be allow the 3.1km runway be used between 6am and midnight with a noise quota system used to dictate the number of night-time flights at the airport.
At the end of a 70-page report into the planning application, Fingal County Council has asked DAA to examine the noise impacts of the easing of restrictions over a 10- to 15-year period and to allow consideration for potentially the worst affected locations and to include properties closest to the airport.
Council seeks more info on runway noise impact
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Dublin Airport Faces Backlash Over Proposed Night-Time Operations
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A proposal by the Dublin Airport Authority to extend night-time operations is hitting some roadblocks. Dublin Airport is spending €320 million ($279 million) building a new runway. The airport also wants to amend curfew restrictions on the nighttime use of their runways. That will boost the number of flights in and out of the airport. But at least one Government Minister is opposing the airport’s plans.
Dublin Airport wants to raise movement limits and relax curfews when its new runway opens. Photo: Dublin Airport
Before the travel downturn, Dublin Airport was one of the busiest in the EU and one of the fastest-growing. It is the entry point for over 80% of all arrivals into Ireland. The Dublin Airport Authority has submitted an application to Fingal County Council asking to extend its operating hours and change some night-time operations.