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 an opinion on the following project in respect of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (as amended).

An opinion under the Regulations is formed taking account of the selection criteria specified in the legislation. An opinion may be ‘relevant’ if it is considered that a project is likely to have a significant effect on the environment or ‘not relevant’ if a project is considered unlikely to have a significant effect on the environment. Each project is required to comply with the UK Forestry Standard, which describes the governments’ approach to sustainable forestry.

Reference ERA20/21-89
Project Type Afforestation
Location Collinward, Belfast
Grid Reference J 31867 80463
Area 57ha
Project Description Planting of native woodland
Opinion Not relevant. Planting design has taken account of nearby priority habitats and these important areas for biodiversity will not be planted.

A map relating to this project has been placed on https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/environmental-impact-assessments. Further information may be obtained by contacting Policy and Regulation Branch at 028 6634 3034 or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk. Any person wishing to comment on the likely environmental effects of the above project may do so in writing by 12 June 2021 to Forest Service, Policy and Regulation Branch, Inishkeen House, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 4EJ or by emailing forest.regulation@daera-ni.gov.uk.