A vibrant community offering a new way of living CLONBURRIS SDZ PLANNING SCHEME STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT June 2018 __________________________________________________________________________________ Contents 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scale, nature and location of development ..................................................................................... 1 1.3 SEA Environmental Report ............................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Report Preparation .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Stages in the SEA Process ................................................................................................................. 6 2.2.2 Scoping .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Baseline Data ................................................................................................................................. 18 2.4 Consideration of alternatives ......................................................................................................... 19 2.5 Approach to assessment of significant environmental impacts .................................................... 19 2.6 Mitigation ....................................................................................................................................... 20 2.7 Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................... 20 2.8 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment .................................................................................................... 20 2.9 Data Gaps ....................................................................................................................................... 21 3.0 Relationships to Plans, Policies and Programmes.............................................................................. 22 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Relevant Plans, Policies and Programmes ..................................................................................... 22 3.3 Key principles identified from review ............................................................................................ 24 4.0 Environmental Baseline ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 Population and Human health ....................................................................................................... 28 4.3 Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna ......................................................................................................... 34 4.4 Water resources including surface water management and flood risk ......................................... 73 4.6 Geology and Soil ............................................................................................................................. 81 4.7 Climatic Factors and climate change ............................................................................................. 88 4.8 Cultural Assets ................................................................................................................................ 90 4.9 Material Assets ............................................................................................................................... 96 4.10 Landscape................................................................................................................................... 101 4.11 Green Infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 104 5.0 Strategic Environmental Objectives ................................................................................................. 109 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 109 6 Consideration of Alternatives ........................................................................................................... 111 __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 111 6.2 Alternative Scenarios for Planning Scheme ................................................................................. 111 6.3 Approach to the alternative scenarios ......................................................................................... 115 6.4 Assessment of potential environmental effects ........................................................................ 119 6.5 Preferred Alternative ................................................................................................................... 127 7 Assessment of Effects ......................................................................................................................... 128 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 128 7.2 Population and Human Health- Significant Effects ...................................................................... 129 7.3 Biodiversity, Flora and Fauna- Significant Effects ........................................................................ 130 7.4 Water - Significant Effects ............................................................................................................ 131 7.5 Soil and Geology - Significant Effects ........................................................................................... 132 7.6 Climatic Factors and Climate Change - Significant Effects ........................................................... 133 7.7 Cultural Assets - Significant Effects .............................................................................................. 134 7.8 Material Assets - Significant Impacts ........................................................................................... 134 7.9 Landscape - Significant Effects ..................................................................................................... 135 7.10 Green Infrastructure - Significant Effects................................................................................... 135 7.11 In-combination and cumulative significant effects .................................................................... 136 8 Mitigation Measures ........................................................................................................................... 142 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 142 8.2 Environmental Protection Measures in the South Dublin CDP 2016- 2022 ................................ 144 8.3 Reworded Mitigation Measures .................................................................................................. 159 8.4 Specific Mitigation Measures for SDZ Planning Scheme .............................................................. 171 8.5 Summary of Mitigation Measures and Environmental Effects for SDZ Planning Scheme ........... 174 9 Monitoring Measures ......................................................................................................................... 177 9.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 177 9.2 Frequency of Monitoring and Reporting ..................................................................................... 177 9.3 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 186 Appendix A Review of Plans, Policies and Programmes ........................................................................ 188 Annex B: Detailed Assessment of chapters of SDZ Planning Scheme .................................................... 206 2.10 Landscape and Open Space ............................................................................................................... 300 Annex C: SEA Screening of Material Alterations to Planning Scheme ................................................... 365 3 Schedule 2a Assessment ................................................................................................................. 448 __________________________________________________________________________________