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Please note that the deadline for submissions to An Bord Pleanála for the River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme has been further extended following the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government review of COVID-19 restrictions over the Easter Period.  The deadline for submission is now Thursday 11th June 2020.

Please note that the deadline for submissions to An Bord Pleanála for the River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme has been further extended following the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government review of COVID-19 restrictions over the Easter Period.  The deadline for submission is now Thursday 28th May 2020 but this deadline may be extended further by An Bord Pleanála as COVID-19 restrictions are reviewed.

Please note that the deadline for submissions to An Bord Pleanála for the River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme has been extended from 16th April 2020 until 11th May 2020.  Please note that this deadline may be further extended when the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government reviews COVID-19 restrictions over the Easter Period.  Please note that all submissions in relation to this Scheme must be made to An Bord Pleanála.

In accordance with the Part 10 Planning  Process, statutory consultation events will take place on the following dates :

The application documentation, including the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and the Natura Impact Statement, may be inspected free of charge or purchased on payment of a specified fee (which fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of making such copy) during public opening hours for a period of seven weeks commencing on the 27th of February 2020 at the following locations:

A public information evening on the  River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme is being held in:

As part of the proposed River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme, the Ground Investigation contract for the scheme will commence on the 17th October in various locations along the River Poddle from Tymon Park to St Martins Drive in Kimmage. Works will commence in Tymon Park with all works expected to take 3-4 weeks.

Nicholas O’Dwyer have retained VESI Environmental Ltd. (VESI) to complete a preliminary design strategy for an Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) as part of a proposed flood alleviation Scheme for the River Poddle. The ICW is proposed for Tymon Park.   

River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme is expected to be submitted for planning on the 4th quarter of 2019.

Please see below the locations that will be concentrated on in w/e 14/04/2019 for the River Poddle Threshold Survey. Surveys are being carried out by Murphy Surveys Ltd.