Department of the Environment

PLANNING APPLICATION ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON ANOTHER MEMBER STATE (REPUBLIC OF IRELAND)

Department of the Environment (NI) Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (Article 21)

The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (Regulations 16 and 22)

The Department has received the following planning application accompanied by an Environmental Statement for development in Northern Ireland which also has the potential to have significant effects on the environment in another Member State (the Republic of Ireland)

District Council Area – Newry and Mourne

Application No: P/2013/0434/F

Location: Land adjacent to 80 Greencastle Pier Road, Greencastle

Proposal: The proposed construction of ferry terminal facilities adjacent to 80 Greencastle Pier Road, Greencastle in Co Down to allow operation of a vehicular ferry across the mouth of Carlingford Lough. The proposed works include the construction of a reinforced concrete suspended pier (58 metres long), supported by vertical tubular piles and a reinforced concrete slipway (70 metres long) to allow vehicular access to the Ferry and 12 berthing piles with fenders and steel gangway to facilitate berthing and tying up of vessels overnight, new access and hardstand for parking and queuing, kiosk for office and ancillary staff facilities, drainage and landscape proposals; Upgrade and widening to parts of the greencastle Pier Road and provision of passing bays, floating navigational marks anchored to the bed of the Lough and laid at the edges of the navigable channel to delineate appropriate channel boundaries or to mark shallow rock outcrops and provide for safety of navigation.

The planning application and associated Environmental Statement may be examined at the Craigavon Divisional Planning Office, Level 4, Marlborough House, Central Way, Craigavon (Tel 028 38 341144) between the hours of 9.30am – 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, and 10.30am-4.30pm on a Thursday. It is advisable to make an appointment before calling at the office.

The application may also be viewed at the Public Access website www.planningni.gov.uk

The Environmental Statement may also be inspected at Kilkeel Development Association, The Nautilus Centre, Rooney Road, Kilkeel, Co Down BT34 4AG (02841762525)

The Environmental Statement may also be viewed at the Public Access website – www.planningni.gov.uk

Copies of the Environmental Statement may also be purchased at the following location; Kilkeel Development Association, The Nautilus Centre, Rooney Road, Kilkeel, Co Down, BT34 4AG

The costs are:

Non Technical Summary £20.00

Environmental Statement (Volume 1) £30.00

Figures, Drawings and Plates (volume 2) £35.00

Technical Appendices (Volume 3) £35.00

CD Containing all of the above £5.00

Please note that all items costing more than £5.00 are hard copies.

Written representations on this application should be forwarded to the Area Planning Manager, Marlborough House, Central Way, Craigavon BT64 1AD not later than 4 weeks from the date of this advertisement.

Please quote the reference number in all correspondence.

It should be noted that all such written comments will also be made available for public inspection as detailed above.