Source: Irish Times The owners of a gun club have been told that they do not have planning permission for a shooting range. Hilltop Shooting Club near Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, which has more than 200 members, could close after it lost an appeal against the county council’s decision to refuse planning permission. An Bord Pleanála [...]
Planning regulation and inspection around wind- farms is expected to come under further scrutiny following claims that a wind- farm in Co Waterford was built with larger blades than allowed for. The Barnafaddock wind in Ballyduff Upper consists of 11 turbines, for which eight were granted permission to include blades of 90m in diameter. Three [...]
A public meeting is to be held in a West Cork village tonight over controversial proposals to site between 16 and 18 acres of solar panels near a number of homes on the outskirts of the village. Residents in Enniskeane are meeting at 8pm in the BEDA Community Hall to discuss a number of concerns [...]
An interesting website gathering noise complaint data for Ireland. On this website complainants can log their complaint and help contribute to a national noise complaint data survey where results will be published on a six monthly basis. See www.noisecomplaint.ie
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Residents living next to Apple’s huge European headquarters in Cork have called for compensation following months of disruption caused by construction on its sprawling campus. They staged a protest at the tech giant’s facility on Cork’s northside yesterday and said the company must do more to address their concerns over dust, noise, and alleged structural [...]
It is most interesting that the NRA (National Roads Authority)/ TII (Traffic Infrastructure Ireland) continue use a design goal of Lden=60dB as part of the process to decide if noise mitigation 'is or is not required' on new road schemes as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process, given conflicting views in other research based [...]
This week Bobby talks to Diarmuid Keaney, a qualified noise and vibration noise consultant with ICAN Acoustics (www.acoustics.ie) about a brand-new website he and his colleagues have developed to allow the public log noise complaints at www.noisecomplaint.ie. The purpose of www.noisecomplaint.ie is to compile information on noise issues from all across Ireland by offering members [...]
A restaurant in Dublin has effectively been ordered to close after An Bord Pleanála refused to extend planning permission for a commercial operation on the premises. Farmer Brown’s in Ballsbridge, close to the Aviva stadium, failed in its attempt to retain temporary planning permission granted in 2013 that expired last year. The restaurant, which is [...]
An ambitious plan to create Ireland’s first high-end eco-estate of prefabricated timber homes has ground to a halt after An Bord Pleanála refused it planning permission. The proposed 24-property Baufritz development, in Skerries in north Co Dublin, was set to mark the German eco-housing giant’s first foray on to Irish soil. Planning for the project, Holmpatrick Cove, [...]