HT 7: To ensure that additional HT 9: To ensure that proposals for infrastructure and / or substation development which would be likely to required to accommodate high have a significant effect on nature voltage transmission power lines conservation sites and /or habitats or shall be detailed including species of high conservation value will consideration of alternatives. only be approved if it can be Mitigation measures shall be ascertained, by means of an outlined to minimise the visual Appropriate Assessment or other impact of the multiplicity /convergence ecological assessment, that the of overhead lines including any integrity of these sites will not be associated tie-ins at substations. adversely affected except where there Where there is a multiplicity and or are imperative reasons of overriding convergence of overhead lines that public interest (IROPI). the undergrounding of existing and / HT 10: To seek compliance with any statutory or proposed lines shall be government guidelines issued by the investigated by applicants. DECLG pursuant to Section 28 of the HT 8: To have regard to the potential impact Planning and Development Acts of proposed overhead high voltage This includes the review by the transmission power lines on the established expert group on Effects of “Health equine industry in the County, such as the Electromagnetic Fields", published in sporthorse and the thoroughbred 2007 by the Department of bloodstock sectors, and to ensure Communications, Energy and Natural that appropriate mitigation measures are Resources”, and any further reviews. provided to mitigate any adverse impact on this important industry.
HT 7: To ensure that additional infrastructure and / or substation required to accommodate high voltage transmission power lines shall be detailed including consideration of alternatives. Mitigation measures shall be outlined to minimise the visual impact of the multiplicity /convergence of overhead lines including any associated tie-ins at substations. Where there is a multiplicity and or convergence of overhead lines that the undergrounding of existing and / or proposed lines shall be investigated by applicants. HT 8: To have regard to the potential impact of proposed overhead high voltage transmission power lines on the established equine industry in the County, such as the sporthorse and the thoroughbred bloodstock sectors, and to ensure that appropriate mitigation measures are provided to mitigate any adverse impact on this important industry. HT 9: To ensure that proposals for development which would be likely to have a significant effect on nature conservation sites and /or habitats or species of high conservation value will only be approved if it can be ascertained, by means of an Appropriate Assessment or other ecological assessment, that the integrity of these sites will not be adversely affected except where there are imperative reasons of overriding public interest (IROPI). HT 10: To seek compliance with any statutory government guidelines issued by the DECLG pursuant to Section 28 of the Planning and Development Acts This includes the review by the expert group on “Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields", published in 2007 by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources”, and any further reviews.
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