Bord na Móna has a Geographical Information System (GIS) that informs the management of its land bank.
The system contains, or is linked to, a wide range of data sets covering a broad spectrum of relevant information.
The GIS, together with its data sets, provides an excellent tool for the on-going review of potential future land uses and forms the basis of the technical Land Use Review System that has now been established.
Additional relevant data sets, including information relating to recreation and tourism as well as the relationships of bogs to settlements and infrastructure, have been added to the system.
The Land Use Review System draws on the information available in the GIS to inform the systematic assessment and review of the potential of the land bank on a bog-by-bog basis.
A first run of this system has been undertaken to inform the strategic framework.
The assessment fields are listed below.
Bog Info:
BSM Bog ID
BNM Bog No.
BNM Bog Name
BNM Bog group
County
IPPC Licence no.
Area in hectares (as per GIS system)
Works/buildings
Electricity network:
within 1 km
within 5 km
Distance to (km)
Gas network:
within 1 km
within 5 km
Distance to (km)
Wind:
Speed
Local authority wind strategy policy
Planning Context:
Transport/access:
Settlement:
Archaelogical Features:
Main land use:
Type
Area
Other land use:
Type
Area
Cutaway %:
Drainage:
Gravity
Pumped
Part pumped
Biodiversity:
Current value
Features
Links
General Bog comments:
Projected:
Extraction cessation
Drainage
Biodiversity Value
Main habitats
Potential:
Infrastructure: Value
Comment
Wind Farm: Value
Comment
Tourism/Amenity: Value
Comment
Other: Value
Comment
Summary:
Primary Land Use Potential
