CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME:
Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Report
2.4 Relevant SEA Guidance This SEA Screening has been carried out in accordance with and having appropriate regard to the following guidance documents:
Good Practice Guidance on SEA Screening (EPA, 2021).
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• Synthesis Report on Developing A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Methodologies For Plans And Programmes In Ireland (EPA, 2013). • Synthesis Report on Developing A Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) Methodologies for Plans and Programmes in Ireland (EPA, 2003). • Implementation of SEA Directive (2001/42/EC): Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment – Guidelines for Regional Authorities and Planning Authorities. • Implementation of Directive 2001/43 on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment (European Commission, ND). 2.5 Appropriate Assessment and relationship to SEA Screening The EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) requires an ‘Appropriate Assessment’ (AA) to be carried out where a plan or project is likely to have a significant impact on a European site. European sites include Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs). The first step in the process is to establish whether AA is required for the particular plan or project. This first step is referred to as 'AA Screening' and the purpose is to determine, on the basis of a preliminary assessment and objective criteria, whether a plan or project, alone and in combination with other plans or projects, could have significant effects on a European site in view of the site’s conservation objectives. Article 3(c) of the SEA Directive requires that an SEA is carried out on a P/P wherever such a P/P requires an AA under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). An AA Screening Report has also been prepared for the Strategy modifications in this case in accordance with Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). The Report concludes the following: It is concluded in view of best scientific knowledge and in view of conservation objectives, that the modifications to the Draft Strategy will not give rise to any likely significant effects on designated European sites, alone or in combination with other plans or projects. Consequently, a Stage 2 AA is not required for the Strategy modifications. This AA Screening Report will also accompany the documented Strategy modifications.
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