CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
Environmental Features
Description
pNHAs were published on a non-statutory basis in 1995 but have not since been statutorily proposed or designated. These sites are of significance for wildlife and habitats. There are 11 pNHAs within or partially within the City, of which include: Lee Valley, Shournagh Valley, Blarney Castle Woods, Douglas River Estuary, Glanmire Wood, Cork Lough, Dunkettle Shore, Ballincollig Cave, Blarney Lake, Ardamadane Wood and Blarney Bog. Tree Preservation Orders may be made under Section 45 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 and subsequent acts. Part XIII of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 sets out the provisions for TPOs. TPOs can be made in the interest of amenity or the environment and allow for the protection of individual or groups of trees. 12 TPOs within the City have been identified within the City Development Plan. The Flora (Protection) Order, 2022 (S.I. No. 235 of 2022) gives legal protection to 65 species of bryophytes in the Republic of Ireland (25 liverworts and 40 mosses). The current list of plant species protected by Section 21 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 is set out in the Flora (Protection) Order, 2022, which supersedes orders made in 1980, 1987, 1999 and 2015. There are 3 designated Flora Protection Order Sites in the City; near Cork City (Bryum intermedium), Cork City (Scleropodium touretii) and Blarney (Entosthodon muhlenbergii). Wildfowl Sanctuaries are areas that have been excluded from the ‘Open Season Order’ so that game birds can rest and feed undisturbed. There are 68 sanctuaries in the State. Shooting of game birds is not allowed in these sanctuaries. There is 1 Wildfowl Sanctuary within the City: The Lough (WFS-12). Salmonid waters are designated and protected as under the European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations 1988 (SI No. 293 of 1988). Designated Salmonid Waters are capable of supporting salmon (Salmo salar), trout (Salmo trutta), char (Salvelinus) and whitefish (Coregonus). The River Lee is a protected salmonid water. Land cover is the observed physical cover, as seen from the ground or through remote sensing, including for example natural or planted vegetation, water and human constructions which cover the earth's surface. The most dominant land cover type is urban.
Proposed Natural Heritage Areas (pNHAs) 20
Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
Flora Protection Order Sites 21
Wildfowl Sanctuaries 22 (see S.I. 192 of 1979)
Salmonid Waters 23
CORINE Landcover 24
20 EPA Maps 21 Flora Protection Order Map Viewer (npws.ie) 22 Wildfowl Sanctuaries | National Parks & Wildlife Service (npws.ie) 23 Register of Protected Areas - Salmonid Water Regs Table - Datasets - data.gov.ie 24 EPA Maps
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