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Strategic Environmental Assessment Strategic Environmental Assessment Draft Dundalk and Environs Development Plan 2009-2015 Feel the Energy Table of Contents Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1 Non-Executive Summary 1 1.1.2 Description of the Plan 1 1.2 Stages of the SEA Assessment 3 1.2.1 Screening 3 1.2.2 Scoping Report 4 1.2.3 Environmental Report 4 1.2.4 SEA Activities to Date 5 1.2.5 Stages so far in review of Development Plan 5 1.3 Consultation 5 1.3.1 Issues Paper 6 1.3.2 Scoping Report 6 1.4 Legislation and Background 8 1.4.1 SEA Legislation Background 8 1.4.2 Appropriate Assessment 9 1.4.3 Implications of the SEA process for Elected Members 9 1.5 Context and Setting of Dundalk and Environs 10 1.5.1 Local Context 10 1.5.2 National and Regional Context 11 1.6 Plans and Documents which influence the SEA 13 1.6.1 International Plans and Programmes 13 1.6.2 National and Regional Level 15 1.6.3 Other relevant Guidance at National Level 17 1.6.4 Local Level 19 1.6.5 Local, Draft Dundalk and Environs Development Plan 2009-2015 20 1.7 Information contained within the SEA 22 1.8 Mitigation and Monitoring 23 1.8.1 Mitigation 23 1.8.2 Monitoring 23 Strategic Environmental Assessment Chapter 2 2.0 Non-Technical Summary 25 2.1 Introduction 25 2.2 Baseline Data 26 2.2.1 Population and Human Health 26 2.2.2 Bio-Diversity, Flora and Fauna 26 2.2.3 Ground and Surface Water 26 2.2.4 Flooding 27 2.2.5 Air and Climate Factors 27 2.2.6 Material Assets 27 2.2.7 Water Supplies/Wastewater 28 2.2.8 Cultural Heritage 28 2.3 Strategic Environmental Objectives 28 2.4 Development Plan Policies and Strategic Environmental Objectives 31 Chapter 3 3.0 Environmental Baseline Information 33 3.1 Dundalk Study Area 33 3.2 Bio-Diversity, Flora and Fauna 35 3.2.1 Introduction 35 3.2.2 Biodiversity in Dundalk 35 3.2.3 Flora and Fauna of Dundalk 35 3.2.4 Flora and Fauna of Dundalk South West Sector LAP 35 3.3 Designations 38 3.3.1 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC’s) 38 3.3.2 Special Protection Areas (SPA’s) 43 3.3.3 Proposed Natural Heritage Area’s (pNHA’s) 44 3.3.4 Ecological Corridors 45 3.3.5 Tree Preservation Orders 45 3.3.6 Balmers Bog 46 3.3.7 Breakdown of impact on Biodiversity in absence of a Development Plan 47 3.8 Population and Human Health 47 3.8.1 Dundalk and Environs Area 47 3.8.2 Future Accommodation Needs: Housing Strategy for County Louth 50 Strategic Environmental Assessment 3.8.3 Economic Development 50 3.8.4 Human Health 51 3.8.5 Flooding 51 3.8.6 Air Quality 51 3.8.7 Waste Management 51 3.8.8 Breakdown of impact on population and human health in absence of a 51 Development Plan 3.9 Soil 51 3.91 Geology and Soils 52 3.9.2 Containment Sites/Brownfield Development 53 3.9.3 Breakdown of impact on soil in absence of Development Plan 54 3.10 Water 54 3.10.1 The Water Framework Directive 54 3.10.2 River Basin Districts 54 3.10.3 Key Elements of River Basin Planning 55 3.10.4 Surface Water Classification 55 3.10.5 Waterbody Risk Classifications 55 3.10.6 Neagh-Bann River Basin District 56 3.10.7 Role of Local Authorities in River Basin Management 57 3.10.8 Water Quality and Infrastructure 59 3.10.9 Groundwater Protection Scheme 60 3.10.10 Waste Water Treatment 61 3.10.11 Drinking Water Quality 65 3.10.12 Water Conservation 66 3.10.13 Surface Water Drainage 67 3.10.14 Flood Protection 69 3.10.15 Irish Coastal Protection Strategy Study (ICPSS) 70 3.10.16 Harbours/Mains – generally for harbour areas 71 3.10.17 Breakdown of impact on water quality in the absence of a Development Plan 71 3.11 Air and Climate Factors 71 3.11.1 Climate Change 71 3.11.2 Kyoto 72 3.11.3 Irelands Greenhouse Gas emissions estimates 72 3.11.4 Sustainable Energy Ireland 72 Strategic Environmental Assessment 3.11.5 Air Quality 74 3.11.6 Climate of the Blackrock Area 75 3.11.7 Noise 76 3.11.8 Wind Energy Capabilities 76 3.11.9 Breakdown of impact on air and climate in the absence of a Development Plan 77 3.12 Material Assets 77 3.12.1 Roads 77 3.12.2 Transport Services 78 3.13 Telecommunications and Broadband Infrastructure 80 3.13.1 Breakdown of impact on material assets in the absence of a Development Plan 82 3.14 Cultural and Built Heritage 83 3.14.1 Arts and Culture 83 3.14.2 Built Heritage 84 3.14.3 Breakdown of impact on culture and heritage in the absence of a Development 90 Plan 8.15 Landscape 90 8.15.1 Landscape Character Areas 90 8.15.2 Amenity Areas and Designated Areas of Open Space 93 8.15.3 Heritage Parks and Gardens 94 3.15.4 Urban Areas and Gardens 95 3.15.5 Breakdown of impact on landscape in the absence of a Development Plan 96 Chapter 4 4.0 Strategic Environmental Objectives 97 4.1 Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna 98 4.2 Population and Human Health 99 4.3 Soil 100 4.4 Water 100 4.5 Air and Climatic Factors 102 4.6 Material Assets 102 4.7 Cultural/Heritage 103 4.8 Landscape 104 Strategic Environmental Assessment Chapter 5 5.0 Consideration of Alternative Development Options 105 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 Methodology 105 5.3 Description of Alternative Considered 105 5.3.1 Option 1: Minimalist Approach 106 5.3.2 Option 2: Plan Led Approach 106 5.3.3 Option 3: Market-Led Approach 107 5.4 Integration of Development Options and Strategic Environmental Objectives 107 5.5 Preferred Options 110 Chapter 6 6.1 Mitigation Measures 111 6.2 Monitoring 113 6.3 Conclusion 113 Strategic Environmental Assessment List of Figures Fig 1:1 Hierarchies of Spatial Planning Documents 11 Fig 1.2 National Spatial Strategy, Gateways and Hubs 12 Fig 1.3 The Sub Regions 13 Fig 2.1 Summary of Process for formulation of Environmental Report 25 Fig 3.1 Dundalk 2020 Targets 74 Strategic Environmental Assessment List of Maps Map 1.1 Dundalk in the context of County Louth and the surrounding area 22 Map 3.1 Dundalk Study Area 34 Map 3.2 Biodiversity 38 Map 3.3 Special Area of Conservation 40 Map 3.4 Carlingford SAC within Louth 42 Map 3.5 SPA of Dundalk 44 Map 3.6 Tree listed for Preservation 46 Map 3.7 Population Change 49 Map 3.8 Corrine Land Classification for County Louth 53 Map 3.9 Neagh Bann River Basin District 57 Map 3.10 River Basin District 58 Map 3.11 Rivers in County Louth 59 Map 3.12 Water Quality 60 Map 3.13 Existing Water Infrastructure 65 Map 3.14 Schematic of Dundalk district Metered Areas (DMA’s) 67 Map 3.15 Floodpoints 70 Map 3.16 Sustainable Energy Zone 73 Map 3.17 Proposed Cycle Routes 79 Map 3.18 Dundalk Metropolitan Area Network 81 Map 3.19 Wireless and DSL Broadband 82 Map 3.20 Special Archaeological Interest Area 85 Map 3.21 Sites and Monuments Recorded for Protection 86 Map 3.22 Protected Structures 88 Map 3.23 Architectural Conservation Area 89 Map 3.24 ACA Soldiers Point 90 Map 3.25 County Louth: Landscape Character Area 93 Map 3.26 Public Open Space zoned within existing Development Plan 95 Strategic Environmental Assessment List of Tables Tab 1.1 SEA Actions 5 Tab 2.1 Strategic Environmental Objectives 29 Tab 3.1 Dundalk Population Changes 48 Tab 3.2 Dundalk Settlement Strategy 49 Tab 3.3 Non-Compliant Secondary Treatment Plants >15,000 p.e. (2005) 62 Tab 3.4 Effluent Quality from secondary Waste Water Treatment Plants in Louth 63 Tab 3.5 Compliance by County Louth with EC Drinking Water Regulations 66 Tab 5.1 Strategic Environmental Objectives 107 Tab 5.2 Assessment of Alternative development options in the context of the Strategic 109 Environmental Objectives Tab 6.1 Development Plan policies providing mitigation of proposed development on the 111 Environment Strategic Environmental Assessment Appendices Appendix 1 SEA Matrix 115 Strategic Environmental Assessment Strategic Environmental Assessment Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Non-Executive Summary The EU Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment or SEA (Directive 2002/42/EC) came into force in July 2001 and requires Member States of the EU to assess the likely significant environmental effects of plans and programmers’ prior to their adoption, thus providing for the assessment of strategic environmental considerations at an early stage of the decision making process. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a formal, systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the likely significant environmental effects of implementing major public undertakings such as Development Plans, before the decision is made to adopt it. Strategic Environmental Assessments can accommodate and if necessary, negate the cumulative environmental impacts which may arise from the implementation of a Development Plan. The process of preparing a Strategic Environmental Assessment runs in parallel to that of formulating a Development Plan and the same opportunities for comment afforded to the public through a Development Plan process are available for the SEA process.
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