Fingal County Council has rejected the DAA’s application to build a staff car park near Dublin Airport.
The National Transport Authority supported the x application or provide staff car parking in remote locations to free up land for other purposes. There are currently 4,324 car-park spaces for staff within Dublin Airport lands.
Fingal County Council raised concerns about overprovision of car parking at Dublin Airport and said there was a need for sustainable travel modes.
The DAA argued that the proposed car park would not increase staff spaces, but replace existing ones and reduce traffic by operating as a park-and-ride facility. They are evaluating further options after the planning permission was rejected: “We are very disappointed by Fingal County Council’s refusal to grant planning permission and are currently evaluating further options. The new car-parking facility would help it to consolidate staff car parking at Dublin Airport by relocating lost staff car-parking spaces on the campus to a more remote location at Harristown.”
Fingal council said “the planning authority does not endorse the need for DAA to develop a new surface car park on a greenfield site to cover the car parking spaces lost or displaced through its developments on previously permitted sites. This application does not include 700 spaces for which the DAA has submitted a separate planning application. A planning application for a new multi-storey car park at the airport is also under consideration. The application documents submitted do not consider the possibility of these car parks being developed in chorus, which could result in a significant overprovision of car parking within Dublin Airport lands.””
