Summary
Forest Service, an Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has provided an opinion on the following projects 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
Consultation description
Reference ERA21/22-01
Project Type Forest Road Works
Location Carrickaholten Forest, Killeter, Co Tyrone
Grid Reference H 20236 73922
Area 0.42 hectares
Project Description Development of access route to facilitate timber extraction
The Department does not propose to prepare an Environmental Statement.
This is a small scale project. Stone is only required for the initial 40m of the route. Mats will be used on the rest of the access route to minimise damage to surface vegetation and soil and will be lifted when the harvesting operation is completed. The planned route will avoid using the existing track adjacent to the nearby watercourse thereby minimising any impact to water quality.
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.