East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm Landscape Management PlanWork No 38 to 41


August, 2016


1 Introduction 1.1 Project Overview 1.


East Anglia ONE Limited (EAOL) was awarded a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on June 17th 2014 for East Anglia ONE OffshoreWind Farm (EA ONE). The DCO granted consent for the development of a 1200MW offshore windfarm and associated infrastructure.


2.


In February 2015 EAOL secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) award to build a 714MW project and ScottishPower Renewables announced its role in leading East Anglia ONE towards construction. In April 2015 EAOL submitted a non- material change application to DECC to amend the consent from direct current (DC) technology to alternating current (AC). In March 2016 DECC authorised the proposed change application and issued an Amendments Order.


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The onshore construction works associated with East Anglia ONE comprise of the following, which is based on the AC technology with an installed capacity of 714MW and a transmission connection of 680MW:


 A landfall site at Bawdsey, Suffolk.  Up to six underground cables, approx. 37km in length.  Up to four cable ducts for future East Anglia THREE project.  An onshore substation located at Bramford next to existing National Grid infrastructure.


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The scope of this document relates to the landscape proposals and maintenance around the onshore substation at Bramford, referred to asWork No. 38 to 41 (Stage j) in the DCO.


1.2 Purpose and Scope 5.


This landscape management plan describes the landscape proposals and the general maintenance requirements for the landscape proposals for the EA ONE onshore substation, herein referred to as ‘the substation’. This document has been produced to fulfil DCO Requirement 12 in respect ofWorks No 38 to 41 (Stage j). Requirement 12 states:


12 – (1) No stage of the connection works shall commence until for that stage a written landscaping management scheme and associated work programme (which accords with the outline landscape and ecological management strategy) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the relevant planning authority in consultation with Natural England.


(2) The landscaping management scheme must include details of all proposed hard and soft landscaping works, including—


(a) location, number, species, size and planting density of any proposed planting, including any trees; (b) cultivation, importing of materials and other operations to ensure plant establishment; (c) proposed finished ground levels; (d) hard surfacing materials; (e) vehicular and pedestrian access, parking and circulation areas; (f) minor structures, such as furniture, refuse or other storage units, signs and lighting;


(g) proposed and existing functional services above and below, ground, including drainage, power and communications cables and pipelines, manholes and supports; (h) details of existing trees to be retained with measures for their protection during the construction period; (i) retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant; (j) implementation timetables for all landscaping works;


(k) proposed finished heights, form and gradient of earthworks in relation to Work No. 39 and Work No. 40; and


(l) in relation to Work No. 39 and Work No. 40 only, maintenance of the landscaping, including irrigation arrangements.


East Anglia ONE – EA1-CON-F-GBE-008554


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