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Principle The height of the converter station hall and ancillary equipment will be kept to a minimum and the slab level will be lowered to the most practical level.


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Principle Landscaping to minimise the visual intrusion, and respond to local landscape character and biodiversity will be undertaken and considered with building design and layout of ancillary structures. Delivery of this principle will be guided by implementation of the Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Strategy and delivery through the Section 111/106 agreement.


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Principle Design should have regard to the potential for embedded ecological mitigation and enhancement (excluding green and brown roofs and green walls), with particular attention to lighting, large areas of glass and baffling of noise sources. Examples of items of ecological enhancement which could be considered include: 1. Reptiles and amphibians - refugia and hibernacula in habitats around station


2. Bird boxes (e.g. Barn Owl boxes) in surrounding habitat and on site 3. Swift bricks installed into buildings 4. Bat boxes in planting around site 5. Insect boxes on site 6. Hedgehog hibernation boxes on site


In addition, the sustainable drainage system (SuDS) solution for the site as a minimum would be likely to include a ponded area, which could represent habitat creation on the site.


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Principle A SuDS drainage strategy will be developed in accordance with DCO Requirement 16 relating to a Surface Water and Drainage Management


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