CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Introduction This is the non-technical summary of the final consolidated environmental report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Cork City Council (CCC) Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Strategy (herein referred to as 'the Strategy'). The purpose of this SEA is to identify and evaluate the likely significant environmental effects of implementation of the Strategy. Background The CAP 2023 has set targets for a 50% reduction in transport emissions by 2030. This includes a 20% reduction in total vehicle kilometres, a reduction in fuel usage, and significant increases to sustainable transport trips and modal share. It acknowledges that fleet electrification and use of biofuels will provide the greatest share of emissions abatement in the medium term, requiring 30% of the private car fleet to be electrified by 2030. The CAP supports regional and local authorities with the development of EV Network Plans, and that these plans should be aligned with the adopted national Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2025. In response, CCC has prepared the Strategy for the functional area of Cork City. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Screening of the Strategy has determined that it should be subject to full SEA. Approach to SEA The SEA process can be defined by four stages, all of which include some level of consultation with stakeholders and the public. These stages are defined as:
Stage 1 – Screening: deciding whether a SEA is required, or not.
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• Stage 2 – Scoping: establishing the spatial and temporal scope of the SEA and a decision-making framework that can be used to evaluate impacts. • Stage 3 – Identification, Prediction, Considerations of Alternatives, Evaluation and Mitigation of Potential Impacts. • Stage 4 – Consultation, Revision and Post-Adoption. This includes the implementation of statutory SEA monitoring. The SEA process generally runs in parallel with the Appropriate Assessment (AA) process, which is an assessment process focusing on the potential effects of a plan or project on sites designated for nature protection known as ‘European Sites'. In this instance, 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 was not required for the Strategy.
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