86.


The Advice Note goes on to state (page 13):


“One practical way forward would be for the DCO application to set out specified maximum and minimum…..Developers should be in a position to be able to identify the most likely variations of options and so provide a more focused description. However, any flexibility should not permit such a wide range of materially different options such that each option in itself might constitute a different project for which development consent should be sought and an ES provided, nor allow a scheme to be implemented which is materially different from that assessed in the EIA.”


87.


Therefore, in order for the EIA to be comprehensive and adequate a ‘realistic worst case’ has been developed for each topic area of the assessment. It should be noted that only realistic buildable scenarios are assessed. If a combination of design parameters leads to a scenario that cannot realistically occur then the worst case scenario has been reconsidered and a realistic set of worst case parameters has been assessed. Where this is the case, this is made clear in the individual chapters.


3.6 Summary 88.


This chapter sets out the policy and legislation relevant to the proposed East Anglia THREE project. This Chapter, along with Chapter 2 Need for the Project shows how the proposed East Anglia THREE project would comply with this policy and legislation, and assist the UK Government to meet both its own targets, and those agreed by the European and global communities, whilst appropriately examining and mitigating the environmental impacts of the development.


89.


At a regional and local level the project has developed, and will continue to develop, in accordance with the Local Development Documents for both the Mid Suffolk District Council and the Suffolk Coastal District Council.


3.7 References


Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) (2009a). The UK Renewable Energy Strategy. Available at: http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm76/7686/7686.pdf. Accessed: 13/02/2013.


Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) (2009b). The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan: National Strategy for Climate and Energy. The Stationery Office


Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) (2010). National Renewable Energy Action Plan for the United Kingdom: Article 4 of the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/47871/2


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