Appropriate Assessment of the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
Comhairle Cathrach Chorcai Cork City Council
Halla na Cathrach, Corcaigh - City Hall, Cork - T12 T997
Screening for Appropriate Assessment Determination under Section 177U of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, for the Emerging Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
In order to comply with the requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, this determination has been made by Cork City Council rela ting to the potential for the emergi ng Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 to have effects on the integrity European Sites. In making the determination that Appropriate Assessment (AA) is required, the information on the potential effects on the integrity of European Sites arising from the emerging Draft Plan has been taken into account (this information will be placed on public di splay in the Natura Impact Report alongside the emerging Draft Plan). The process of screening for AA began at an early stage in the drafting of the Plan. The screening process assessed whether the emerging Draft Plan had the potential to have effects on the integr ity of any European Site, either alone or in combination with other plans and projects. The screening process concluded that an AA of the emerging Draft Plan would be required, as the Plan: is not directly con nected with or necessary to the management of European Sites; and may, on the basi s of obj ective information, individually, or in combination with other plans and proj ects, if unmitigated have adverse effects on the integrity of two European Sites, Cork Harbour Special Protection Area and Great Island Channel Special Area of Conservation.
Plan elements that could potentially affect the integrity of these European Sites include :
Provisions (such as those relating to: housing and community development; transport and mobility; climate and environment; green and blue infrastructure, open space and biodiversity; economy and employment; heritage, arts and cu lture; environmental infrastructure and management; key growth areas and neighbourhood development sites; and pl acemaking) that introduce sources for effects through construction phase such as habitat destruction, light pollution, hydrological interactions and disturbance effects; Loading pressures from the operational phase of developments - these sources could result in habitat loss, disturbance effects, interactions with water quality and habitat fragmentation; and Increasing visitors to sensitive areas during the operational phase of, for example, recreational developments.
Therefore, Stage 2 AA (including the preparation of the Natura Impact Report) is required for the emerging Draft Plan.
The undersigned, having carefully considered the information referred to above agrees with and adopts the reasoning and conclusion presented above. The undersigned hereby determines pursuant to the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and for the purposes of Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive that it could not be excluded, on the basis of objective information, that the emerging Draft Plan, individually, or in combination with other plans and projects would have a likely adverse effect on the integrity of a European Site and therefore an AA is required . s;,,,.,,, ~L} ~
C Weare Cork.
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Date:
021 4924000 www.corkcity.ie
Figure 3.2 Screening for Appropriate Assessment Determination
CAAS for Cork City Council
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