Using ProPG in Ireland.

Planning Guidance The EPA Guidance note for Noise Action planning (2009) includes some sections that cover planning aspects and it contains the following observation; ‘Whilst Local Authorities have it within their powers to set conditions relating to noise as part of a planning permission, there is currently no national policy or guidance which addresses the [...]

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Using ProPG in Ireland.

Planning Guidance The EPA Guidance note for Noise Action planning (2009) includes some sections that cover planning aspects and it contains the following observation; ‘Whilst Local Authorities have it within their powers to set conditions relating to noise as part of a planning permission, there is currently no national policy or guidance which addresses the [...]

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Using ProPG in Ireland.

Planning Guidance The EPA Guidance note for Noise Action planning (2009) includes some sections that cover planning aspects and it contains the following observation; ‘Whilst Local Authorities have it within their powers to set conditions relating to noise as part of a planning permission, there is currently no national policy or guidance which addresses the [...]

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ProPG Ireland.

Guidance Note for Noise Action Planning (for the first round of the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006) proposes the use of ProPG. The EPA Guidance note for Noise Action planning (2009) includes some sections that cover planning aspects and it contains the following observation; ‘Whilst Local Authorities have it within their powers to set conditions relating [...]

By |March 19th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Clay Shooting Noise

Source: The Clare Champion. PLANNING permission for the permanent use of a site at Tullassa, Ennis for clay shooting hasbeen denied. The planning application had also sought additional recreational use, including archery, golf driving and compact sport clay shooting. Local residents claimed that the noise from the site is unbearable, said that they have to [...]

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Noise Kildare.

Noise from parties a constant problem in Maynooth estates - Kildare court told. Noise from house parties is a constant problem in estates in Maynooth, gardai told Kilcock District Court on March 5 during a hearing into a noise related incident in the town. Garda Sergeant Jim Kelly told Judge Desmond Zaidan that noise from houses [...]

By |March 7th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Hearing Loss

Our world is becoming more and more noisy thanks to everything from mobile phones to traffic, so it's essential that we do everything we can to protect our hearing The increased use of headphones is a factor in a worrying rise in hearing loss, an expert warns. The World Health Organisation estimates 375 ­million of [...]

By |March 4th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Engineering Week NUIG

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By |March 1st, 2019|News|0 Comments

Runway plan: Farmer says family grounded in ‘no man’s land’

A dairy and beef farmer who lives and works close to the new Dublin Airport runway granted planning permission under An Bord Pleanala appeal, said he is being left in ‘no man’s land’. Jim Scully, who farms 75ac of owned land along with a further 200ac of rented land, claimed that the land his late [...]

By |February 25th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Noise Dublin Airport

Council warned Government it could not be noise regulator for Dublin Airport runway By Jennifer Bray, Irish Times. Fingal County Council warned the Government that it did not have the necessary capabilities to be the noise regulator for the new runway at Dublin Airport, new documents reveal. Under EU rules the appointment of a noise regulator is [...]

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