Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
The Justification Test which is referred to as part of the Sequential Approach is an assessment of whether a development proposal within an area at risk of flooding meets specific criteria for proper planning and sustainable development and demonstrates that it will not be subject to unacceptable risk nor increase flood risk elsewhere. The Justification Test should be applied only where development is within flood risk areas that would be defined as inappropriate under the screening test of the sequential risk based approach outlined above. This Justification Test is shown below.
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Figure 2 Justification Test
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12 Footnotes: 1 Including Strategic Development Zones and Section 25 Schemes in the area of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority 2 In the case of Gateway planning authorities, where a number of strategic growth centres have been identified within the overall area of the authority, the Justification Test may be applied for vulnerable development within each centre. 3 See definition of the core of an urban settlement in Glossary of Terms. 4 This criterion may be set aside where section 4.27b applies.
CAAS for Cork City Council
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