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Environmental Pollution.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 May 2004

Tuesday, 4 May 2004

Questions (230)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

254 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department has guidelines for the prevention of potential pollution by applications for planning permission for landfill sites or other specific developments. [12638/04]

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Written answers

It is open to a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for landfill facilities on environmental pollution grounds. When permission is granted, matters on environmental pollution fall to be dealt with in the context of the determination by the Environmental Protection Agency of the related application for a waste licence. The agency is precluded from granting such a licence unless it is satisfied that a facility will not cause environmental pollution.

My Department issues planning guidelines on a range of issues. They are as follows:

Issues on which Planning Guidelines Have Been Issued

Development Control Advice and Guidelines (currently under review)

Tree Preservation

Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures

Wind Farms (currently under review)

Residential Density

Housing Supply (Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000), with additional guidance on implementation issues

Retail Planning Guidelines (retail warehousing cap element of guidelines currently under review)

Child Care Facilities

Architectural Heritage Protection, with additional guidelines relating to places of public worship

Environmental Impact Assessment of sub-threshold development

Control of Quarries

Issues on which Draft Planning Guidelines Have Been Issued

Landscape and Landscape Assessment

Development Plans

Sustainable Rural Housing.

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