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Coastal Habitats Baseline


Detailed baseline relating to Coastal Habitats is provided in Volume 3, Section 24.5.2.9 of the ES. Coastal vegetated shingle and maritime cliffs and slopes area UKBAP and Suffolk LBAP priority habitats, however only very small areas of these habitats are present at the landfall. Coastal Saltmarsh is a UKBAP and Suffolk LBAP Priority Habitat; however only a very small strip is present on the route either side of the River Deben and Martlesham Creek. Habitat information is included in Appendix 24.2 of the ES which details the Phase 1 report.


4.4.2 68 69 Embedded Mitigation


The cable would be installed at the landfall location using HDD techniques that would minimise habitat loss.


There would be no direct impact on the areas of saltmarsh either side of the River Deben from cabling, as the Onshore Cable Route would be installed at the River Deben using HDD.


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The Onshore Cable Route avoids the vegetated shingle area adjacent to the landfall.


Additional Mitigation Pre-construction


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To minimise disturbance impacts to the beach and shingle habitat, the works area would be clearly defined by marker posts and construction access restricted. This would prevent disturbance of adjacent areas.


During Construction 72


Maritime liffs and slope habitat that may be temporarily impacted would be reinstated on completion of works. Where shingle is crossed this would be stored and then redistributed over the top of the Onshore Cable Route .


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Monitoring of planting and seedlings would be undertaken 5 years after the completion of the works. With a walkover survey, following the baseline methodology being undertaken in years one, three and five.


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