CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
7. EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
7.1 Introduction An evaluation of the potential effects of the Strategy on the baseline environment as characterised and described in Section 4 of this report was carried out and is documented in this section of the report. This evaluation was carried out against the Strategic Environmental Objectives (SEOs) established for the aspects of the baseline environment which are likely to be significantly affected by the Strategy. These SEOs are documented in Section 5 of this report. The Strategy encompassed preferred Reasonable Alternatives identified in Section 6 of this report. 7.2 Evaluation of the Environmental Effects of Strategy Implementation A detailed evaluation of the potential effects of the Strategy on the baseline environment was carried out in accordance with the SEA Directive and best practice guidelines. An evaluation matrix was developed to facilitate the evaluation of the Strategy on SEOs relevant to each Environmental Component. An explanation of the approach and methodology for this detailed evaluation and completed evaluation matrices for 17 defined Strategy implementable proposals are contained in Appendix 3 of this report. An overview of the key environmental effects the Strategy may have on Environmental Components has been presented in Table 7-1. This overview is a summary of the detailed environmental effect analysis presented in Appendix 3. The following should be noted in relation to the evaluation undertaken: • The evaluation is strategic and high-level in nature given the strategic nature of the Strategy. • Environmental effects of the Strategy have been described in accordance with descriptive terminology defined in the Environmental Protection Agency's guidance document entitled 'Guidelines on the information to be contained in Environmental Impact Assessment Reports' (2022). • The evaluation considers all potential direct, indirect/secondary, cumulative 62 , synergistic 63 , short, medium and long-term, permanent and temporary, positive and negative environmental effects. • The evaluation considers inter-relationships and interactions between one environmental component and another which can result in an environmental impact. • The evaluation considers all potential environmental effects arising from unforeseen abnormal events. • The evaluation considers potential transboundary effects. • The potential environmental effects described are the potential effects that could occur in the absence of appropriate environmental mitigation.
62 The addition of many minor or insignificant effects, including effects of other projects, to create larger, more significant effects. 63 The addition of effects to create a total effect greater than the sum of the individual effects so that the nature of the final impact is different to the nature of the individual impact.
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