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DCCG Submissions on Sligo Airport Extension

Posted on September 24, 2008 | Filed Under Planning

You can download the submissions which were made by DCCG to the proposed extension of Sligo Airport runway onto Dorrins Strand:

• Preliminary Submission (16th August 2008)
  
• Main Submission (10th September 2008)
  

Closing Date for Objections to Airport Extension is 11th September,2008

Posted on September 4, 2008 | Filed Under Environment, Planning

Interested parties should note that the closing date for submissions (objections) to the proposed extension of Sligo Airport runway onto Dorrins Strand in Strandhill, is 5pm on 11th September 2008.

If you are concerned about this issue, then you must make your concerns known to Sligo County Council by making a submission to the council that will arrive in planning offices before this date.

To assist you in this process, we have prepared 2 templates for download.

• A listing of possible reasons people might find to object to the Airport Runway extension & associated works (Download Issues Template)
• A general template letter of what a letter of objection might look like (Download Letter Template)

Please feel free to use this as a guide for formulating your own objection and add any additional comments or objections that are not listed in the attached documents. Your submission is not valid unless it is accompanied by €20 fee. Please feel free to forward these details to friends who may be interested in this issue (but were unaware that a new application was in play) and who may wish to object.

Again - you must be aware that if the submission is not received in council offices before 5.00pm on 11th September then it is invalid.

If you have questions or require any further information please send an email to dorrins@hotmail.com - and we will assist you with your submission.

New Application by Sligo Airport Company

Posted on August 23, 2008 | Filed Under Planning

Sligo Airport have submitted a new planning application for the extension of the airport runway. All details can be found on Sligo County Council Website, File Number (Planning Application Number) 08/632

Full details - including submissions received - are best viewed using Internet Explorer. If you need help installing the plugin needed to view the documents, Strandhill Online have a good guide on viewing planning applications from Sligo County Council.

Briefing Statement Provided to Sligo County Councillors on Sligo Airport Extension plans

Posted on October 5, 2007 | Filed Under Events, Planning

The following briefing statment was circulated to all of the Sligo County Councillors present at last nights meetings convened by Dorrins-Cummeen Conservation Group. Councillors present included Tony McLaughlin, Albert Higgins, Jim McGarry, Declan Bree and Imelda Henry.

Briefing Statement to Local Councillors (Oct. 4th 2007)

Introduction:
Sligo needs to develop its infrastructure in line with its designation as a Gateway City and its aspiration to achieve the objectives set out under that designation. Fundamental to the achievement of this objective is a coordinated and integrated approach to communication, transport, energy and industrial development. This presents a very exacting challenge to our leaders in public life. The current proposal to extend the runway at the airport in Strandhill falls short of this challenge on a number of fronts, but in particular in that it fails to provide the infrastructure that would allow the required level of opportunity to support future industrial expansion.

Issues:

1. The proposal should be rejected by the planning authorities. The response of the consultants to the request for further information was to submit, not just additional information, but a substantially changed plan. Under planning laws, this should form the substance of a new planning application.
2. The proposal provides only a stop-gap solution. Whereas the proposed extension would allow for the safe operation of the aircraft type currently in use, what if the regulations change, or the operator changes the aircraft type?
3. The proposal does not allow for tourism expansion. If a tour operator wishes to bring tour groups to Sligo, this will only be economical if aircraft of 150 seat capacity and over can be used. This would require a runway of 2000 metres or more. Further destruction of this sensitive landscape would be required, to achieve this.
4. The proposal represents unsustainable development environmentally, ecologically, commercially and economically. It is unsustainable to suggest sacrificing a precious beach of international ecological significance in favour of 259 metres of tarmac. It is unsustainable to suggest importing 286,000 cubic metres of quarried material as a foundation for 259 metres of tarmac. It is unsustainable to propose a plan which will eliminate a thriving export business in organic farmed clams, which provides valuable jobs and export revenue. It is unsustainable to propose spending such enormous quantities of public funds to such little effect, in an attempt to enable the airport to become commercially viable.
5. The proposal is out of line with related infrastructural developments. The Inner Relief Road has provided a corridor, along which significant industrial development has already taken place, in line with development plans. The airport in Strandhill was never planned; it happened by accident, growing out of an aero club landing strip. Access to other transport infrastructure is a vitally important component in the development of air transport. Efforts to create a vibrant airport, capable of providing the scale of service required by a Gateway City, will always be hindered by the limitations outlined above.

In your position as an elected representative, we would request you to show vision and leadership and to represent our views to that effect in the council chamber.

Meeting with County Councillors planned for Thursday, 4th October

Posted on October 3, 2007 | Filed Under Planning

Dorrins-Cummeen Conservation Group have invited Sligo County Councillors to attend a meeting in the Local National School on Thursday, 4th October at 8pm.

All are welcome.

Plans for Sligo airport extension slammed

Posted on October 1, 2007 | Filed Under Media, Pictures, Planning

Six-One News on Friday 28th September had a piece from Eileen Magnier, North-West Correspondent, reporting on the disquiet of locals appalled by plans to expand the runway onto Dorrins Strand.

Click here to play video.