Table of Contents 3


3.1 3.2


3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3


3.3


3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3


3.4


3.4.1 3.4.2


3.5 3.6 3.7


Policy and Legislative Context .......................................................................1 Introduction .................................................................................................1


International Context....................................................................................1 Reducing emissions ..............................................................................................1 Renewable energy ................................................................................................1 Managing and Improving the Environment .........................................................2


National Planning Context ............................................................................6 Reducing emissions ..............................................................................................6 Renewable Energy ................................................................................................7 Managing and improving the environment .........................................................8


Regional and Local context ......................................................................... 17 Mid Suffolk District Council ................................................................................17 Suffolk Coastal District Council...........................................................................20


The Project Design Envelope....................................................................... 23 Summary.................................................................................................... 24 References.................................................................................................. 24


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


Chapter 3 Policy and Legislative Context


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