Forestry and Plant Health

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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

FOREST SERVICE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Forest Service, an Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has provided opinions on the following projects in respect of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (as amended).

Reference ERA18/19-95
Project Type Deforestation
Location Grange, Cookstown
Grid Reference H 831 754
Area 2.04 hectares
Project Description Clearance of broadleaf woodland
Opinion Relevant. Features of biodiversity value will be affected by this project. This project is likely to have a significant effect on the environment.
Reference ERA18/19-98
Project Type Deforestation
Location Roughan, Augher
Grid Reference H 598 553
Area 1.60 hectares
Project Description Clearance of mixed woodland
Opinion Not relevant. No cultural features or priority habitat will be affected by this project. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment.
Reference ERA18/19-103
Project Type Deforestation
Location Browns brae, Holywood
Grid Reference J 414 788
Area 3.00 hectares
Project Description Clearance of broadleaf woodland
Opinion Relevant. The extent of the proposed removal of this priority woodland is likely to have a significant effect on the environment.
Reference ERA18/19-104
Project Type Afforestation
Location Finnabrogue, Downpatrick
Grid Reference J 501 479
Area 0.40 hectares
Project Description Planting of native woodland
Opinion Not relevant. No features of cultural and biodiversity value will be affected by this project. This project is unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment.

Maps and information relating to the projects have been placed on www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/forestry.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Policy and Regulation Branch at 028 6634 3036 or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk. Any person wishing to comment on the likely environmental effects of the above projects may do so in writing by 10 June 2019 to Forest Service, Policy and Regulation Branch, Inishkeen House, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 4EJ or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk.