In the plans lodged with Fingal County Council, DA Terminal 3 Ltd is seeking planning permission for four aviation-related cargo handling units to operate on a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week basis and ancillary office space on a 30-acre site.
In a cover letter lodged with plans, Joseph Corr and Francis Whelan of CWPA Planning and Architecture, state that the proposed development is a first but independent phase within an overall longer-term aviation-related development proposal for DA Terminal 3 Ltd’s landholding.
“These longer-term development proposals include the development of Terminal 3 and the overall development of the western campus,” they state.
The overall landholding extends to 106.46 hectares (263 acres). They say DA Terminal 3 is also working with key stakeholders and landowners to advance the western access road, the delivery of which is a significant objective of the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan.
The CWPA Planning & Architecture report confirms that DA Terminal 3 has engaged with Fingal County Council on their strategic vision for these lands and presented concept proposals which outlined the nature and scale of the development proposed for the lands.
The report states that while concept plans have been developed for the lands, the details have yet to be determined, and finalisation of the Department’s updated aviation policy should feed into this.
“The plans for the overall lands are a longer-term project, and it would not be appropriate to develop these further at this point, pending agreement at government level that a third terminal is required and that the subject lands are the most appropriate lands for such a development,” they state.
On the planned cargo scheme, the CWPA report states: “The project will deliver long-term economic and operational benefits for Dublin Airport and the wider region.”
The scheme represents “a relatively small scale first phase” of the development of the 106-hectare holding, according to the report.
They say that during the two-year construction phase, 160 jobs will be created. During the operational phase, it will create 313 warehousing jobs and 130 office jobs.
The planning report by CWPA Planning & Architecture states that there is currently a deficit in cargo handling and aviation-related logistics, and this will be further exacerbated if permission is granted for an application by DAA, the operator of Dublin Airport, that includes the planned demolition of 29,101 sqm of cargo handling and logistics infrastructure.
A decision is due in September.
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