Case: OCE-153024-X8M1H3
Whether Coillte was justified in refusing access to information under article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations on the grounds that the requested information is not held by or for it
AIE request was for any field ecological surveys which included a bat survey, regardless of whether the bat survey was a standalone document or part of a larger ecological assessment.
NPWS do not currently release details on derogation licences granted or refused
RTK submit a weekly report for all applications for derogation licences, and the related grants / refusals
NPWS licencing have now agreed to consider the active publication of derogation licences
Sample AIE
Please provide the following for the period 23/1/23 to 29/1/23:
1. Copies of all applications for derogation licences received
2. Copies of all derogation licences granted together with any information which grounded the decision including the application itself and any other document which records the reasons for the decision
3. Copies of all derogation licences refused together with any information which grounded the decision including the application itself and any other document which records the reasons for the decision.
Examples below
Application for a Licence to Exclude Bats from Domestic Dwellings
Derogation licence for works at the Magazine Fort, Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin (OPW)
Bats: renewal applications for Regulation 54 derogation license for surveying and inspection of roosts and sections 24&34 Handling licenses
Application forms and Annex IV European Species Risk Assessments in support of Regulation 54 Derogation Licence Applications for geophysical survey works for the following two projects:
– MOWA Offshore Wind Farm
– SEAGA Offshore Wind Farm
MOWA Offshore Wind Farm
Regulation 54 European Protected Species Risk Assessment
SEAGA Offshore Wind Farm
Regulation 54 European Protected Species Risk Assessment
Bat Roost Disturbance Licence Application, Coillte
Updated NPWS Bat Mitigation Guidelines. The new version can be downloaded
here: https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM134.pdf