Strategic Environmental Assessment Report

CLIENT:

Cork City Council

PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:

Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy

SEA Environmental Report

Table 10-1:

SEA Monitoring Programme

Environmental Component

Strategic Environmental Objective Ensure, where appropriate, that lower-level plans and projects contribute to overall environmental monitoring processes within Cork City. Avoid or minimise impacts to population and human health. Ensure Electric Vehicle infrastructure avoids and minimises impacts to the existing economic activities within the area and does not compromise/conflict with existing land use objectives.

SEO Code

Indicators

Targets

Data Source

Lower-level plan and project accordance with the Strategy.

Require all lower-level plans and projects have appropriate regard to and appropriately support all development proposals defined in the Strategy. Ensure planning policy is aligned.

Overall

O1

Review of Local Area Plans. Internal monitoring of likely significant environmental effects of development projects. Review of lower-level plan SEA documentation. Consultation with Construction Managers. Internal monitoring of compliance with CDP Policy Objectives. Internal monitoring of likely significant environmental effects of development projects.

Population & Human Health

PHH1

Number of noise or dust nuisance related complaints during EV charging infrastructure construction works Compliance of EV charging infrastructure supported by the Strategy with policies and land use objectives protective/supportive of economic development in the city defined in the City Development Plan (CDP).

No noise or dust nuisance related complaints.

PHH2

No contravention of policies and land use objectives protective/supportive of economic development in the City defined in the CDP. Planning consent for development supported by the Strategy only to be granted where development will be carried out in accordance with proper planning and sustainable development. No contravention of policies providing for the protection and enhancement of Biodiversity and flora and fauna defined in the CDP. No contravention of policies providing for the protection and enhancement of Biodiversity and flora and fauna defined in the Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan. Ensure the development of EV charging infrastructure does not result in significant adverse effects on important habitats.

Biodiversity, Flora & Fauna

B1

Ensure supported development does not conflict with biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation.

Compliance of EV charging infrastructure supported by the Strategy with policies providing for the protection and enhancement of Biodiversity and flora and fauna defined in the CDP. Compliance of EV charging infrastructure supported by the Strategy with policies providing for the protection and enhancement of Biodiversity and flora and fauna defined in the Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan.

Internal monitoring of compliance with CDP Policy Objectives. Internal monitoring of compliance with the City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan. Internal monitoring of likely significant environmental effects of development projects.

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