Trail development, Vartry River, Devils Glen, Wicklow

Notes;

Trail construction and associated drainage, alongside a cherry laurel removal project should have required screening for Appropriate Assessment ? where is that screening?

If AA is required (hydrological connectivity to Natura 2000 sites (Murrough Wetlands SAC and SPA)) then there should have been a public consultation conducted on the AA

Reported to DAFM FS and IFI (as trail construction has no effective buffer and drainage is into sea trout pools on Vartry River). DAFM remit is only forest roads, so have no jurisdiction over trail development

Assessment under Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive ?

Environmental Liabilities Directive case ?

If road/trail construction along sea trout pools is unlicensed, what remedies are available to remediate the damage?

Area map

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