NPS Requirements


 existing air quality levels and the relative change in air quality from existing levels;  any potential eutrophication impacts.


27. EN-3 and EN-5 do not specifically include details on the assessment of air quality.


20.4.1.2.2 Local Planning Policy 28.


EN-1 states in paragraph 4.1.5 that:


“Other matters that the IPC may consider important and relevant to its decision- making may include Development Plan Documents or other documents in the Local Development Framework. In the event of a conflict between these or any other documents and an NPS, the NPS prevails for the purposes of IPC decision making given the national significance of the infrastructure.”


29.


The East Anglia THREE landfall location, onshore cable route and proposed converter station fall within the following Local Authorities’ areas of jurisdiction:


 


Suffolk Coastal District Council (SCDC); and Mid-Suffolk District Council (MSDC).


30. Additionally, construction vehicle access routes will pass through the following Local Authority boundaries:


 


31.


Babergh District Council (BDC); and Ipswich Borough Council (IBC).


The current planning policy documents and policies relevant to air quality are detailed in Table 20.7.


Table 20.7 Relevant Local Planning Policies Document


Suffolk Coastal District Local Plan (2013)


Policy/Guidance DM23


Policy/Guidance Purpose


On residential amenity, the Council will have regard to the following: […] (f) light spillage, air quality and other forms of pollution […] Development will be acceptable where it would not cause an unacceptable loss of amenity to adjoining or future occupiers of the development.


Mid-Suffolk District Council Core Strategy (2008)


CS4


Pollution: To protect people and the environment from unsafe or unhealthy pollutants. Development that harms the quality of soil or air and/or causes noise, dust, odour or light pollution will be avoided


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


Chapter 20 Air Quality Page 10


NPS Reference


PEIR Reference


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