THE BROTHERS BEHIND plans to develop a third terminal at Dublin Airport have lodged plans for a new cargo development for their lands on the western campus of Dublin Airport.

They suggest that the development will employ almost 450 people when operational.

In the plans lodged with Fingal County Council, Desmond and Ulick McEvaddy’s DA Terminal 3 Ltd is seeking planning permission for four aviation related cargo handling units to operate on a 24/7 basis and ancillary office space on a 30 acre site.

In a cover letter lodged with plans, Joseph Corr and Francis Whelan of CWPA Planning and Architecture state that the proposed development is a first but independent phase within an overall longer term aviation-related development proposal for D.A. Terminal 3 Ltd’s landholding.

They state that “these longer-term development proposals include the development of Terminal 3 and the overall development of the Western Campus”.

They state that this overall land holding extends to 106.46 hectares and that DA Terminal 3 Ltd is also working with key stakeholders and landowners to advance the western access road, the delivery of which is a significant objective of the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan.

The CWPA Planning & Architecture report confirms that DA Terminal 3 has engaged with Fingal County Council on their strategic vision for these lands and presented concept proposals which outlined the nature and scale of development proposed for the lands.

The report states that while concept plans have been developed for the lands, the details have yet to be determined, and finalisation of the Department’s updated aviation policy should feed into this.

“The plans for the overall lands are a longer-term project, and it would not be appropriate to develop these further at this point, pending agreement at government level that a third terminal is required and that the subject lands are the most appropriate lands for such a development,” the report says.

On the planned cargo scheme, the CWPA report states that “the project will deliver long-term economic and operational benefits for Dublin Airport and the wider region”.

The report states that the scheme represents “a relatively small scale first phase” of the development of the 106 hectare holding.

It says that during the two year long construction phase, an additional 160 jobs will be created.

This would be followed by 313 warehousing jobs and 130 office jobs during the operational phase.

The planning report says that there is currently a deficit in cargo handling and aviation related logistics, and this would be further exacerbated if permission is granted for an application by the Dublin Airport authority that includes the planned demolition of 29,101 sqm of cargo handling and logistics infrastructure.

A decision is due in September.