Forest Service, an Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has carried out an initial assessment of this proposal under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (as amended).

It is planned that the project be completed by the end of February 2021. The Department does not intend to prepare an environmental statement.

A map showing the extent of the project has been placed on www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/forestry. Further details may be obtained by contacting Policy and Regulation Branch at 028 6634 3124 or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk.

Any person wishing to comment on the likely environmental effects of this project may do so in writing by 23 November 2020 to Forest Service, Policy and Regulation Branch, Inishkeen House, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 4EJ or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk