the manner in which the Department intends to deal with applications which should be subject to EIA. In the interim the Department will adopt current practice from England and Wales (see Section 7.19).
The Need for EIA
A.5.2 It is proposed that the following types of development would require EIA in every case:
- Agricultural and aquaculture
- Installations for the intensive treatment or rearing of poultry or pigs
- Major water management projects for agriculture, including irrigation and land drainage projects (this excludes routine water management projects undertaken by farmers)
- Intensive fish farming installations
- Extractive industry
- Quarries
- Surface industrial installations for the extraction of materials
- Energy industry
- Thermal power stations and other thermal installations
- Surface storage of natural gas
- Underground storage of combustible gases
- Surface storage of fossil fuels
- Industrial briquetting of coal and lignite
- Installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production
- Production and processing of metals
- Manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and manufacture of motor-vehicle engines
- Mineral industry
- Any installation for the manufacture of cement, glass, for the smelting of mineral substances and manufacture of ceramic products by burning
- Chemical industry
- Production of chemicals, pesticides or pharmaceutical products, paints, varnishes, elastomers and peroxides
- Installations for the storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products
- Food industry
- Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats
- Packing and canning of animal and vegetable products
- Manufacture of dairy products
- Brewing and malting
- Confectionery and syrup manufacture
- Installations for the slaughter of animals
- Industrial starch manufacturing
- Fish meal and fish oil factories
- Textile, leather, wood and paper industries
Industrial plants for:
- the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials
- the production of paper and board
- Infrastructure projects
- Urban development projects including the construction of shopping centres and car parks, sports stadiums, leisure centres and multiplex cinemas
- Construction of new railway lines and re-opening of disused railway lines
- Major road widening schemes
- Dams or other installations designed for the holding back or permanent storage of water
- Oil and gas pipeline installations with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a length of more than 5km unless constructed underneath a road or installed entirely by means of tunnelling
- Coastal work to combat erosion and maritime works capable of altering the coast through the construction of for example dykes, moles, jetties and other sea defence works, excluding the maintenance and reconstruction of such works
- Other projects
- Installations for the disposal of waste including incinerators of any size (including pet incinerators) and landfill sites
- Storage of scrap iron including scrap vehicles
- Ski-runs, ski-lifts and associated developments
- Marinas
- Holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban areas and associated developments
- Permanent camp sites and caravan sites
- Golf courses and associated development
- Residential development of more than 30 homes and commercial development of more than 500sq metres outside identified settlements.
APPENDIX 6
OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
A.6.1 All residential development creates a need for open space, whether located in an urban or rural area, the purpose of this Appendix being to assist people in making planning applications to identify the open space requirements in relation to their proposal.
A.6.1.1 The exact open space requirement will depend on the individual circumstances and nature of each planning application. Applicants are asked to note that all new residential development must provide adequate standards of residential amenity, including private open space such as gardens or shared amenity spaces for apartments, and bin storage areas. Meeting the open space requirement in this Appendix does not exempt applicants from providing adequate private open space.
A.6.1.2 It is not considered feasible to request smaller residential developments to make provision for open space either through on-site provision or by way of a commuted sum payment. Therefore, planning applications for the development of ten dwellings and above will have to make provision for open space.
A.6.1.3 In order to adequately undertake an assessment, it is considered important to have a clear understanding of what is meant by the term "outdoor playing space" and how it differs from "open space". The widely accepted definition of outdoor playing space is:
A.6.1.4 An area that is safely accessible and available to the general public, and of a suitable size and nature, for sport, active recreation or children's play.
A.6.1.5 Wi
