CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
o Seven reasonable alternative Scenarios were considered under this heading. Among the number of reasonable alternative spatial distribution strategies, Scenario 2 was determined to be the preferred Reasonable Alternative spatial distribution approach. Scenario 2 best aligns with potential EV charging requirements analysed and identified in by the national Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2025. It is predicted that Scenario 2 will better accommodate universal access to EV charging infrastructure, an uptake in EVs in Cork City, and the realisation and maximisation of potential positive environmental effects associated with Strategy implementation - on material assets, the climate environment, local air quality and population and human health. c) Reasonable Alternatives for the EV Charging Strategy Delivery Timeframe. o Two reasonable alternatives were considered under this heading. It was determined that a phased delivery of EV charging infrastructure across two delivery phases, 2023 - 2025 and 2025 - 2030, will align with predicted levels of EV uptake defined in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2025. Evaluation of the Environmental Effects of Strategy Implementation A detailed evaluation of the potential effects of the preferred Strategy on the baseline environment was carried out in accordance with the SEA Directive and best practice guidelines. A concise and non-technical summary of the key environmental effects associated with Strategy implementation is presented below. The potential negative effects presented assume the absence of the appropriate mitigation defined in this Non-technical Summary and in Section 8 of the main body of this SEA Environmental Report. • 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 1 , synergistic 2 , 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. • AA Screening concluded that the Strategy is not likely to have any significant effects on European sites, alone or in combination with other plans or projects, however. Consequently, a Stage 2 AA is not required for the Strategy. This conclusion has appropriately informed the environmental effect analysis in accordance with Integrated Biodiversity Assessment principles.
1 The addition of many minor or insignificant effects, including effects of other projects, to create larger, more significant effects. 2 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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