sphagnum mosses supply adversely affected. are present Sewerage including some generation rare species Waste generation All three native Surface water sundew species generation are present on the Impact upon site ground water One of the best Impact upon examples of raised natural and bog in UK cultural heritage Light pollution Qualifying Features Conditions that Possible impacts of Possible ‘in Is the proposed variation Avoidance and Actions support the the proposed combination’ likely to have significant Mitigation measures required qualifying features variation. impacts from other impacts on the Natura required (Conservation Plans and Projects. 2000 Sites? Objectives) which might be potentially affected by the Variation Dundalk Bay SPA None - This Natura No - It is considered that N/A – Objectives N/A. Tidal regime Loss of habitat 2000 site lies the adoption of this AAO1, BDO1, BDO3, Abstraction/ Loss of species outside the Plan proposed variation will not BDO4, BDO7,WPO1, water take Visual impact on area. It is affect this Natura 2000 and WPO4, and Internationally levels the landscape considered that the Site. The proposed policies AAP1-AAP5, important to the Site supports a Loss of proposed variation variation will not diminish BDP1, DSP1, DSP2, wintering large number of agricultural land will not diminish the effect of existing WPP1, WPP3, WPP5, population of gulls during Traffic generation the protection of objectives AAO1, BDO1, and WPP10 in the Greylag Goose. winter Demand on water this Natura 2000 BDO3, BDO4, BDO7,WPO1, Monaghan County
sphagnum mosses are present including some rare species All three native sundew species are present on the site One of the best examples of raised bog in UK supply Sewerage generation Waste generation Surface water generation Impact upon ground water Impact upon natural and cultural heritage Light pollution adversely affected. Qualifying Features Conditions that support the qualifying features (Conservation Objectives) which might be potentially affected by the Variation Possible impacts of the proposed variation. Possible ‘in combination’ impacts from other Plans and Projects. Is the proposed variation likely to have significant impacts on the Natura 2000 Sites? Avoidance and Mitigation measures required Actions required Dundalk Bay SPA Internationally important to the wintering population of Greylag Goose. Tidal regime Abstraction/ water take levels Site supports a large number of gulls during winter Loss of habitat Loss of species Visual impact on the landscape Loss of agricultural land Traffic generation Demand on water None - This Natura 2000 site lies outside the Plan area. It is considered that the proposed variation will not diminish the protection of this Natura 2000 No - It is considered that the adoption of this proposed variation will not affect this Natura 2000 Site. The proposed variation will not diminish the effect of existing objectives AAO1, BDO1, BDO3, BDO4, BDO7,WPO1, N/A – Objectives AAO1, BDO1, BDO3, BDO4, BDO7,WPO1, and WPO4, and policies AAP1-AAP5, BDP1, DSP1, DSP2, WPP1, WPP3, WPP5, and WPP10 in the Monaghan County N/A.
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