3 APPROACH TO HRA
3.1 The Habitats Regulations Assessment Process 12.
Stage 1 - Screening;
o European and Ramsar sites are screened for LSE, both effects from the project alone and in combination with other projects. For the proposed East Anglia THREE project this will be carried out in a two part process. The first part (undertaken in this document) is a high level screening. The second part takes forward those sites that could not be screened out in that high level process and examines them in more detail using a more detailed evidence base, including specific studies (e.g. migration modelling and collision risk modelling) that are published as part of the PEI Report. That second part of the screening will be reported in a refined screening report. The Planning Inspectorate advises that for those projects where no LSE is predicted then that should reported in the form of a No Significant Effects Report (NSER) and the Stage 2 assessment is not carried out.
Stage 2 - Appropriate Assessment;
o For those sites where LSE on a European or Ramsar site cannot be excluded in Stage 1 then further information to inform the assessment will be prepared and the test applied of will the project alone or in- combination adversely affect the integrity of the site in view of its conservation objectives. This assessment stage will be reported in the form of a HRA Report and the results of the assessment summarised in the form of a series of matrices. This report and the matrices will be submitted as part of the DCO application. Where appropriate, consultation will be undertaken with relevant consultees (including transboundary consultation).
13.
In those cases where the conclusion of the HRA Report is that an adverse effect on the integrity of a European or Ramsar site has been identified then the assessment proceeds to two further stages:
The Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) process is carried out in a sequential manner and the stages of that sequence are described as follows in Planning Inspectorate Advice Note 10 (Planning Inspectorate 2013a):
HRA High Level Screening May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm Page 5
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67