Appendices
Including SEA, AA and SFRA
Submission from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (submission 395)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Nature Conservation The Department welcomes, from a biodiversity perspective, the detailed, well-illustrated draft plan, including the renaming of areas of conservation importance (e.g. the Glashaboy River Conservation Area) from simple SPA or SAC areas, and thereby incorporating their value into the ownership of the Plan. However, there are a number of points, some of which have been raised in previous submissions by this Department, which need to be addressed. Protection of European Natura Sites (Cork Harbour SPA) Under Section 10(2)(c) of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2020, a development plan shall include an objective for the conservation and protection of European sites, which, in the context of this plan, refers to Cork Harbour Special Protection Area (SPA no. 4030), designated under S.I. No. 237 of 2010. Objectives 6.23 and 6.24 appear (from their titles) to set out to do that, but there has been an error of transposition, in that both refer to rights of way and not designated or proposed sites. Reference to Cork County Development Plan is recommended for the type of wording necessary for such objectives, and also to ensure compatibility of plan objectives for the same site.
This is an error and the text of Objectives 6.23 and 6.24 will be amended as detailed below. Recommendation: (i) Amend Objective 6.23: Objective 6 .23 Designated Sites and Protected Species To preserve all public rights of way in Cork City, encourage opportunities to enhance existing or create new rights of way to improve access to green and blue infrastructure and prohibit development that would adversely impact the routes.
To protect and enhance designated sites and areas of natural heritage and biodiversity and the habitats, flora and fauna for which it is designated, and to protect, enhance and conserve designated species. Amend Objective 6.24: Objective 6.24 Information to be Considered for Development Affecting Designated Sites
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