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Portrane / Donabate Waste Water Treatment Scheme Environmental Impact Statement

St. Ita’s Hospital is located to the north of the proposed waste water treatment plant. The
Nurses’ Residence is the nearest sensitive receptor on the grounds of St. Ita’s Hospital and is
situated 200m from the northern boundary of the proposed WWTP site.

There are no residences to the east of the plant adjacent to the coastline. To the west of the
site, the village of Donabate is located at a distance of 2 km. There are two primary schools,
St. Patrick’s Girls School and St. Patrick’s Boys Schools, situated on the R126 on the eastern
outskirts of Donabate village.

There are two caravan parks located along the coastline to the southeast and south in
proximity to the proposed site. The first is located at a distance of approximately 450m (on
the coast) from the proposed site and the latter at a distance of 380m from the proposed site.
(Ref Fig 3.1.1).

In addition, there is a hotel, the Waterside Hotel, located at a distance of 800m to the south
east of the proposed site.

3.1.2.4 LAND-USE

Land-uses in the vicinity of the Portrane waste water treatment plant include agricultural,
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waste water treatment plant site are predominateloyt used for agricultural or recreational
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Portrane and Donabate villages are relatively close to the site of the proposed waste water
treatment plant. Portrane Village is located approximately 800m to the north and northeast,
beyond St. Ita’s Hospital. Donabate Village is located 2 km to the west. Land-use in these
areas are predominately residential.

A large section of lands in the Burrow and also along the coast are occupied by caravan parks
and individual chalet/ mobile home sites. While two sites are located relatively close to the
plant at distances of 380m and 450m respectively, the remaining sites are greater than 1 km
away from the proposed development.

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Portrane / Donabate Waste Water Treatment Scheme Environmental Impact Statement

The proposed site of the waste water treatment plant is currently zoned Objective G in the
Fingal County Development Plan 1999-2004 (Refer to Figure 3.1.3). The purpose of
Objective G is ‘to protect and improve high amenity areas’. The development of a public
services/ utility installations on lands zoned Objective G is listed as ‘open for consideration’
in the Fingal County Council Development Plan. This means that a proposed use is generally
acceptable unless where otherwise stated or where the specific factors associated with the
proposed development and ultimate use of the land would result in the proposed development
being contrary to the zoning objective.

3.1.2.5 TOURISM AND RECREATION

The Portrane / Donabate Peninsula is considered a high amenity area with a total of six golf
courses on the Peninsula and the areas adjacent to the coast have many caravan parks to cater
for the summer visitors to the area.

The golf courses on the peninsula are as follows (Refer to Figure 3.1.2):

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homes located either in Caravan Parks, fields or on individual plots of land. Some of these
Caravan parks, such as Donabate Caravan Park, hire out caravans/ mobile homes over the
summer months.

There are two beaches designated under the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (S.I. Nr.
177 of 1998), namely Portrane Strand and Donabate Strand and these are the largest beaches
on the Peninsula. However there are numerous other smaller beaches/ sandy coves which are
regularly used by bathers and day-trippers, such as Egan’s Beach, Tower Bay, Shink Well,
etc. Portrane Strand is also a Blue Flag Beach (Refer to Figure 3.1.4 for the locations of the
beaches referred to in this paragraph).

The Broadmeadow/Malahide and Rogerstown Estuaries, both candidate Special Areas of
Conservation, attract walking groups and naturalists due to the nature reserves and interesting
flora and fauna. In addition, the inner part of the Broadmeadow/ Malahide estuary is heavily
used for water sports and recently a section of the outer estuary has been reclaimed for
housing and a marina.

The coastal waters are used, albeit infrequently, by sailing clubs, however, there are no sailing
clubs operating from the Peninsula.

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3.1.2.6 TRAFFIC

Existing roads in the vicinity of the Portrane / Donabate waste water treatment plant include
the Donabate Road to the south and the R126 to the north (Refer to Figure 3.1.2). Data
obtained from traffic counts undertaken by Fingal County Council on the Portrane / Donabate
Peninsula in recent years are detailed below:-

• October 22nd, 1998: Traffic & Pedestrian Survey at Donabate Church;
• November 2nd, 1999: Donabate Shopping Centre Pedestrian & Vehicular Traffic
Survey;
• July 29th, 2001: Donabate Traffic Count.

Refer to Appendix B for the Traffic Count Data.

The findings are the traffic counts are summarised in Table 3.1.5.

Table 3.1.5: Summary of Traffic Count Data for the years 1998, 1999 and 2001.

Year Total Traffic Into Donabate Total Traffic Out of Donabate
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Currently the site of the proposed waste water treatment plant is accessed via a road through
the grounds of St. Ita’s Hospital. While the hospital has no objections with regard to the use
of this road for operation and maintenance purposes, the hospital management has indicated
that there would be objections to using this road during the construction phase of the proposed
development. Therefore, it is proposed to construct a new access road to the proposed waste
water treatment plant on to an existing road from the R126 used to access St. Patrick’s GAA
Grounds (Refer to Figure 2.9). Although there is no data available it is assumed that a very
small volume of traffic would currently use this access road.

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Portrane / Donabate Waste Water Treatment Scheme Environmental Impact Statement

3.1.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT

3.1.3.1 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT

The proposed waste water treatment plant represents a large capital investment
(approximately €39 million) in the Portrane/Donabate Peninsula. As part of the scheme the
sewerage network will be upgraded and extended to cater for existing and projected needs for
Donabate and Portrane villages and the surrounding area.

The provision of a waste water treatment plant is likely to have a significant positive impact
in terms of enhancing and facilitating the potential for residential, commercial and also
possible industrial development on the Portrane/Donabate Peninsula. Currently development
on the Peninsula is constrained as the existing waste water treatment plant is overloaded. If
the proposed development did not proceed, development on the peninsula would be curtailed
due to lack of services for the treatment of domestic waste water. It is therefore considered
that construction of the waste water treatment plant will promote economic activity in
Portrane and Donabate villages and will have a significant positive impact on the economy of
the area.

The proposed development will not negatively impact on razor clam operations off the coast
of the Portrane / Donaabte Peninsula.
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treatment plant is construCcted.

The provision of a waste water treatment plant of 65,000 PE capacity will allow for continued
population growth on the Portrane / Donabate Peninsula. Following the commissioning of the
proposed waste water treatment plant development of zoned lands on the Portrane / Donabate
Peninsula will commence and it is anticipated that these lands could be developed over a three
to seven year period.

The Planning Department of Fingal County Council provided details of potential future
populations for lands zoned for development on the Portrane / Donabate Peninsula. An
assessment of lands (zoned) that could be infilled and subsequently developed was undertaken
and an estimated household potential of 1,285 was determined. Based on average household
population density of 2.75, a population potential of 3,534 was estimated for zoned lands
which have yet to be developed.

The potential population of 3,534 combined with the assumed existing population (6,986) and
also planning permission applications for houses (a total of 296 dwellings resulting in a
predicted population of 814) results in a potential total population of 11,334 for the Portrane /
Donabate Peninsula possibly occurring over the next 5 to 10 years.

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Portrane / Donabate Waste Water Treatment Scheme Environmental Impact Statement

Seven areas were identified in the Donabate Planning Study for further assessment with
regard to rezoning (Refer to Figure 2.5). These areas are located to the south and north of
Turvey Avenue adjacent to the N1, Dublin Belfast Road; to the north east and west of
Donabate; and three small areas of land to the south east and west of Portrane. Following a
detailed assessment, if it is determined that these lands be rezoned as development lands, a
total of 64.5 Ha of land would become available for development and it is estimated that a
further population of between 6,018 to 8,589 could occur. As the Portrane / Donabate
Peninsula is under pressure to be developed it is possible that development of these lands
could commence on commissioning of the proposed waste water treatment plant and
development could occur over a three to seven year period. This could result in a potential
total population of 17,352 to 19,923 occurring between the years 2004 and 2011. Fingal
Planning Department has indicated that this level of growth is not unprecedented and would
not be considered unusual.

In addition to domestic contribution, the waste water treatment plant must also have the
capacity to treat the associated industrial, commercial and also institutional waste water
contributions. As mentioned in section 3.1.2.1, an area of 40 hectares was earmarked in the
Donabate Planning Study 2001 for assessment for rezoning for office/ commercial use
development. Fingal County Council indicated a possible 198-247 person per hectare and it is
estimated that this could equate to a demand of up to 10,000 P.E. at the proposed waste water
treatment plant.
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also due to plans for a nCew post primary school in the area. Therefore, institutional waste
water contribution for an ultimate population of 19,923 is estimated as 1,893 P.E. In addition,
capacity was allowed for summer peak populations at the peninsula which included for
golfers visiting the peninsula and also visitors to the caravan sites which was estimated as
1,629 P.E. Table 3.1.6 provides a summary of proposed PE contributions to the proposed
waste water treatment plant for an ultimate domestic population of 19,923.

Table 3.1.6: Summary of P.E. Contributions.

Contributors Ultimate Population
Domestic PE 19,923
Commercial PE 1,086
Institutional PE 1,839
Industrial PE 10,000
Summer Peaks 1,629
Total 34,477

In terms of sensitive receptors, there will be a 100m sterilisation zone (measured from the
waste water treatment plant boundary) maintained around the proposed development site

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