Client:
Cork City Council
Date:
March 2024
Project Title: Cork City LECP 2024-2029 Document Title: Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
Document Issue: draft
5 ARTICLE 6(3) APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING STATEMENT AND CONCLUSIONS The findings of this Screening Assessment are presented following the European Commission’s Assessment of Plans and Projects Significantly affecting Natura 2000 Sites: Methodological Guidance on the provisions of Article 6(3) and 6(4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (EC, 2021) and Managing Natura 2000 Sites: the provisions of Article 6 of the ‘Habitats’ Directive 92/43/EEC (EC, 2018) as well as the Department of the Environment’s Appropriate Assessment of Plans and Projects in Ireland - Guidance for Planning Authorities (DoEHLG, 2010). The requirement for a Stage 2 AA would arise if the Draft LECP were likely to have significant effects on a Natura 2000 site. This screening report evaluates the Draft Socio-Economic Statement and High Level Goals as part of the Cork City Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) to determine if it needs to be the subject of a Stage 2 AA. The AA Screening finds that the Draft Socio-Economic Statement and High Level Goals shall not give rise to significant effects on the integrity of any Natura 2000 sites. Therefore, in accordance with the methodological guidance on the provision of Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, it is concluded that the Draft Socio-Economic Statement and High Level Goals of the LECP does not require any further assessment to demonstrate compliance with the Directive. Following detailed review and assessment it is considered that the draft Cork City LECP will not result in likely significant effects to European Sites. This assessment is derived from consideration of the following factors: • The plan is a statutory plan and is wholly consistent with the landuse zoning objectives of the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 which was subject to full SEA and AA. • The plan sits beneath the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 within the statutory planning hierarchy • The existing environmental protection measures of the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 as detailed in the NIR and SEA of the respective plan. • The scale, nature and extent of LECP proposals which will not give rise to any land use activities that could result in impacts to European Sites not already addressed as part of the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, and Appropriate Assessment. In light of the findings of this report it is the considered view of the authors of this Screening Report for Appropriate Assessment that it can be concluded by Cork City Council that the Cork City LECP is not likely, alone or in-combination with other plans or projects, to have a significant effect on any European Sites in view of their Conservation Objectives.
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