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DRAFT RSES- NWRA NATURA IMPACT REPORT (NIR) Northern and Western Region RSES ‐ NIR DRAFT RSES- NWRA NATURA IMPACT REPORT (NIR) Northern and Western Region RSES ‐ NIR TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 SCOPE OF THE NIR .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 APPROACH TO NATURA IMPACT REPORT PREPARATION ........................................................................ 2 1.3 LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT ......................................................................... 2 2 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 4 2.1 GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS ON AA ........................................................................................................ 4 2.2 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND CASE LAW ................................................................................................. 5 2.3 PURPOSE OF THE AA PROCESS ......................................................................................................... 5 2.4 STAGES OF APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................. 6 2.5 INFORMATION SOURCES CONSULTED ................................................................................................. 7 2.6 IMPACT PREDICTION ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.7 CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................................. 9 3 NORTHERN AND WESTERN RSES ....................................................................................... 10 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 10 3.2 THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN REGION OVERVIEW ........................................................................... 10 3.3 STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN REGION ............................................................ 11 3.4 KEY ASPECTS OF THE DRAFT NW RSES ............................................................................................ 12 4 OVERVIEW OF THE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 15 4.1 IDENTIFICATION OF EUROPEAN SITES ............................................................................................... 15 4.2 CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 20 4.3 CONSERVATION STATUS OF EU PROTECTED HABITATS AND SPECIES ...................................................... 21 4.4 ARTICLE 10 OF THE HABITATS DIRECTIVE AND EX‐SITU IMPACTS .......................................................... 22 4.5 EXISTING THREATS AND PRESSURES TO EU PROTECTED HABITATS AND SPECIES ...................................... 23 5 STAGE I SCREENING FOR AA .............................................................................................. 24 5.1 POTENTIAL FOR LIKELY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ..................................................................................... 24 5.2 SCREENING FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT CONCLUSION................................................................... 24 6 STAGE 2 APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT OF THE DRAFT RSES ................................................ 25 6.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 25 6.2 ASPECTS OF THE PLAN TO BE ASSESSED ............................................................................................ 25 6.3 APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................... 26 6.4 IMPACT PREDICTION ..................................................................................................................... 26 7 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF DRAFT RSES ......................................................................... 33 7.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 33 MDR1402Rp0013F01 i Northern and Western Region RSES ‐ NIR 7.2 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT – VIBRANT REGION (CHAPTER 1 OF THE DRAFT RSES) .............................. 36 7.3 ENVIRONMENT ‐ NATURAL REGION (CHAPTER 2 OF THE DRAFT RSES) .................................................. 38 7.4 CONNECTIVITY – CONNECTED REGION (CHAPTER 3 OF THE DRAFT RSES) .............................................. 39 7.5 QUALITY OF LIFE – INCLUSIVE REGION (CHAPTER 4 OF THE DRAFT RSES) ............................................... 42 7.6 INFRASTRUCTURE – ENABLING OUR REGION (CHAPTER 5 OF THE DRAFT RSES) ...................................... 43 7.7 ALL ISLAND COHESION (CHAPTER 6 OF THE DRAFT RSES) .................................................................... 44 7.8 IMPLEMENTATION (CHAPTER 7 OF THE DRAFT RSES) .......................................................................... 45 7.9 PEOPLE AND PLACE (CHAPTER 8 OF THE DRAFT RSES) ........................................................................ 45 7.10 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (CHAPTER 9 OF THE DRAFT RSES) ...................................................................... 83 7.11 ASSESSMENT OF IN COMBINATION EFFECTS WITH OTHER PLANS OR PROJECTS ....................................... 85 7.12 CHANGES MADE TO DRAFT RSES BY NWRA .................................................................................... 96 8 MITIGATION MEASURES/ RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................... 98 8.1 OVERALL MITIGATION STRATEGY ........................................................................................... 98 8.2 OVERARCHING MITIGATION FOR PLANS, PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NWRA RSES 99 9 NEXT STEPS ..................................................................................................................... 106 10 REFERENCES.................................................................................................................... 107 APPENDICES Appendix A Summary of Statutory Consultation Responses (Prior to Draft RSES) Appendix B Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) Northern & Western Region Appendix C Special Protection Areas (SPAs) Northern & Western Region Appendix D Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) Northern Ireland Appendix E Special Protection Areas (SPAs) Northern Ireland Appendix F Screening for Appropriate Assessment Appendix G EU Condition Assessment Appendix H Threats and Pressures Considered Relevant to the RSES LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3‐1 – Regional Assemblies, and the Northern and Western Region ......................................... 10 Figure 3‐2 – Strategic Vision of the Northern and Western Region ..................................................... 12 Figure 4‐1 – AA within the Planning Hierarchy of the RSES .................................................................. 16 Figure 4‐2 – European Sites within the Zone of Influence of the draft RSES ........................................ 18 Figure 4‐3 – European Sites and Hydrological Connectivity in the Northern and Western Region ..... 19 Figure 7‐1 ‐ European Sites and Ecological Resources in the Northern & Western Region ................. 84 Figure 8‐1 – Hierarchy of Preferred Mitigation Options ....................................................................... 9 8 MDR1402Rp0013F01 ii Northern and Western Region RSES ‐ NIR LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 – European Sites within the Zone of Influence of the RSES .................................................. 17 Table 6.1 – Elements of the draft RSES assessed in the NIR ................................................................. 25 Table 6.2 – Potential Ecological Effects Associated with the Policy Objectives Outlined in the draft NWRA .................................................................................................................................................... 28 Table 7.1 – Protective Regional Policy Objectives Relevant to European Sites and / or Natura 2000 Network ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Table 7.2 – In‐Combination Impacts with Other Plans and Strategies ................................................. 86 Table 8.1‐ How Mitigation Measures / Recommendations have been addressed in the Final RSES . 100 MDR1402Rp0013F01 iii Northern and Western Region RSES ‐ NIR 1 INTRODUCTION The Northern and Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) is currently preparing a Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for the region. The main purpose of the RSES is to support the implementation of the National Planning Framework (NPF), and the economic policies and objectives of the Government by providing a long‐term strategic planning and economic framework for the development of the three regions: Northern and Western; Southern; and Eastern and Midland. The Northern and Western Region RSES (hereafter referred to as NW RSES) will be a strategic plan which identifies assets, opportunities and pressures for this region and will put appropriate policy objectives in place that will better manage regional planning and economic development
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