Council receives new application for 36m passengers at Dublin Airport 

Fingal County Council says it has received a new planning application from Dublin Airport operator daa seeking to raise the passenger cap at Dublin Airport from 32million to 36million passengers per annum. 

The council also says there were no pre-planning meetings between the Planning Authority and daa prior to the submission of this new application. 

The application will be assessed by the Planning Authority in accordance with relevant national and regional planning guidance as well as the Fingal Development Plan and the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan.

The Planning Authority will consult with the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority, in its role as the regulator of aircraft noise at Dublin Airport.   

In a statement, Fingal County Council said:

“The application submitted is separate to a current application before Fingal County Council regarding passenger growth.

“The Planning Authority is currently assessing an application (F23A/0781) from the daa seeking to raise the passenger cap to 40million passengers per annum as well as permission for 11 separate infrastructure projects at Dublin Airport.  

“Having received the application in December 2023, the Planning Authority sought 85 separate items of further information in February 2024.

“This was submitted by daa in November 2024 and subsequently deemed to be significant.

“This resulted in the application being put out to public consultation until January 8, 2025. 

“A decision on this planning application is not subject to the same timelines associated with a conventional planning application as the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA), in its role as the regulator of aircraft noise, formed the opinion in January 2024 that the application requires an assessment of the need for a noise related action. 

“daa has not yet submitted the outstanding information requested by ANCA almost one year ago, in March 2024, for this assessment.

“This information is essential for ANCA to continue with its assessment of the noise impact of this application.

“The Planning Authority is precluded from issuing a decision on the planning application until it receives direction from ANCA in relation to aircraft noise. 

“Separate to any planning application, ANCA is carrying out a noise assessment of Dublin Airport.

“This includes consideration of the noise problems, and situations to be improved, which were identified in the Dublin Airport Noise Action Plan 2024-2028.” 

The new application (F25/0094E) is now available to view on the Council’s website.