[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
SEA Interim Monitoring Report for the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Two-Year Progress Review
Section 5 Conclusions and Recommendations As the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 came into force only two years ago, this report can only identify progress on, and the results of, monitoring the significant environmental effects of implementing the Plan over the past two years and is dependent upon information being available to this effect. In multiple instances data was found to be available from before when the Plan came into force, but not after. Nonetheless, available data was identified and collected to inform this SEA Interim Monitoring Report for the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Two-Year Progress Review. Furthermore, the City Development Plan is being implemented alongside other strategies, plans and programmes that are prepared, assessed and adopted for all sectors (e.g. transport, water management/services and energy) from national to local levels of decision making. Furthermore, many City Development Plan provisions have limited spatial specificity (beyond being applicable to the City area) and are high level. These issues mean that the application of a cause–effect model for changes in indicator values is limited. Nonetheless, clear progress has been demonstrated with respect to environmental protection and management that is consistent with the predictions of environmental effects for the Plan. Various interventions benefitting the protection and management of the environment were identified as being made by Cork City Council at both strategic and project levels through various initiatives. Furthermore, progress has been demonstrated by Cork City Council in implementing the Development Plan provisions relating to the protection and management of the environment. No issues have been identified that would indicate: that effects do not correspond with the predictions of environmental effects made by the 2021/2022 SEA of the Plan (see Section 2 of this report); or unforeseen effects arising from implementation of the Plan, alone or in combination with other plans or programmes. The mitigation measures integrated into and already in force through the Plan are deemed therefore to be effective and adequate and no remedial action (e.g. additions to, amendments to and/or guidance on how to implement existing measures) is deemed necessary. This report is part of the overall SEA monitoring process being undertaken for the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028. It is recommended that this report is used to inform future reporting on the monitoring of the Plan over the coming years.
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