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Irish Geological Heritage Programme County Waterford

The audit of County Geological Sites in Co. Waterford was completed in 2011 and revised in early 2012. The audit was carried out by Matthew Parkes and Robbie Meehan. The Waterford Geological Heritage Project was supported by the Heritage Council, the Geological Survey of Ireland and Waterford County Council. The resulting report was an action of the County Waterford Heritage Plan 2006-2011.

The Irish Geological Heritage Programme is identifying and selecting the very best national sites for NHA designation, to represent the country's geology. It is also identifying many sites of national or local geological heritage importance, which are classed as County Geological Sites (CGS), although these will not receive the statutory protection of NHA sites. However, the IGH Programme views the Local Authorities as critical partners in protecting, through the planning system, those CGS which fall within their county limits. In many cases these are often sites of high amenity or educational value, already zoned or listed in the plan. Listing in the CDP provides protection of the sites against potentially damaging developments that normally require planning permission, such as building, quarrying, landfilling or forestry. It is also important that the democratic process of public consultation and approval by councillors of the CDP means that stakeholders in the sites and all the local community can buy into the process.

Geological Survey of Ireland

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Geological Survey of Ireland

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