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Requirements for new forestry plantations are too strict and lack flexibility - IFA
The IFA has expressed concern that draft environmental requirements for new forestry plantations are too strict and lack flexibility.
At a meeting with the Minister of State Andrew Doyle last week, IFA president Joe Healy and the association's forestry chairman Pat Collins highlighted issues such as the requirement for a 20m planting setback on sloping ground beside waterways, and the 5m setback from drains in areas deemed environmentally sensitive.
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