Financial - in terms of the loss of the agreements and the impact on overall farming income (this would be addressed via commercial agreement).
109. Following the completion of construction, all areas subject to ESS (with the exception of the converter station location) would be reinstated (see Chapter 23 Ecology) and it is likely that the same or similar agreements would be reinstated following construction.
22.6.1.2.1 Landfall and onshore cable route 110. During construction of either scenario there would be the potential for impacts from the onshore cable route on ESS, as described in section 22.6 above.
111. A maximum construction period of 10 weeks at landfall and 44 weeks along the onshore cable route has been considered for both Scenario 1 and 2. Features that are likely to be subject to agreements, such as trees and ponds have been avoided where practicable. A number of ditches and hedgerows would be crossed; however these would be crossed at right angles to minimise disturbance to those features, and replanted / reinstated following completion of the works.
112. There is potential for a certain amount of disruption to Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as a direct result of loss of land during the construction affecting such features as field margins. A number of landowners within an ESS would be affected by the proposed East Anglia THREE project. In the wider context (Suffolk) of which 204,545ha is within an ESS, this represents approximately 0.1% of the county resource. It is considered that the overall magnitude of effect would be low due to the area affected, the extent of agreements within the onshore cable route, and the nature of the ESAs. The sensitivity of receptors is considered to be medium (Table 22.7).
113. Following consultation with landowners to agree appropriate compensation or mitigation measures, the significance of the impacts to land within Environmental Stewardship is considered to be ofminor adverse significance.
22.6.1.2.2Converter station 114. At the converter station location impacts to ESS would be permanently altered as the land would be taken out of use during the operation of the project; this is discussed further in section 22.6.3.
22.6.1.3 Impact 3: Impacts to land drainage 115. During construction some temporary impacts on land drainage within agricultural fields would be unavoidable. This includes field drains, ditches and dykes. The largest impact is expected where field drains are present, whether subsurface,
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
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