SEA Environmental Report for the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
Environmental Component
Significant Positive Effect, likely to occur
Potentially Adverse Environmental Effects, if unmitigated Significant Failure to provide adequate and appropriate waste water treatment (water services infrastructure and capacity ensures the mitigation of potential conflicts). Failure to adequately treat surface water run- off that is discharged to water bodies (water services infrastructure and capacity ensures the mitigation of potential conflicts). Failure to comply with drinking water regulations and serve new development with adequate drinking water (water services infrastructure and capacity ensures the mitigation of potential conflicts). Increases in waste levels. Potential impacts upon public assets and infrastructure. Interactions between agriculture and soil, water, biodiversity and human health - including phosphorous and nitrogen deposition as a result of agricultural activities and the production of secondary inorganic particulate matter. Potential conflict between development under the Plan and aiming to reduce carbon emissions in line with local, national and European environmental objectives. Potential conflicts between transport emissions, including those from cars, and air quality. Potential conflicts between increased frequency of noise emissions and protection of sensitive receptors. Potential conflicts with climate adaptation measures including those relating to flood risk management. Potential effects on protected and unknown archaeology and protected architecture arising from construction and operation activities. Occurrence of adverse visual impacts and conflicts with the appropriate protection of designations relating to the landscape.
Material Assets
Contribution towards appropriate provision of infrastructure and services to existing population and planned growth by facilitating compact development of lands (including those within and adjacent to the City Centre and the City’s suburbs) that are served (or can be more easily served) by infrastructure and services, thereby helping to avoid the need to develop less well- serviced lands elsewhere in the City and beyond. Contribution towards limits in increases in energy demand from the transport sector by facilitating sustainable compact growth.
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Contribution towards climate mitigation and adaptation by facilitating compact development of lands (including those within and adjacent to the City Centre and the City’s suburbs) that are served (or can be more easily served) by infrastructure and services, thereby helping to avoid the need to develop less well-serviced lands elsewhere in the City and beyond.
Climatic Factors
Cultural Heritage
Contributes towards protection of cultural heritage elsewhere by facilitating development within an existing built footprint. Contributes towards protection of wider landscape and landscape designations by facilitating development within an existing built footprint.
Landscape
7.3.2 Assessment of Extent of Natural and Artificial Landcovers Zoned for New Residential and Employment Zone Development Using GSI, an assessment of the extent of natural and artificial landcovers zoned for new residential and employment zone development under each alternative is provided on Table 7.3. Table 7.3 Comparative Assessment of Extent of Natural and Artificial Land Covers to be Developed under each of the Alternatives Alternative (selected alternative in bold ) New Residential and Employment Zone Area (ha) Natural Landcover Artificial Landcover Alternative 1: City Wide Growth Scenario 1,083.9 457.6
1,083.9
457.5
Alternative 2: Transport Orientated Development Scenario Alternative 3: Compact Liveable Growth Scenario
1054.1
348.8
CAAS for Cork City Council
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