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Environmental Impact Assessment Screening F Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Penpergwm Solar Farm 14/10/2020 Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Page 2 of 38 Disclaimer Neo Environmental Limited shall have no liability for any loss, damage, injury, claim, expense, cost, or other consequence arising as a result of use or reliance upon any information contained in or omitted from this document. Copyright © 2020 The material presented in this report is confidential. This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of Great House Energy Limited. The report shall not be distributed or made available to any other company or person without the knowledge and written consent of Great House Energy Limited or Neo Environmental Ltd. Neo Environmental Ltd Head Office - Glasgow: Wright Business Centre, 1 Lonmay Road, Glasgow. G33 4EL Warrington Office: Rugby Office: Cinnamon House, Valiant Suites, Crab Lane, Lumonics House, Valley Drive, Warrington, Swift Valley, Rugby, WA2 0XP. Warwickshire, CV21 1TQ. Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office: Johnstown Business Centre, Unit 3, the Courtyard Business Park, Johnstown House, Galgorm Castle, Ballymena, Naas, Northern Ireland, Co. Kildare. BT42 1HL. Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Page 3 of 38 Prepared For: Great House Energy Limited Prepared By: Nicole Beckett BSc (Hons) AIEMA Graham Cameron BSc MA Daniel Flenley BSc (Hons) MPhil Grad CIEEM Michael Briggs BSc (Hons) MSc ACIfA MIAI Michael McGhee BSc TechIOA Paul Neary BA H.Dip MA MSc MIEnvSc MIAI ACIFA CEnv Name Date Edited By: Michael Briggs 14/10/2020 Checked By: Michael McGhee 14/10/2020 Name Signature Approved By Paul Neary Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Page 4 of 38 Contents 1. Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 5 2. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Development Description .................................................................................................................. 10 4. Site Selection ...................................................................................................................................... 11 5. Relevant LEgislation & Planning Policy .............................................................................................. 13 6. Landscape and Visual EFfeCts ............................................................................................................ 20 Landscape Baseline ................................................................................................................................. 20 Visual Baseline ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Landscape and Visual Effects ................................................................................................................. 22 Cumulative Effects .................................................................................................................................. 23 7. Ecology ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Designated Sites Baseline ....................................................................................................................... 24 Habitats / Protected Species .................................................................................................................. 25 8. Cultural Heritage & Archaeology ....................................................................................................... 26 Baseline ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Direct Effects ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Indirect Effects ........................................................................................................................................ 30 9. Hydrology ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Potential Flood Risk Effects .................................................................................................................... 32 10. Noise ................................................................................................................................................... 32 11. Traffic and Access ............................................................................................................................... 33 Potential Effects ...................................................................................................................................... 33 12. Glint & Glare ....................................................................................................................................... 34 Potential Impacts upon Ground Based Receptors ................................................................................ 34 Potential Impacts upon Aviation Assets ................................................................................................ 34 13. Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan ................................................................. 35 14. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 36 15. Appendices ......................................................................................................................................... 38 Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Page 5 of 38 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assessment has been undertaken to identify the potential significant effects of a proposed solar farm on lands at Penpergwm and c. 4.7km southwest of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire to determine whether an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for the project. The Application Site is located within the Northern Hills and Northern Raglan Visual and Sensory Aspects, which are noted as having a high evaluation value. The Application Site boundary vegetation helps to restrict some inward views, although the upper slopes of the local hill will allow greatest views from the southwest to the east. Such partial views of the site are expected to be localised. The greatest views will be experienced by users on the PROWs passing through the site, however with appropriate design and landscape measures no significant landscape and visual effects are anticipated. The site does not lie within any statutory environmental designated sites. There are six Natura 2000 designated sites within 15km of the Application Site, however, given the design of the Proposed Development, it is considered that there will not be significant effects on any ecologically qualifying features of the sites. With the implementation of the a Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP), it is anticipated that the Proposed Development will result in a net beneficial gain for biodiversity. Given the carefully selected location of the Proposed Development not lying within any ecologically designated sites and the nearest being over 1km away, it is considered that there will not be any significant effects for any ecological qualifying features or designated sites listed within 15km of the Application Site Boundary. The site comprises most of pasture land, with a smaller area of arable land, considered to be of low ecological value. With the implementation of the Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP), it is predicted that the Proposed Development will result in a net beneficial gain for biodiversity. There are no designated or non-designated heritage assets recorded within the boundary of the Application Site, therefore no direct effects will occur on known assets. A site walk-over survey found few features of archaeological interest; however, a Green-Way was present along the southern edges of Fields 5, 6 and 7 (see Figure 3 in Appendix A). This will be excluded from solar development within the design process to avoid any potential impacts upon it as a result of the development. Construction methodology for solar farms usually results in a total ground disturbance footprint of c. 5% of the Application Site area and hence, direct effects upon unknown archaeological remains within the Application Site are not considered likely to be significant. While a full Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment will be required in order to ascertain the degree of impacts anticipated upon each of the above assets, the most notable potential for visual effects is expected to occur for the Grade II* Listed Great House adjacent to the proposed site. In addition, visual effects upon the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site to the west will also require careful consideration due to the significance of this heritage asset. Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Page 6 of 38 The site visit undertaken identified that tree cover along the sites field boundaries prevented any significant views or intervisibility with surrounding heritage assets. Taking into consideration the above information, overall indirect effects are expected to be Not Significant. As the site is contained within Flood Zone A; a development of this
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