There is limited recreational sailing usage in and around where construction traffic would sail as confirmed in Chapter 15 Shipping and Navigation. Recreational boating activities should therefore be able to operate alongside commissioning traffic.
140. During operation the following potential impacts will be assessed:
Direct effects on land-based tourism and recreational resources during the operational phase of the proposed East Anglia THREE project are unlikely, as visual effects on these resources are likely to not be significant (as stated in Chapter 29 Seaside, Landscape and Visual Amenity) due to the distance of the offshore development from the coast.
Recreational marine users (e.g. sailors, surfers) may experience some limited visual impact from the proposed East Anglia THREE project (Chapter 29 Seaside, Landscape and Visual Amenity). However, there are already established views of offshore windfarms in the area (e.g. Scroby Sands and Greater Gabbard) and there is recent research available (OnePoll 2011) (YouGov 2013) to demonstrate there is no negative causal relationship between the sight of windfarms and a significant reduction in recreational users. It is therefore unlikely that any significant impacts will occur.
141. During decommissioning the following potential impacts will be assessed: As during the construction phase, any visual impact would be temporary and
transient in nature (see Chapter 29 Seaside, Landscape and Visual Amenity) and is therefore unlikely to be considered significant in EIA terms.
As during the construction phase, recreational boating activities would be able to operate alongside decommissioning traffic as the amount of traffic on the sea would not be significant (as outlined in Chapter 15 Shipping and Navigation).
28.8.8.2 Onshore 142. During construction the following potential impacts will be assessed:
Visual impacts - As per Chapter 29 Seascape, Landscape and Visual Amenity, visual impacts may only be experienced during the construction phase of the onshore cable route and are therefore temporary and unlikely to be significant. The site of the converter station would be well contained and its view diminished as a result of appropriate landscape mitigation (see Chapter 29 Seaside, Landscape and Visual Amenity). As there are limited tourism and recreational receptors within close proximity to the converter station, the overall visual effects would be minimal.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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