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Appropriate Assessment Redcar and Cleveland Publication Local Plan On behalf of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Project Ref: 29032/AA | Rev: V2 | Date: November 2016 Office Address: 10 Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4NT T: +44 (0)117 332 7840 E: [email protected] RCBC Publication Local Plan: Appropriate Assessment RCBC Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment Document Control Sheet Project Name: Redcar and Cleveland Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment Project Ref: 29032 Report Title: Appropriate Assessment Doc Ref: 29032_Appropriate_Assessment_V2 Date: 21/11/2016 Name Position Signature Date Prepared by: Philip Davidson Associate Ecologist 08/11/2016 Reviewed by: Helen Evriviades Associate Ecologist 10/11/2016 Approved by: John Baker Partner 11/11/2016 For and on behalf of Peter Brett Associates LLP Revision Date Description Prepared Reviewed Approved V1 24/06/2016 PD ER JB Revised following consultation V2 21/11/2016 comments on First draft and PD HE JB amendments to RCBC Local Plan 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 2016 \\BRI-PMFS-001\Projects\29032 Redcar&Cleveland SA HRA\HRA\2016 HRA\Appropriate Assessment\October 2016 ii update\29032_Appropriate_Assessment_V2.docx RCBC Publication Local Plan: Appropriate Assessment RCBC Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Statutory Requirements ................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Purpose of this assessment .......................................................................................... 2 1.4 Findings of screening assessment ................................................................................ 3 1.5 Report structure ............................................................................................................. 7 2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Overview of the HRA process ....................................................................................... 9 2.2 Confirmation of relevant European Sites .................................................................... 10 2.3 Identification of potential impact pathways .................................................................. 10 2.4 Identification of plans and projects for in-combination assessment ............................ 11 2.5 Consultation ................................................................................................................. 11 2.6 Appropriate Assessment ............................................................................................. 12 2.7 Identification of Further Measures ............................................................................... 12 3 European Sites potentially affected ........................................................................................ 13 3.1 Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA and Ramsar Site ............................................ 13 3.2 North York Moors SAC ................................................................................................ 18 3.3 North York Moors SPA ................................................................................................ 21 4 Potential Impact Pathways ....................................................................................................... 22 4.1 Potential Impact Pathways arising from Local Plan Policies ....................................... 22 5 Plans and Projects for In-combination Assessment ............................................................. 25 6 Appropriate Assessment .......................................................................................................... 36 6.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 36 6.2 Land-take ..................................................................................................................... 36 6.3 Displacement and Disturbance from locational and employment allocations ............. 40 6.4 Increased recreational disturbance ............................................................................. 42 6.5 Air quality effects ......................................................................................................... 49 6.6 Water supplies and water quality ................................................................................ 51 6.7 Increased predation of SPA bird species by domestic cats ........................................ 52 6.8 Summary ..................................................................................................................... 53 7 Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 55 7.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................... 55 7.2 Recommendations for further measures ..................................................................... 55 7.3 Appropriate Assessment ............................................................................................. 59 8 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 60 Figures .................................................................................................................................................. 62 \\BRI-PMFS-001\Projects\29032 Redcar&Cleveland SA HRA\HRA\2016 HRA\Appropriate Assessment\October 2016 iii update\29032_Appropriate_Assessment_V2.docx RCBC Publication Local Plan: Appropriate Assessment RCBC Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment Figures Figure 1: Stages in HRA .......................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2: European Sites and draft Local Plan policy allocations ......................................................... 62 Tables Table 1: Results of HRA Screening Assessment .................................................................................... 3 Table 2: Potential Impacts arising from Local Plan policies that could lead to LSE ............................... 5 Table 3: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast constituent SSSI: Potentially damaging operations ........... 16 Table 4: Summary of SSSI condition assessments for component SSSI within the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA and Ramsar Site ................................................................................................ 17 Table 5: Potentially Damaging Operations: North York Moors SAC constituent SSSI ......................... 19 Table 6: Summary of SSSI condition assessments for component SSSI within the North York Moors SPA and SAC……… ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 7: Summary of Potential Impact Pathways for all policies with potential LSE ............................. 23 Table 8: Plans identified for in-combination assessment ...................................................................... 25 Table 9: Projects identified for in-combination assessment .................................................................. 32 Table 10: The proposed extension to the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA ................................ 37 Table 11: Housing allocations within 6 km of Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA and Ramsar site.46 Table 12: Findings of Appropriate Assessment..................................................................................... 54 Table 12: Recommended Topic Items for Foreshore Management Plan ............................................. 57 Appendices Appendix A European Site Citations Appendix B European Site Conservation Objectives Appendix C Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA Extension \\BRI-PMFS-001\Projects\29032 Redcar&Cleveland SA HRA\HRA\2016 HRA\Appropriate Assessment\October 2016 iv update\29032_Appropriate_Assessment_V2.docx RCBC Publication Local Plan: Appropriate Assessment RCBC Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment \\BRI-PMFS-001\Projects\29032 Redcar&Cleveland SA HRA\HRA\2016 HRA\Appropriate Assessment\October 2016 v update\29032_Appropriate_Assessment_V2.docx RCBC Publication Local Plan: Appropriate Assessment RCBC Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment 1 Introduction