would be avoided where possible (for further details see Chapter 23 Ecology). The exact timing and duration of works at any location are not known at this time.
105. The sensitivity of the receptor is considered to be medium, because although the quality of the land varies from grades 1 – 4, the majority of the land area is either grades 2 or 3 (see Table 22.11). The magnitude of effect is considered to be low (Table 22.8) for Scenario 1 and Scenario 2, based on the areas of land take stated above and given that there is no permanent change to land use for the onshore cable route, with only temporary restriction to agricultural activities. Furthermore the area affected along the onshore cable route is low as a percentage of the county resource. In the context of the county resource the impact significance is considered to be negligible and in the context of the local resource minor adverse.
106. During construction it is unavoidable that land along the onshore cable route would temporarily be taken out of its existing land use, however the embedded mitigation measures, which include the minimisation of land take through the onshore cable route design and reinstatement of features to existing condition and use (Table 22.3) reduce the potential impacts as far as practicable. No further mitigation measures are recommended. Ecological features such as hedgerows and trees are considered further in Chapter 23 Ecology, and further mitigation is provided in relation to these features.
22.6.1.1.2Converter station 107. Land take at the converter station would potentially be a permanent impact, or an impact with the duration of the project lifespan (i.e. 25 years). This impact is discussed as an operational impact (see section 22.7).
22.6.1.2 Impact 2: Impacts to Environmental Stewardship Schemes (ESS) 108. During the construction period there would be the potential for impacts on ESS. The effect on individual landowners / occupiers is likely to be specific to their own scheme, which would need to be discussed between EATL, landowners, occupiers and Natural England prior to construction. The impacts could range from the agreement ceasing entirely to no impact on the agreement, depending on the agreement objectives and location of the works. As such, this assessment looks at the impacts in general terms rather than on an agreement by agreement basis. Two potential connected impacts are anticipated as a result of this:
Ecological – in terms of the loss of the agreements and the substantive agri- environmental objectives of the scheme; and
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