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Draft Kerry County Development Plan 2015-2021.
Closing date for Submission 7 Apr 2014

Draft Leitrim County Development Plan 2015-2021
Closing date for Submission 11 Apr 2014

Material amendments to the Draft Cavan County Development Plan 2014-2020
Closing date for Submission 17 Apr 2014

Draft Galway County Development Plan 2015-2021
Closing date for Submission 9 May 2014

Intention to Prepare a new Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2016–2022
Closing date for Submission 14 May 2014

Please double check closing date if making a submission.

The draft Revisions to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines are now out for consultation with submissions being sought by February 21st 2014.
The revisions are quite specific focusing on noise and shadow flicker with the remainder of the guidelines to remain unchanged.
The revised noise and shadow flicker sections of the Wind Energy Development Guidelines being put out for public consultation today proposes;

The setting of a more stringent absolute noise limit (day and night) of 40 decibels (dB) for future wind energy developments. This limit is an outdoor limit, in general the reduction of noise levels between the outside of a dwelling and inside would be approximately 10 decibels.

A mandatory setback of 500 metres between a wind turbine and the nearest dwelling for amenity considerations.

A condition be attached to all future planning permissions for wind farms to ensure that there will be no shadow flicker at any dwelling within 10 rotor diameters of a wind turbine. If shadow flicker does occur, the wind energy developer or operator will be required to take necessary measures, such as turbine shut down for the period necessary, to eliminate the shadow flicker.

The guidelines are intended to finalised next year.

Offaly County Council are seeking submissions in relation to the preparation of a new development plan for the county. This is the non-statutory phase of the preparation of the initial draft plan and is very important in terms of informing the planners and councillors. Submissions are due by 4th February 2013.

The following submission deadlines for local authority plans are due in October 2012:

Cork City – Tramore Valley Masterplan (deadline 5th Oct 2012)

Galway County – Proposed Amendment to the Bearna Local Area Plan 2007-2013 (deadline 11th Oct 2012)

Fingal – Draft Dardistown Local Area Plan (deadline 17th Oct 2012)

Dun Laogahaire Rathdown – Proposed Variation No. 9 of the County Development Plan, 2010-2016 (deadline 12th Oct 2012)

Dun Laogahaire Rathdown – Proposed Variation No. 10 of the County Development Plan, 2010-2016 (deadline 19th Oct 2012)

Dun Laogahaire Rathdown – Proposed Variation No. 11 of the County Development Plan, 2010-2016 (deadline 19th Oct 2012)

Dun Laogahaire Rathdown – Cherrywood Strategic Zone Draft Planning Scheme (deadline 25th Oct 2012)

No responsibility is taken for deadlines provided  – please double check council website to ensure date is correct.

 Eirgrid are proposing a high voltage corridor, most likely overhead and covering at least 250km with pylons every 4km in an effort to address deficiencies in energy supply.

The proposed lines will go through Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow

Submission are being sought as part of a non-statutory consultation process from today and will run for an eight-week, Thursday 12th April 2012 to Friday 8th June 2012.

Further details including a map of the study area are available at

http://www.eirgridprojects.com/projects/gridlink/

A plan that envisages three new villages for Dublin has gone on public display. The draft Planning Scheme for the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone (264 hectares), put forward by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, proposes three new villages, a town centre and an employment base to potentially accommodate over 17,000 workers. The scheme will be on public display for six weeks at the council’s offices at Dún Laoghaire and Dundrum before it is returned to councillors for consideration. Last submissions 11th April 2012.