22.6.1.1.1 Landfall and onshore cable route Table 22.2 shows the total construction land take area for Scenarios 1 and 2 based
96. 97.
on worst case assumptions. The areas of land that would need to be excluded from landowners, occupiers or the
public has been minimised through the route selection process as described in Chapter 4 Site Selection and Alternatives. Access for farm vehicles, to land severed by the works, would be maintained where practicable in consultation and subject to individual agreements with individual landowners and occupiers. Where necessary, crossing points would be agreed pre-construction.
98. At this stage it is not possible to calculate the area of land that would become
isolated or inaccessible. Access to individual fields would be arranged as part of the detailed construction planning. It is however likely that relatively small areas or strips of land would be affected.
99.
Based on the information provided in section 22.5, the majority of the construction footprint would be within areas currently associated with agricultural production.
100. In Scenario 1, temporary land take would come from the footprint of the haul road, laydown areas and jointing locations (see Table 22.2), much of which will be agricultural land taken out of use. In addition, approximately some agricultural land would be isolated.
101. Scenario 2 would result in approximately less agricultural land directly taken out of use during construction (see Table 22.2), with some agricultural land isolated.
102. Other land uses encompassed by the onshore cable route include roads and associated verges, field boundaries and watercourses.
103. The total area of farmed land in Suffolk is 287,122ha (Defra 2013b). The footprint of the onshore electrical transmission works including access constitutes 0.04% under Scenario 1 and 0.07% under Scenario 2 of the county resource.
104. The precise duration of impacts on land take is dependent on the timing of the construction sequence. Adopting a precautionary approach for the purpose of this assessment, the maximum construction period is up to 10 weeks at landfall, 44 weeks along the onshore cable route and 55 weeks at the converter station for either option. In reality, the duration for either scenario is likely to be considerably shorter at any given location. Where possible, reinstatement of hedgerows and their associated features (banks and ditches), and drainage systems would occur following the installation of each section of cable. Removal of trees or interference with roots
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