development. The Round 3 zones were identified in an iterative process that took account of a number of constraints imposed by existing or future use of the sea and included consultation with a range of stakeholders (The Crown Estate 2012).


6.


The finalised Round 3 zones identified by The Crown Estate in 2009 were then selected following the completion of a three stage iterative process involving consultation with a range of stakeholders.


7.


The Crown Estate as competent authority for the Round 3 Plan has undertaken a full Habitat Regulation Appraisal (HRA) at a planning level, which included an Appropriate Assessment (AA) for those sites where likely significant effects could not be excluded at screening stage. Outcomes of the plan level HRA are taken into consideration by developers as part of the process of Zone and project development.


8.


ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall bid for the East Anglia Zone as part of the Round 3 tender process as they considered that a combination of environmental and technical constraints, as well as the potential capacity, provided amongst the best available opportunities for development. They were awarded the zone by The Crown Estate and a Zonal Development Agreement was entered into in January 2010.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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