FS007583 Wicklow County Council - Wicklow Port Dredging

Applicant Name

Wicklow County Council

Address

County Buildings, Station Road, Wicklow Town

Areas within Wicklow Port accrete sediment over time, with variability in the rates of sedimentation experienced. The situation over recent years has let to a significant deterioration of the navigational levels, particularly in the approach channel. Wicklow County Council is seeking to establish a long-term sustainable dredging strategy. However, in the meantime action is required to ensure safe navigation to and from the port can occur. Failure to do this will hinder both trade and safety. Therefore, this application is submitted to facilitate bed-levelling the approach channel to the port and the potential removal of sediments to shoreside location for subsequent management (beneficial use or waste facility).

Location

Wicklow Town

A copy of the application and the relevant documents, maps, plans and drawings, are available for inspection, free of charge for 30 calendar days, between dates Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Friday 20th October 2023, at the following locations:

Wicklow Garda Station, Batchelor’s Walk, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, A67 HK20

Opening hours: 24hrs Monday to Friday. Telephone: +353 404 60410

Wicklow County Council Library, The Mall, Main Street, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, A67 X50

Opening hours: 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. Telephone: +353 404 67025

Commencement Date:

Wednesday 20th September 2023

Closing Date:

Friday 20th October 2023

Making a submission

Submissions can be made to: Foreshore Section, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co Wexford or foreshore@housing.gov.ie.

Submissions received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.

The Department wishes to draw attention to its policy on defamatory material that may be contained in submissions it receives.

Terms and Conditions

All submissions and comments submitted to the Department for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007-2014. Submissions are also subject to Data Protection legislation.

Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

What we will do with your response

The information provided by respondents will inform the decision-making process regarding this foreshore consent application.

Please note that submissions received may be made available on the Department’s website, unless otherwise requested. In any event, all submissions received will be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection legislation.

See also the Privacy Statement and the Department's Data Protection Policy under the document links below.

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