CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
4.7 Land Use Information on land use in Cork City can be obtained from the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory and Ireland's Marine Atlas 45 . These data sources have archives which document land use change as well as existing land use. The CORINE database is the dominant land use database; however, some sectors have additional spatial data resources such as forestry. The Forestry Service have produced a GIS based Forest Inventory Planning System (FIPS) to act as an aid in the long-term spatial planning of national forest, and to provide guidance to forestry grants. Additional sources of further land use data include the NPWS 46 . The SEA process considered land use impacts - utilising data from sources such as:
CORINE Land Cover Database
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Teagasc
EPA
NPWS
Forest Service Marine Institute
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)
GSI data
4.7.1 Key Considerations relating to the Strategy The key considerations in relation to Land Use were as follows:
• EV infrastructure development may influence the human environment and land use in the urban setting of Cork City.
45 Available at Ireland's Marine Atlas 46 Sources such as the Lesser Horseshoe Bat Species Action Plan 2022-2026, Draft National Peatland Strategy, Draft Raised Bog SAC Management Plan, and Draft Raised Bog NHAs Review.
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