Cork County Council Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029

Notice of Adoption under Article 16 of the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435/2004), as amended

Local Authority Climate Action Plan 2024 – 2029 for the Cork County Council functional area

Cork County Council has prepared a Local Authority Climate Action Plan for the Cork County Council functional area for the years 2024 - 2029 underSection 16 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.

The Climate Action Plan was subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) under SEA Directive 2001/42/EC as transposed into Irish law under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435/2004), as amended; and Appropriate Assessment (AA) the EU’s Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, as transposed into Irish law under Regulation 42(1) of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477/2011), as amended.

A copy of the Climate Action Plan and associated environmental reports are available for public inspection on the website of Cork County Council at www.corkcoco.ie.

Physical copies of the Climate Action Plan and associated environmental reports are available for public inspection at Floor 1 (Planning Department), County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, T12 R2NC, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) between the hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm during the period from the 28th February 2024 until the 10th April 2024.

Physical copies of the Climate Action Plan in English and Irish are available in Cork County Council’s Public Libraries during their associated operational hours.

A SEA Statement is also available for inspection online which summarises:

  1. how environmental considerations have been integrated into the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme,
  2. how
    1. the environmental report prepared pursuant to article 12, 
    2. submissions and observations made to the competent authority in response to a notice under article 13, and
    3. any consultations under article 14,
      have been taken into account during the preparation of the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme,
  3. the reasons for choosing the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme, in the light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with, and
  4. the measures decided upon to monitor, in accordance with article 17, the significant environmental effects of implementation of the plan or programme, or modification to a plan or programme.

Signed: Louis Duffy

Director of Service, Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Services

Dated: Wednesday 28th February 2024