Appropriate Assessment of the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
Table 4.1 Characterisation of Potential Effects arising from the Plan
Site Code
Site Name 38
Characterisation of Potential Effects 39 , 40
004030 Cork
Harbour SPA The known threats to this site are: industrial or commercial areas; shipping lanes; marine and freshwater aquaculture; dispersed habitation; urbanised areas; human habitation; nautical sports; roads; motorways; walking; horse-riding; non-motorised vehicles; leisure fishing; fertilisation; and port areas. These pressures relate to: built environment; ports; fisheries; and amenity and leisure activities. No direct land take or habitat loss will occur due to the implementation of the plan either within any European sites or any connectivity corridors necessary to support the ecological integrity of the site, due to Objectives such as: 6.5, 6.9, 6.15, 6.20, 6.22, 6.23 and 6.24 and Paragraph No. 11.225. The development of Cork City’s built environment with appropriate regard to ecological sensitivities is provided for in the plan via Objectives such as: 11.9 and Paragraph No. 11.262.
The local amenity use of sites, recreation and tourism is encouraged throughout the Plan but with due consideration for European sites through requirements such as Paragraph 6.62 “As with all Plan provisions, Objectives in this Section will be implemented subject to compliance with the Habitats and Birds Directives and other ecological protection objectives” in Chapter 6 “Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity”. Paragraph 6.64 requires that “Any agricultural or fishing/aquaculture activities related developments or would be considered subject to compliance with the Habitats and Birds Directives and in consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland as relevant”. For further details in relation to mitigation measures / policy objectives incorporated into the Plan please refer to Section 5 below. The known threats to this site are: urbanised areas; human habitation; eutrophication (natural); reclamation of land from sea, estuary or marsh; roads; motorways; marine and freshwater aquaculture; grazing; fertilisation; and invasive non-native species. These pressures relate to: built environment, pollution, land take, aquaculture, agriculture and invasive species. No direct land take or habitat loss will occur due to the implementation of the plan either within any European sites or any connectivity corridors necessary to support the ecological integrity of the site, due to Objectives such as: 6.5, 6.9, 6.15, 6.20, 6.22, 6.23 and 6.24 and Paragraph No. 11.225. The development of Cork City’s built environment with appropriate regard to ecological sensitivities is provided for in the plan via Objectives such as: 11.9 and Paragraph No. 11.262. The local amenity use of sites, recreation and tourism is encouraged throughout the Plan but with due consideration for European sites through requirements such as Paragraph 6.62 “As with all Plan provisions, Objectives in this Section will be implemented subject to compliance with the Habitats and Birds Directives and other ecological protection objectives” in Chapter 6 “Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity. Paragraph 6.64 requires that “Any agricultural or fishing/aquaculture activities related developments or would be considered subject to compliance with the Habitats and Birds Directives and in consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland as relevant”.
001058 Great Island Channel SAC
The management of invasive species occurrence and risk is accounted for in the Plan via Objectives such as: 6.25 and Paragraph No. 11.226. For further details in relation to mitigation measures / policy objectives incorporated into the Plan please refer to Section 5 below.
38 For qualifying features for each European Site (QIs and SCIs), please refer to Table 3.1 39 Informed by, inter alia, The Status of Protected EU Habitats and Species in Ireland, Overview Volume 1 (NPWS, 2019) 40 For further detail on mitigation measures integrated into the Plan refer to Section 5 below
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CAAS for Cork City Council
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