RWE Innogy UK | Triton Knoll Electrical System, Onshore Crossing Schedule Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited TRITON KNOLL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Volume 5 Annex 3.1: Socio-Economic Baseline Study April 2015 Document Reference 6.2.5.3.1 Pursuant to: APFP Reg. 5(2)(a) 1 RWE Innogy UK | Triton Knoll Electrical System, Socio-economic Baseline Study Triton Knoll Electrical System Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited Copyright © 2015 RWE Innogy UK Ltd Environmental Statement All pre-existing rights reserved. Application Document 6.2.5.3.1 Liability Socio-Economic Baseline Study In preparation of this document Triton Knoll April 2015 Offshore Wind Farm Limited (TKOWFL), a joint venture between RWE Innogy UK (RWE) and Statkraft UK, subconsultants working on behalf of TKOWFL, have made reasonable efforts to ensure Drafted By: RSK/GoBe Consultants that the content is accurate, up to date and Approved By: Kim Gauld-Clark complete for the purpose for which it was prepared. 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Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd Triton Knoll Electrical System Annex 3.1: Chapter 3, Socio-Economic Baseline Study P80427 MARCH 2015 RSK GENERAL NOTES Project No.: 80427 Title: Triton Knoll Electrical System Socio-Economic Baseline Study Client: Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, Auckland House, Great Western Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 8ZT Date: 18th March 2015 Office: Helsby Status: Final Author Laura Day Technical reviewer Wendy Hogben Signature Signature Date: 18 March 2015 Date: 18 March 2015 Wendy Hogben Quality reviewer Signature Date: 18 March 2015 RSK Environment Ltd (RSK) has prepared this report for the sole use of the client, showing reasonable skill and care, for the intended purposes as stated in the agreement under which this work was completed. The report may not be relied upon by any other party without the express agreement of the client and RSK. No other warranty, expressed or implied, is made as to the professional advice included in this report. 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P80427 (01) CONTENTS 1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE .................................................................................................. 1-2 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Study area ............................................................................................................................ 1-2 1.3 Baseline data sources .......................................................................................................... 1-3 1.4 Study methodology ............................................................................................................... 1-5 1.5 Existing environment ............................................................................................................ 1-6 Demographics and settlement patterns ................................................................................ 1-6 Employment and economic activity ...................................................................................... 1-9 Skills and education ............................................................................................................ 1-13 Access 1-14 Amenity, recreation and tourism ......................................................................................... 1-17 Offshore study area ............................................................................................................ 1-19 1.6 References ......................................................................................................................... 1-27 FIGURES Figure 1-1 Socio-economic offshore study area Figure 1-2 Socio-economic receptors relevant to the offshore study area Figure 1-3 Social Constraints Onshore Figure 1-4 Social Constraints Onshore Route (1:20,000) Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd Triton Knoll Electrical System Socio-Economic Baseline Study Report no. P80427 (01) 1-1 1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 RSK Environment Limited (RSK) and GoBe Consultants Ltd (GoBe) have been commissioned by Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (TKOWFL) to carry out a socio-economic baseline study in support of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Triton Knoll Electrical System. This baseline study sets out the socio-economic baseline, which includes offshore, coastal, and onshore areas. GoBe has collated the offshore baseline content, and RSK has collated the onshore baseline, with collaboration relating to the coastal area due to the inherent spatial overlap of amenities and activities. 1.1.2 This report forms part of Volume 5 of the EIA and is Annex 3.1 to Volume 3 Chapter 3 ‘Socio-economics Tourism and Recreation’ and should be read in conjunction with that chapter. It should be noted that socio-economic impacts relevant to commercial fisheries are addressed in Volume 2, Chapter 8 ‘Commercial Fisheries’ and those relevant to shipping and navigation, including recreational sailing, are considered in Volume 2, Chapter 9 ‘Shipping and Navigation’. Volume 5, Annex 3.2 should also be read in conjunction with this report, where a baseline study of recreational angling can be found. 1.2 Study area 1.2.1 The offshore socio-economic study area includes the TKOWF array area as well as the linear cable corridor (referred to henceforth as the export cable corridor) beyond the array boundary up to Mean High Water Spring (MHWS) mark. The offshore study area also includes a buffer of 1 km extending from the export cable corridor, as depicted in Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 (referred to hereafter as the ‘offshore area’). The activities associated with the construction of the Triton Knoll Electrical System are anticipated to be limited in extent and along a defined linear corridor (see further detail in Volume 2, Chapter 1 ‘Offshore Project Description’ and Volume 3, Chapter 1 ‘Onshore Project Description’), therefore this buffer is considered to represent the maximum area in which the cable installation works may result in potential impacts upon socio-economic receptors. 1.2.2 An onshore socio-economic study area extending 3 km around the Substation and Intermediate Electrical Compound boundaries and 1 km either side of the onshore cable route has been adopted. The onshore study area is shown on Figure 1-3 and extends to the Mean Low Water Spring (MLWS) mark. The onshore baseline study area extends inland up to the Bicker Fen substation (referred to as ‘onshore area’ hereafter). Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd Triton Knoll Electrical System Socio-Economic Baseline Study Report no. P80427 (01) 1-2 1.2.3 The onshore and offshore study areas both include consideration of the area between MHWS and MLWS and therefore there is a degree of overlap in the baseline environment descriptions. To ensure clarity, where an activity is primarily associated with the environment below MHWS (i.e. bathing waters and recreational fishing activity), it has been detailed within the offshore