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Scoping Opinion Proposed Mynydd Mynyllod Wind Farm SCOPING OPINION PROPOSED MYNYDD MYNYLLOD WIND FARM, DENBIGHSHIRE AND GWYNEDD, WALES August 2010 independent impartial inclusive CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................3 1.0 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................5 Background................................................................................................................. 5 Commission’s Consultation ...................................................................................... 6 Structure of the Document ........................................................................................ 7 2.0 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT .....................................................9 Applicant’s Information ............................................................................................. 9 Commission’s Comment ......................................................................................... 12 3.0 EIA APPROACH AND TOPIC AREAS...............................................17 General Comments on the Scoping Report........................................................... 17 Topic Areas ............................................................................................................... 19 4.0 OTHER INFORMATION ....................................................................31 Appropriate Assessment ......................................................................................... 31 Health Impact Assessment...................................................................................... 31 Other Regulatory Regimes ...................................................................................... 32 Climate Change, National Policy Statements and EIA Regs................................ 32 Applicant’s Consultation ......................................................................................... 34 APPENDIX 1....................................................................................................1 APPENDIX 2....................................................................................................2 APPENDIX 3....................................................................................................6 PRESENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT........................8 1 100819_EN0100028_202289 ES Indicative Contents............................................................................................... 9 Balance ........................................................................................................................ 9 Physical Scope ........................................................................................................... 9 Temporal Scope........................................................................................................ 10 Baseline ..................................................................................................................... 10 Identification of Impacts and Method Statement .................................................. 11 Cross References and Interactions ........................................................................ 14 Terminology and Glossary of Technical Terms .................................................... 14 Summary Tables....................................................................................................... 14 Bibliography.............................................................................................................. 15 Non Technical Summary.......................................................................................... 15 Consultation.............................................................................................................. 15 2 100819_EN0100028_202289 Executive Summary This is the Infrastructure Planning Commission’s (the Commission’s) Scoping Opinion (the Opinion) in respect of the content of the environmental statement for a potential wind farm at Mynydd Mynyllod by ScottishPower Renewables UK Limited (the Applicant), within the local authorities of Denbighshire and Gwynedd County Councils in North Wales (the Proposal). This report sets out the Commission’s Opinion on the basis of the information provided in the Applicant’s report entitled ‘Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion’ (July 2010) (Scoping Report). This Opinion can only reflect the proposals as currently described by the Applicant. The Commission has consulted on the Scoping Report and the responses received have been taken into account in adopting this Opinion. The Commission is satisfied that the topics identified in the Scoping Report encompass those matters identified in Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 19 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009. The Commission draws attention both to the general points and those made in respect of each of the specialist topics in this Opinion. The main potential issues identified are: The Scope of the Development: • The degree of allowable flexibility given towards the proposed design envelope and ability to assess the maximum potential adverse effects of the proposal; and • The need to clearly identify and describe the proposal and any development subject to separate application procedures such as off-site road improvements and grid connections. The Scope of the EIA: • The need to identify and describe the physical scope of the baseline assessment. The ES should ensure the baseline data is comprehensive and sufficient to enable consideration of all potential significant impacts including but not exclusive to; water, terrestrial ecology, hydrology/hydrogeology, cultural heritage and noise; • The need to consider the assessment as a whole and not as a series of unconnected specialist reports, considering any inter-relationships; and • The need to consider the cumulative effects with other developments in area. 3 100819_EN0100028_202289 The Potential Impacts: • The visual impacts on areas of landscape and historical significance; • The traffic impacts including those relating to the movement of abnormal loads; • Any noise impact arising from the construction and/or operation of the proposed development and any cumulative effects with other developments in area; • The impacts on drainage and peat deposits; • The impact of on-site borrow pits, including the quantity of material removed; and • The impacts of the Proposal on any adjacent and nearby European, International and nationally designated sites. Matters are not scoped out unless specifically addressed and justified by the Applicant and confirmed as being scoped out by the Commission. 4 100819_EN0100028_202289 1.0 INTRODUCTION Background 1.1 On 12 July 2010, the Commission received a Scoping Report submitted by the Applicant under Regulation 8 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2263) (the EIA Regs) in order to request a scoping opinion for the proposed Mynydd Mynyllod Wind Farm. This Opinion is made in response to this request and should be read in conjunction with the Scoping Report. 1.2 The EIA Regs enable an Applicant, before making an application for an order granting development consent, to ask the Commission to state in writing its formal opinion (a ‘scoping opinion’) on the information to be provided in an environmental statement (ES). 1.3 The proposed development falls within Schedule 2 development under the EIA Regs as being an installation for the harnessing of wind power for energy production (wind farm). An EIA is not mandatory for Schedule 2 development but depends upon the sensitivity of the receiving environment, the likelihood of significant environmental effects and the scale of the proposals. 1.4 In submitting the information included in their request for a scoping opinion, the Applicant is deemed to have notified the Commission under Regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIA Regs that it proposes to provide an ES in respect of the proposed Mynydd Mynyllod Wind Farm. The proposed development is determined to be EIA development in accordance with Regulation 4. The Applicant has not requested a screening opinion from the Commission. 1.5 Before adopting a scoping opinion the Commission (or the relevant authority) must take into account: - ‘the specific characteristics of the particular development; - the specific characteristics of the development of the type concerned; - the environmental features likely to be affected by the development’. (EIA Regs 8 (9)) 1.6 This Opinion sets out what information the Commission considers should be included in the ES for the proposed Mynydd Mynyllod Wind Farm. The opinion has taken account of: i the EIA Regs; ii the nature and scale of the proposed development; iii the nature of the receiving environment; and 5 100819_EN0100028_202289 iv current best practice in the preparation of environmental statements. 1.7 The Commission has also taken account of the responses received from the statutory consultees. It has carefully considered the matters addressed by the Applicant and has used professional judgement and experience in order to come to this Opinion. The Commission will take account of relevant legislation and guidelines when considering the ES. The Commission will not be precluded from requiring additional information in connection with the ES submitted when considering any application for a development consent order (DCO). 1.8 This Opinion should not be construed as implying that
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