inspectorate website1. All figures referred to in this Chapter can be found in Volume 2 as listed in the table above.
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This chapter has taken account of primary relevant guidance provided in the National Policy Statement (NPS) for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3). The NPS guidance notes relevant to benthic ecology are described in detail in Table 10.3.
10.2 Consultation 6.
Table 10.1 summarises issues raised and advice provided during consultation. Consultation relevant to benthic ecology mainly occurred through three separate processes. Firstly, a scoping opinion was sought from the relevant statutory consultees (The Planning Inspectorate 2012). Secondly, consultation with key statutory consultees was undertaken through the Evidence Plan process (for further detail on the Evidence Plan please refer to Appendix 10.1 and Chapter 6 Environmental Impact Assessment Methodology). Thirdly, although not directed specifically at East Anglia THREE Limited, feedback from consultees on the East Anglia ONE examination process was taken into account where it was considered relevant to this project.
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Table 10.1 indicates which section(s) of this or other chapters address the issues raised.
Table
10.1.Consultation Responses Consultee
Date /Document
Scoping Opinion
JNCC and Natural England
November 2012
We note that the potential for Sabellaria spinulosa has been identified through the analysis of this data. With the project being submitted for examination by PINS in 2014, the data at this point will be over 4 years old. We advise that owing to the ephemeral nature of S.spinulosa the age of this data is likely to result in reduced confidence in conclusions relating to the presence or absence of Annex I reef in these areas. We advise that the requirement for further survey should be explored and we would be happy to discuss this further with EAOW.
East Anglia THEE Limited (EATL) have made a commitment to conduct pre construction surveys which will assess the presence of S. spinulosa reef within the proposed East Anglia THREE project.
Comment
Response / where addressed in the PEIR
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Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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