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Riverside Energy Park Belvedere EIA Scoping Report Riverside Energy Park Belvedere EIA Scoping Report On behalf of Cory Riverside Energy Project Ref: 42166 | Rev: Final | Date: November 2017 EIA Scoping Report Riverside Energy Park Document Control Sheet Project Name: Riverside Energy Park, Belvedere Project Ref: 42166 Report Title: EIA Scoping Report Doc Ref: FINAL Date: 24th November 2017 Name Position Signature Date Environmental Prepared by: Jonny Murphy JM 24.11.17 Planner Reviewed by: Stefan Boss Senior Associate SB 24.11.17 Approved by: Dermot Scanlon Equity Director DS 24.11.17 For and on behalf of Peter Brett Associates LLP Peter Brett Associates LLP disclaims any responsibility to the Client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of this report. This report has been prepared with reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the Client and generally in accordance with the appropriate ACE Agreement and taking account of the manpower, resources, investigations and testing devoted to it by agreement with the Client. This report is confidential to the Client and Peter Brett Associates LLP accepts no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report or any part thereof is made known. Any such party relies upon the report at their own risk. © Peter Brett Associates LLP 2017 ii EIA Scoping Report Riverside Energy Park Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 1 Purpose of this Report ................................................................................................... 1 Report Structure ............................................................................................................ 1 2 Proposed Development .............................................................................................................. 3 Proposed Development ................................................................................................. 3 Construction .................................................................................................................. 5 Decommissioning .......................................................................................................... 5 3 The Site and the Surrounding Area ........................................................................................... 6 Site Location and Description ........................................................................................ 6 The Surrounding Area ................................................................................................... 7 4 Regulatory and Policy Background .......................................................................................... 8 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 8 National Planning Policy and Guidance ........................................................................ 8 Regional Planning Policy and Guidance ..................................................................... 10 Emerging Regional Planning Policy and Guidance ..................................................... 11 Local Planning Policy and Guidance ........................................................................... 12 Emerging Local Planning Policy and Guidance .......................................................... 15 5 The EIA Process ........................................................................................................................ 16 EIA Regulations ........................................................................................................... 16 Consultation ................................................................................................................. 16 Assessment ................................................................................................................. 16 Mitigation ..................................................................................................................... 17 Monitoring .................................................................................................................... 17 Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) ................................................ 18 Environmental Statement ............................................................................................ 18 Consideration of Alternatives ...................................................................................... 18 EIA Team ..................................................................................................................... 18 6 Proposed Scope of the EIA ...................................................................................................... 20 Technical Scope .......................................................................................................... 20 Temporal Scope .......................................................................................................... 21 Spatial Scope .............................................................................................................. 22 Assessment of Effects ................................................................................................. 22 7 Topics Included in the EIA Scope ........................................................................................... 27 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 27 Transport ..................................................................................................................... 27 Air Quality .................................................................................................................... 31 Noise and Vibration ..................................................................................................... 34 iii EIA Scoping Report Riverside Energy Park Townscape and Visual Impact Assessment ................................................................ 36 Historic Environment ................................................................................................... 43 Terrestrial Biodiversity ................................................................................................. 48 Marine Biodiversity ...................................................................................................... 54 Marine Geomorphology ............................................................................................... 61 Hydrology, Flood Risk and Water Resources ............................................................. 65 Ground Conditions....................................................................................................... 73 Socio-economics ......................................................................................................... 76 Summary and Impact Interactions ............................................................................... 78 8 Topics Not Included in the EIA Scope .................................................................................... 80 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 80 Risks of Major Accidents and/or Disasters .................................................................. 80 Climate ........................................................................................................................ 80 Aviation ........................................................................................................................ 80 Daylight and Sunlight .................................................................................................. 81 Environmental Wind .................................................................................................... 81 Lighting ........................................................................................................................ 81 Human Health .............................................................................................................. 82 Waste .......................................................................................................................... 82 9 Summary and Next Steps ......................................................................................................... 84 Summary ..................................................................................................................... 84 The Environmental Statement ..................................................................................... 84 Next Steps ................................................................................................................... 84 Tables Table 6.1: Technical Scope ................................................................................................................... 20 Table 6.2: Significance criteria .............................................................................................................. 24 Table 7.2.1: Receptor Sensitivity ........................................................................................................... 30 Table 7.2.2: Significance Matrix ...........................................................................................................
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