East Anglia ONE project in isolation or in combination with any other projects. Furthermore in East Anglia ONE’s Statement of Common Ground with Natural England and JNCC, it is agreed that there will be no LSE on Annex 1 habitats resulting from the proposed project alone or in-combination (EAOL 2013). Given that the inshore sections of the offshore cable corridor are shared for the two proposed projects, EATL believe that there would be no LSE on coastal SACs from the proposed project.
74.
As part of the Evidence Plan process for the proposed project it was agreed by Cefas and Natural England (10th September 2013) that benthic features (i.e. offshore Annex I features) would be screened out of the HRA process.
75.
To conclude there is no pathway for the proposed project to have effects upon any marine Annex 1 habitats which have been designated under the Habitats Directive and therefore all SACs designated for offshore habitats have been screened out from further assessment.
5.2.1.2.2 In-combination effects 76.
As there is no pathway for project specific effects upon designated sites, by extension it is considered that there would be no pathways for in-combination effects with other projects.
5.2.2 Fish 77.
The key factors that will applied during the HRA screening process are: Potential effects (source); and
Proximity of source to feature (distance between the proposed development and SACs, migration routes) (pathway and receptor).
5.2.2.1 Potential effects (source) 78.
The conservation objectives for sites with migratory fish are listed below (Natural England undated):
Avoid the deterioration of the qualifying natural habitats and the habitats of qualifying species, and the significant disturbance of those qualifying species, ensuring the integrity of the site is maintained and the site makes a full contribution to achieving Favourable Conservation Status of each of the qualifying features.
Subject to natural change, to maintain or restore:
o The extent and distribution of qualifying natural habitats and habitats of qualifying species;
HRA High Level Screening May 2014
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