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Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings Natura Impact Statement (Informative) Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings Natura Impact Statement (Informative) March 2016 Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings Natura Impact Statement (Informative) Client: Donegal County Council C/O Doran Consulting Document number: 7088 Project number: 267797j Status: Final Author: Gemma Nixon Reviewer: Kathy Dale Date of issue: 23 March 2016 Glasgow Aberdeen Inverness Craighall Business Park Banchory Business Centre Alder House 8 Eagle Street Burn O’Bennie Road Cradlehall Business Park Glasgow Banchory Inverness G4 9XA AB31 5ZU IV2 5GH 0141 341 5040 01330 826 596 01463 794 212 [email protected] www.envirocentre.co.uk This document has been prepared for Donegal County Council C/O Doran Consulting (“the Client”). EnviroCentre accepts no liability or responsibility for any use that is made of this document other than by the Client for the purpose of the original commission for which it has been prepared. Donegal County Council C/O Doran Consulting March 2016 Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings; Natura Impact Statement (Informative) Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Regulatory Context ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Appropriate Assessment ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Screening for Appropriate Assessment ................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Aim of Report .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Method ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 3 Project Description .......................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Site and Surroundings ............................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Preferred Option ..................................................................................................................................... 6 4 Sheephaven SAC .............................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1 Synopsis ................................................................................................................................................... 9 5 Identification and Description of PotentiAl Impacts to Sheephaven SAC features of interest ..................... 15 5.1 Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide ............................................................... 15 5.2 Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) ................................................................. 17 5.3 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) ............................................................................. 18 5.4 Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (white dunes)....................................... 19 5.5 Machairs (in Ireland) ............................................................................................................................. 20 5.6 Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles ........................................................ 20 5.7 Petalwort Petalophyllum ralfsii ............................................................................................................. 20 6 In Combination Effects .................................................................................................................................. 22 7 Concluding Statement ................................................................................................................................... 23 References ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Figures Figure 3-1: Publically available aerial imagery identifying Downings village, pier, beach and caravan site ........... 5 Figure 3-2: Proposed promenade location ............................................................................................................. 6 Figure 3-3: ‘Alternative Revetment Walkway’ Promenade Design ......................................................................... 8 Figure 5-1: Sheephaven SAC location of mudflats and sandflats .......................................................................... 16 Figure 5-2: Sheephaven SAC distribution of community types ............................................................................. 17 Figure 5-3: Sheephaven SAC location of Atlantic salt meadows and Mediterranean salt meadows ................... 18 Figure 5-4: Sheephaven SAC location of white dunes........................................................................................... 19 Figure 5-5: Habitats identified at Downings Bay ................................................................................................... 20 Figure 5-6: Sheephaven SAC Petalwort distribution ............................................................................................. 21 Tables Table 4.1: Conservation Objectives for Sheephaven SAC ..................................................................................... 10 i Donegal County Council C/O Doran Consulting March 2016 Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings; Natura Impact Statement (Informative) 1 INTRODUCTION This report has been prepared by EnviroCentre Ltd in association with Doran Consulting, on behalf of their client, Donegal County Council. The objective is to determine the potential effects, if any, of a proposed Beach Promenade at Downings, County Donegal, on the Sheephaven Special Area of Conservation (SAC, Site Code No. 001190) (on site). The purpose of this assessment is to determine the appropriateness, or otherwise, of the proposed scheme in the context of the conservation status of this site. 1.1 Regulatory Context The Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora, better known as “The Habitats Directive”, provides the framework for legal protection for habitats and species of European importance. Articles 3 to 9 provide the legislative means to protect habitats and species of Community interest through the establishment and conservation of an EU-wide network of sites known as Natura 2000. These are Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) designated under the Habitats Directive and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) designated under the Conservation of Wild Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), better known as “The Birds Directive”. 1.2 Appropriate Assessment The Habitats Directive requires ‘appropriate assessment’ of plans and projects that are likely to have a significant effect on Natura 2000 sites. Article 6(3) establishes the requirement for Appropriate Assessment: “Any plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the [Natura 2000] site but likely to have a significant effect thereon, either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, shall be subjected to appropriate assessment of its implications for the site in view of the site’s conservation objectives. In light of the conclusions of the assessment of the implication for the site and subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the competent national authorities shall agree to the plan or project only after having ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned and, if appropriate, after having obtained the opinion of the general public”. Article 6(4) goes on to discuss alternative solutions, the test of “imperative reasons of overriding public interest” (IROPI) and compensatory measures: “If, in spite of a negative assessment of the implications for the site and in the absence of alternative solutions, a plan or project must nevertheless be carried out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest, including those of social or economic nature, the Member State shall take all compensatory measures necessary to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected. It shall inform the Commission of the compensatory measures adopted”. A number of guidance documents on the appropriate assessment process have been referred to during the preparation of this Natura Impact Statement (Informative) NIS(I). These are: • Managing Natura 2000 Sites: The provisions of Article 6 of the ‘Habitats’ Directive 92/43/EEC (2000); • Assessment of plans and projects significantly affecting Natura 2000 sites. Methodological guidance on the provisions of Article 6(3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (Nov. 2001 – published 2002); Donegal County Council C/O Doran Consulting March 2016 Proposed Beach Promenade, Downings; Natura Impact Statement (Informative) • EU Guidance document on Article 6(4) of the 'Habitats Directive' 92/43/EEC (2007); and • Appropriate Assessment of Plans and Projects in Ireland - Guidance for Planning Authorities (Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 2009, Revised February 2010). Should a decision be
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