Connecting Cornwall: Implementation Plan 2015-2019

April 2015

CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015-2019

HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

Cornwall Council

Final

CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019

Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report

Prepared for Transport Planning and Strategy Cornwall Council Pydar House Pydar Street Truro TR1 1EA

Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff The Forum Exeter EX1 1QR 01392 229700 www.pbworld.com

Report Title : Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report

Report Status : Final

Job No : 3513000EZ-HLV

Date : April 2015

DOCUMENT HISTORY AND STATUS

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Revision details Pages Version Date Comments affected 1.0 Cumulative 2.0 31.03.15 Updated report addressing NE comments - throughout 3.0 29.04.15 throughout Updated report addressing NE comments 4.0 14.05.15 Various Updates following confirmation of list of schemes

CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015-2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report CONTENTS Page

1 Introduction 9 1.1 Background 9 1.2 Report Framework 9 1.3 Consultation on the Screening Assessment 10

2 Habitats Directive and Habitats Regulations 11 2.1 Habitats Regulations Assessment 11 2.2 Stages of the Habitats Regulations Assessment 12 2.3 Steps in Stage 1: Screening 12

3 Description of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan 13 3.1 Plan Objectives 13

4 Natura 2000 and Ramsar Sites 19 4.1 Plan Objectives 19 4.2 Natura 2000 Sites within Zone of Influence 19

5 Screening assessment 27 5.1 Step 1: The Strategy and Management of International Sites 27 5.2 Step 2: Description of Project or Plan 27 5.3 Step 3: Initial Scoping for Impacts and Effects on Natura 2000 Sites 27 5.4 Step 4: Assessment of the Significance of Effects on Natura 2000 Sites 41

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CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015-2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

1.1.1 The Transport Act (2000)1 as amended by the Local Transport Act (2008)2 requires Cornwall Council to produce a Local Transport Plan (LTP). The 2008 Act requires that LTPs contain policies and implementation plans.

1.1.2 The third Cornwall Local Transport Plan; Connecting Cornwall: 2030 (Cornwall LTP3) comprised a 20 year strategy containing policies supported by a 4 year Implementation Plan for the period 2011-2015. Cornwall Council has now prepared the next implementation plan for the period 2015-2019, which contains a number of schemes ranging from large and small highway schemes; to pedestrian and cycleways and provision of travel information.

1.1.3 Under the requirements of the European Council Directive 92/43/EEC ‘The Habitats Directive’3 and the Council Directive 79/409/EEC ‘The Wild Birds Directive’4 it is necessary to consider whether the 2015-2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan may have significant impacts upon areas of nature conservation importance designated/classified under the Directives. Should significant impacts be identified it would be necessary to further consider the impacts of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan by way of an ‘Appropriate Assessment’. This process of assessment under the requirements of the Habitats Directive (as transposed into UK legislation by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 20105: ‘The Habitat Regulations’) is described within this document as Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA).

1.2 Report Framework

1.2.1 This HRA screening assessment has been produced as part of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan. This screening assessment, and any subsequent Appropriate Assessment that may be required, will sit within the SEA and will ensure that all HRA-related considerations are fully integrated into the Cornwall Implementation Plan as it is developed.

1.2.2 This report details:

· The HRA process and methodology for assessment; · The Schemes comprising of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan and the relevant Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites within their zone of influence; · The potential impacts upon relevant Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites arising from the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan Schemes; · The likely significant effects of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Schemes; and

1 Transport Act (2000): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/contents 2 Local Transport Act (2008): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/26/contents 3 Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora: http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992L0043:EN:NOT 4 Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/nature_and_biodiversity/ev0024_en.htm 5 The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010/490: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/490/contents/made

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· Further considerations for the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan. 1.2.3 It should be noted that this HRA screening assessment has been based solely upon preliminary information provided by Cornwall Council on the Schemes comprising the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan.

1.3 Consultation on the Screening Assessment

1.3.1 Consultation forms an essential part of an HRA screening exercise. Natural England will be formally consulted on the findings of this screening exercise and due regard must be given to their representations within an agreed timeframe.

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2.1 Habitats Regulations Assessment

2.1.1 Under Article 6 of the Habitats Directive an assessment is required where a plan or project, not directly connected with or necessary to the management of a Natura 2000 site, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects, is likely to have a significant effect upon that site. Natura 2000 is a network of areas designated to conserve natural habitats and species that are rare, endangered, vulnerable or endemic within the European Community. This includes Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) designated under the Habitats Directive for their habitats and/or species of European importance and Special Protection Areas (SPA) classified under the Conservation of Wild Birds Directive for rare, vulnerable and regularly occurring migratory bird species and internationally important wetlands. In addition, it is a matter of law that candidate SAC (cSAC) are considered in this process, although pSACs, sites which are proposed in the UK but which are yet to be submitted to the European Commission are not included. It is a matter of Government policy that sites designated under the 1971 Ramsar Convention for their internationally important wetlands (commonly known as Ramsar sites) and potential SPAs (pSPA) are considered.

2.1.2 The requirements of the Habitats Directive are transposed into English law out to territorial water limits (12 nautical miles) by means of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010. The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 20076 transpose the Habitats Directive in the UK offshore marine area (beyond 12 nautical miles). European offshore marine sites require consideration in the HRA process.

2.1.3 Paragraph 3, Article 6 of the Habitats Directive states that:

‘any plan or project not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site but likely to have a significant effect thereon, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects, shall be subject to appropriate assessment of its implications for the site in view of the site's conservation objectives...the competent national authorities shall agree to the plan or project only after having ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned and, if appropriate, after having obtained the opinion of the general public’.

2.1.4 Paragraph 4, Article 6 of the Habitats Directive states that:

‘If, in spite of a negative assessment of the implications for the site and in the absence of alternative solutions, a plan or project must nevertheless be carried out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest… the Member State shall take all compensatory measures necessary to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected...’

2.1.5 These requirements are implemented in the UK through Regulations 61, 62, 66 and 67 of the Habitat Regulations.

6 SI 2007/1842 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071842_en_1

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2.2 Stages of the Habitats Regulations Assessment

2.2.1 The commission guidance on the Habitats Directive sets out four distinct stages for assessment under the Directive7:

· Stage 1: Screening: the process which initially identifies the likely impacts upon a Natura 2000 site of a plan or project, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects, and considers whether these impacts are likely to be significant. · Stage 2: Appropriate Assessment: the detailed consideration of the impact on the integrity of the Natura 2000 sites of the plan or project, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects, with respect to the site’s conservation objectives and its structure and function. This is to determine whether there will be adverse effects on the integrity of the site. Specific guidance on this stage is provided in Habitat Regulations Guidance Note 18. · Stage 3: Assessment of alternative solutions: the process which examines alternative ways of achieving the objectives of the plans or projects that avoid adverse impacts on the integrity of the Natura 2000 site. · Stage 4: Assessment where no alternative solutions exist and where adverse impacts remain: an assessment of whether the development is necessary for imperative reasons of overriding public interest (IROPI) and, if so, of the compensatory measures needed to maintain the overall coherence of the Natura 2000 network. 2.2.2 This report presents the findings of the screening assessment undertaken as part of Stage 1 of the HRA process to establish whether or not the likely impacts of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan will have significant effects upon Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites.

2.2.3 Where the Schemes comprising the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan are of a broad plan level (rather than specific projects), the information presented within this assessment is high-level and does not contain the level of detail typically presented for HRA screening exercises. As a result of this, these Schemes may still require their own HRA assessment at a later stage.

2.3 Steps in Stage 1: Screening

2.3.1 The European Commission guidance recommends that screening should fulfil the following steps:

· Step 1: Determine whether the plan is directly connected with or necessary for the management of Natura 2000 sites; · Step 2: Describe the project/plan that has the potential for significant effects on Natura 2000 sites; · Step 3: Undertake an initial scoping for potential direct and indirect impacts on Natura 2000 sites; · Step 4: Assess the likely significance of any effects on Natura 2000 sites.

7 Assessment of plans and projects significantly affecting Natura 2000 sites (European Commission, 2001) 8 English Nature (2004). Habitat Regulations Guidance Note #1: The Appropriate Assessment (Regulation 48), The Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations, 1994.

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3 DESCRIPTION OF THE 2015 – 2019 CORNWALL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

3.1 Plan Objectives

3.1.1 The Implementation Plan sets out the programme of transport schemes to be delivered in Cornwall between 2015 and 2019 and shows how these schemes will be funded.

3.1.2 The overarching objectives are based on the LTP's vision and goals:

“Transport in Cornwall will be excellent. Our transport system will connect people, communities, businesses and services in a way that is reliable, efficient, safe, inclusive and enjoyable”.

Schemes

3.1.3 Schemes included within the Plan are assessed and prioritised by the Cornwall Assessment Tool (CAT) according to criteria including tackling climate change; supporting economic prosperity; respecting and enhancing the environment; encouraging healthy active lifestyles; community safety and individual wellbeing; supporting equality and opportunity. These are aligned with the objectives for Connecting Cornwall.

3.1.4 The Implementation Plan comprises a number of schemes. The schemes comprise:

· Walking and pedestrian schemes – infrastructure provision: new walkways and improvements to existing walkways, pedestrian crossings. · Cycling schemes – infrastructure provision: new cycle ways, improvements to existing cycleways. · Bus schemes – infrastructure provision: bus priority measures, bus gates, waiting facilities and bus stop upgrades; additional park and ride buses. · Community transport – infrastructure and service provision for communities and businesses. · Highways – infrastructure provision (junction improvements, roundabout, new highways, road widening, parking); information provision (signage); road safety (improving visibility, speed restrictions); traffic management (signalling, traffic restrictions). · Rail – Infrastructure provision such as improving station facilities, signalling. · Multi-modal schemes – infrastructure provision for a range of transport modes such as walking/ cycling routes, park and ride; traffic management – traffic calming and speed restrictions; road safety. · Other – information provision, congestion schemes, ticketing, behavioural change. 3.1.5 A full list of the schemes contained within the Implementation Plan is included in Table 3.1 below and central locations for these schemes in relation to Natura 2000 Sites are shown on Figure 3.1.

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Table 3.1: Schemes Comprising 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan and Locations in Relation to Natura 2000 Sites Scheme Scheme Name Scheme Description Distance from Natura Natura 2000 Site for Number 2000 Site (m) Consideration in Screening Assessment 3 Quintrell Downs Minor infrastructure provision - footpath extension, > 2000 Not considered further (outside Footpath extension and outside Quintrell Inn and new crossing facility on East of ZoI*) crossing Road.

6 Chacewater School, Minor infrastructure provision - provision of a footway > 2000 Not considered further (outside footway provision area outside of the school gates to provide a safe waiting of ZoI*) area. 8 West Cornwall Transport Infrastructure provision - provision of a park & ride facility > 2000 Not considered further (outside Interchange (WCTI St at St Erth to serve West Penwith. of ZoI*) Erth)

9 Larcombe Road Infrastructure provision - provision of walking/cycle route. 1429 St Austell Clay Pits SAC Pedestrian Crossing and Additional link to the A391 Walking/cycle route through cycle way area of St Austell. Pedestrian Crossing.

10 Glenthorne Infrastructure provision - provision of an improved 1944 Carrine Common SAC walking/cycle link, linking Truro to Threemilestone industrial estate.

11 Wheels to Work - Schemes which provide affordable transport to > 2000 Not considered further (outside County Wide individuals who are unable to access training, of ZoI*/ scale) employment or education, due to a lack of suitable public or private transport.

12 Work Place Travel Plans Grant system supporting businesses in encouraging > 2000 Not considered further (outside sustainable travel for its employees e.g. cycle stands, of ZoI*/scale) showers, car share spaces, EV charging points.

13 Community Transport Funding to support new and existing community based > 2000 Not considered further (outside Toolkit transport schemes to facilitate access to services e.g. of ZoI*/ scale) community buses, voluntary car schemes. 14 Bodmin Camel Trail Walking and cycling link between the Camel Trail and > 2000 but extent of Considered further.

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33 A3047 bus priority To reallocate priority for buses along the A3047 through > 2000 Not considered further (outside measures Pool. of ZoI*) 34 Cornwall Bus Network This scheme type includes measures to encourage a > 2000 but full extent not Not considered further. modal shift (cycle to work schemes), improve accessibility known. However, where there isn’t currently a suitable mode of transport Scheme will not require (provision of mopeds or scooters, community buses, new development and as bicycle hire) and more sustainable use of transport (car such is not considered shares). Schemes will not generally require development, further. focussing on behavioural changes. 35 Penzance TWCN To implement town wide walking and cycling > 2000 but full extent not Considered further. enhancements to encourage modal shift and healthy known. active lifestyles. 36 Falmouth Gateway - Removal of double mini and replacement with single > 2000 Not considered further (outside Treluswell Roundabout large roundabout with enhancement to Ponsanooth arm of ZoI*) to improve capacity. 37 Carwin Rise Improvement to existing double mini roundabout layout. > 2000 Not considered further (outside of ZoI*) 38 Rail Enhancements To provide upgrade to station waiting facilities along the > 2000 Not considered further (outside St Ives Branch line (3 stops). of ZoI*) 39 St Marys School At this location, the improvement and or provision of 1485 Fal & Helford SAC infrastructure for highway/pedestrian safety. 44 Arch Hill Signalisation of the A390/A39 junction at Arch Hill to 621 Fal & Helford SAC manage cumulative growth and directly unlock houses. 45 Threemilestone Junction Capacity improvements at Threemilestone roundabout to > 2000 Not considered further (outside manage cumulative growth and directly unlock houses of ZoI*) and employment space. 46 Treliske Junction Signalisation and widening of the junction to improve 1262 Carrine Common SAC capacity. 47 Walking and Cycling Delivery of critical walking and cycle links along the 906 Carrine Common SAC network (phase 1) western corridor, giving priority to buses, reducing public transport journey time and supporting modal shift for new developments. 48 Chyvelah Road - Bus Delivery of a bus gate at Threemilestone and inbound 1388 Carrine Common SAC bus lanes along the corridor giving priority to buses, IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 16 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report Gate reducing public transport journey time and supporting modal shift for new developments. 49 A38 Cornwall Gateway Growth Deal scheme to deliver improvement to the 630 Plymouth Sound & Estuaries (Carkeel) Carkeel roundabout. The roundabout provides access to SAC the north of Saltash and suffers from significant congestion and delay during peak periods. It is therefore 766 Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA necessary to improve the junction’s capacity in order to reduce congestion and encourage investment and growth. 50 Newquay Growth Area Delivery of Phase 1 NSR. Provides southern access to > 2000 but central Considered further. (NSR 1) Growth Area (before bridge). Unlocks employment space. location only provided 51 Saltash cycle network To implement town wide walking and cycling 1336 Plymouth Sound & Estuaries enhancements to encourage modal shift and healthy SAC active lifestyles. New cycle stands and possible improvements to links onto Tamar. To enhance facilities 1384 Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA for local residents to secure bikes securely and encouraging green travel across Tamar. 57 Penhellaz Hill Traffic A traffic restriction measure. > 2000 Not considered further (outside Mgmt Restriction of ZoI*) 59 Saltash Station Provision of better facilities for pedestrians and 200 Plymouth Sound & Estuaries Enhancements passengers. SAC 391 Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA 60 Newport Bridge Removal of footway and widening of carriageway on > 2000 Not considered further (outside (Ridgegrove) newport bridge and replacement of footway with a new of ZoI*) pedestrian/cycle bridge (in addition to TRAC bridge). 61 Goldsithney to Marazion Off road walking/cycle route. 1800 Marazion Marsh SPA B3302 62 Mounts Bay to Marazion Provide cycle/shared use path across dunes and car park 102 Marazion Marsh SPA cycle path with associated cycle parking 63 A3047 Camborne Link Off/on road walking/cycle route widening existing urban > 2000 Not considered further (outside to Roskear (Phase 2) footpaths and footways into shared use paths and of ZoI*) Provide new street lighting. 65 Carkeel Village to Tamar Footway Provision. 534 Plymouth Sound & Estuaries View SAC

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638 Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA 68 Truro Station & St Wheeling channels within station and on-highway 1056 Fal & Helford SAC Francis Street pedestrian improvements between the Station and Truro City Centre (feasibility progressing). 69 A30 Temple Dualing of the A30. > 2000 but central Not considered further. location only provided – however, no Likely Significant Effects concluded within Scheme HRA9. 83 St. Austell Traffic Traffic Management - This will not generally required land 1400 but central location Considered further. Management Scheme take; where it does, it will be negligible and within existing only highway verge. Very small scale of works unlikely to have significant effects on natural or built environment. Community safety and information schemes (90), WiFi provision at train stations and provision of sleeper lounges and facilities (81, 89, 92) are not considered further due to lack of identifiable impact pathways. * ZoI (Zone of Influence – see Section 4), if within 2 km or located adjacent to or upstream/downstream of Natura 2000 Site

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4 NATURA 2000 AND RAMSAR SITES

4.1 Plan Objectives

4.1.1 The ZoI is defined by the potential effects arising from the project or plan and the available pathways for those effects to reach and affect interest features of Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites.

4.1.2 In order to identify all sites where potential direct, indirect and in-combination impacts to Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites could reasonably be considered possible, an initial buffer of 2 km around each Scheme was established. This 2 km buffer follows Highways Agency (HA) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges10 (DMRB) guidance and provides a contextual framework for the consideration of impacts.

4.1.3 Where a given Scheme was located within 2 km of a Natura 2000 site, it has been ‘scoped in’ for further consideration in this screening assessment. If located outside of this 2 km buffer, in accordance with the HA DMRB guidance, additional consideration was given to the footprint of the Scheme. Schemes were ‘scoped in’ where located adjacent to, or upstream / downstream, of a watercourse designated in part or wholly as a Natura 2000 Site.

4.1.4 Table 3.1 identifies where it has been possible to scope out Schemes from further assessment on this basis.

4.2 Natura 2000 Sites within Zone of Influence

4.2.1 31 of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan Schemes were found to fall within 2 km of Natura 2000 Sites or were located upstream/downstream of a Natura 2000 site (refer to Table 3.1 and Figure 3.1).

4.2.2 Two SPAs and six SACs were found within the ZoI for the 31 Schemes:

· Carrine Common SAC; · St Austell Clay Pits SAC; · Plymouth Sound and Estuaries SAC; · Penhale Dunes SAC; · River Camel SAC; · Fal and Helford SAC; · Tamar Estuaries Complex SPA; and · Marazion Marsh SPA. 4.2.3 Site data is summarised in Table 4.1. Data were collated using information contained within Natura 2000 data forms held by the Joint Nature Conservation Council (JNCC)11. Site vulnerability statements were informed by site Conservation

10 Standards for Highways, DMRB, Volume 11, Section 4, HD4409 11 Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC: www.jncc.gov.uk) accessed September 2010

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Objectives12, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) condition reviews and Natural England’s ‘Views about Management’ (VAM)13.

12 Natural England Conservation Objectives complied September 2010 13 Natural England Condition of SSSI Units, compiled 01 August 2010: https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SearchCounty.aspx

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Site Name, Qualifying Feature / Interest Feature Designation and Conservation Objectives Current Conditions Key Issues and Threats Code Habitat Species

Carrine Common Primary: N/a Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI heathland Maintenance of habitat SAC, UK0012795 Temperate is maintained or restored as components (relevant mosaic and structural Atlantic wet appropriate, and ensure that the to this assessment) - diversity is important for heaths with site contributes to achieving the unfavourable, overall functioning. There Dorset heath Favourable Conservation Status recovering. should be no decline in (Erica ciliaris) and of its Qualifying Features, by overall area of habitat or cross-leaved maintaining or restoring: extent of heathland heath; and components. -The extent and distribution of Secondary: qualifying natural habitats; Succession: scrub invasion is European dry -The structure and function a key threat. heaths. (including typical species) of Maintenance of hydrological qualifying natural habitats; and regime is a key issue. -The supporting processes on which qualifying natural habitats Public access to this site that rely. results in disturbance, fly tipping, and uncontrolled fire are identified as key issues.

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St Austell Clay Pits Not listed. Western rustwort Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI – unfavourable, Maintenance of adjacent, SAC, SX022549 (Marsupella is maintained or restored as declining. open habitats free of over- profunda). appropriate, and ensure that the shading vegetation is required site contributes to achieving the to ensure existing Western Favourable Conservation Status rustwort population has of its Qualifying Features, by opportunity to colonise new maintaining or restoring: sites. Western rustwort is reliant on the availability and The extent and distribution of the proximity of good habitat habitats of the qualifying features; patches in appropriate The structure and function of the condition. habitats of the qualifying features; -The supporting processes on which the habitats of the qualifying features rely; The population of each of the qualifying features; and, The distribution of the qualifying features within the site. Plymouth Sound Primary: Primary: Shore dock Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI – favourable. Recreation; port development; and Estuaries SAC, Sandbanks which (Rumex rupestris); is maintained or restored as maintenance dredging are all SX472506 are slightly and appropriate, and ensure that the identified as key threats. covered by sea site contributes to achieving the water all the time; Favourable Conservation Status of its Qualifying Features, by Primary: Secondary: Allis shad maintaining or restoring: Shore dock specifically, Estuaries; (Alosa alosa) The extent and distribution of requires available habitat for qualifying natural habitats and erosion and slumping. habitats of qualifying species; The Primary: Large structure and function (including Maintenance of hydrological shallow inlets and typical species) of qualifying balance and in particular bays; natural habitats; ‘good water quality’ is a key The structure and function of the issue. Primary: Reefs; habitats of qualifying species; The The loss of natural coastal supporting processes on which processes and dynamics is a qualifying natural habitats and the key threat. habitats of qualifying species rely; The populations of qualifying species; and The distribution of qualifying species within the site.

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Secondary: Mudflats and sand-flats not covered by seawater at low tide.

Penhale Dunes Primary: Fixed Petalwort Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI – currently Impedance of natural dune SAC, UK0012559 dunes with (Petalophyllum is maintained or restored as favourable however processes; visitor pressure herbaceous ralfsii); appropriate, and ensure that the nutrient enrichment; (e.g. sand extraction, visitor vegetation; Shore dock (Rumex site contributes to achieving the intensive rabbit trampling impacts, ploughing rupestris); and Early Favourable Conservation Status grazing; invasive or conversion to improved gentian (Gentianella of its Qualifying Features, by species and scrub grassland); hydrological anglica). maintaining or restoring: encroachment balance; grazing; uncontrolled identified as potential fires; mechanical beach The extent and distribution of future issues to site clearing or ‘tidying-up’; and qualifying natural habitats and boundaries. scrub invasion are key habitats of qualifying species; The threats. structure and function (including typical species) of qualifying natural habitats; Primary: Humid The structure and function of the Shore dock specifically, dune slacks. habitats of qualifying species; The requires available habitat for supporting processes on which coastal erosion and slumping. qualifying natural habitats and the habitats of qualifying species rely; The populations of qualifying species; and The distribution of qualifying species within the site.

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Secondary: Early gentian vulnerable to Shifting dunes competition (therefore change along the in dynamics from for example, shoreline with increased nutrients). Ammophila arenaria; and

Secondary: Dunes with (Salix repens ssp argentea Salicion arenariae).

River Camel SAC, Primary: Primary: Bullhead Ensure that the integrity of the site Most relevant SSSI Maintenance of natural UK0030056 European dry (Cottus gobio); Otter is maintained or restored as components - structure; flow regime; and heaths; (Lutra lutra); and appropriate, and ensure that the unfavourable, conservation of water quality site contributes to achieving the declining or for fish spawning and access Favourable Conservation Status unfavourable no for migration are key issues. of its Qualifying Features, by change. Changes in coastal levels, maintaining or restoring: water flow, water abstraction, water pollution, agricultural The extent and distribution of run-off and tourism impacts Primary: Old Secondary: Atlantic qualifying natural habitats and associated with the River sessile oak woods salmon (Salmo salar). habitats of qualifying species; The Camel Trail, and over fishing (Ilex Blechnum) in structure and function (including are key sensitivities. the British Isles; typical species) of qualifying and Primary: natural habitats; Alluvial forests The structure and function of the (Alnus glutinosa, habitats of qualifying species; The Fraxinus supporting processes on which excelsior) (Alno- qualifying natural habitats and the Padion, Alnion habitats of qualifying species rely; incanae, Salicion The populations of qualifying albae) species; and The distribution of qualifying species within the site.

IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 24 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report Primary: Alluvial forests (Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus excelsior) (Alno- Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) Tamar Estuaries Over-winter: Avocet Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI – favourable, for Maintenance of good water Complex, SPA, (Recurvirostra is maintained or restored as the most part. and sediment quality are key UK9010141 avosetta) (Western appropriate, and ensure that the Unfavourable, issues. Maintenance of Europe/Western site contributes to achieving the recovering for several transition habitats required. Mediterranean - aims of the Wild Birds Directive, components. Disturbance as a result of breeding) - 15.8% of by maintaining or restoring: recreational pressure is the GB population The extent and distribution of the identified as a key threat. habitats of the qualifying features; Loss of natural estuarine On-passage Little The structure and function of the processes; port development, Egret: (Egretta habitats of the qualifying features; dredging and mooring and garzetta) at least The supporting processes on coastal erosion are identified 9.3% of the GB which the habitats of the qualifying as key threats. population features rely; The population of each of the qualifying features; and, The distribution of the qualifying features within the site. Marazion Marsh Over-winter: Bittern Ensure that the integrity of the site SSSI – two units Succession: scrub invasion / SPA, UK9020289 (Botaurus stellaris) is maintained or restored as favourable, one unit succession is a key threat. 2% of the GB appropriate, and ensure that the unfavourable, Maintenance of appropriate population site contributes to achieving the recovering. water levels (according to the aims of the Wild Birds Directive, requirements of the plant and by maintaining or restoring: bird species present) is a key The extent and distribution of the issue. habitats of the qualifying features; Eutrophication through diffuse The structure and function of the pollution, probably from habitats of the qualifying features; agricultural sources is a key The supporting processes on threat. which the habitats of the qualifying features rely; The population of each of the qualifying features; and, The distribution of the qualifying features within the site.

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On-passage: Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) 9% of the GB population

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5.1 Step 1: The Strategy and Management of International Sites

5.1.1 This stage considers whether the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan is directly connected with or necessary to the management of the Natura 2000 sites listed. Within this context ‘directly’ means that the plan is solely conceived for the conservation management of a site or group of sites and ‘management’ refers to the management measures required in order to maintain in favourable condition the features for which the Natura 2000 site has been designated.

5.1.2 The Schemes comprising the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan are neither directly connected with, nor necessary for, the management of any of the Natura 2000 sites listed. As such it is clear that further consideration of the plan by way of a HRA screening assessment is required.

5.2 Step 2: Description of Project or Plan

5.2.1 A description of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan Schemes is provided in Section 3 of this document.

5.3 Step 3: Initial Scoping for Impacts and Effects on Natura 2000 Sites

2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan Schemes Potential Impacts and Effects on Natura 2000 and Ramsar Sites

5.3.1 Infrastructure development in proximity to Natura 2000 or Ramsar sites has the potential to result in a number of short- and long-term impacts, as detailed in Table 5.1 below.

Table 5.1: Potential Impacts and Effects on Natura 2000 and Ramsar Sites as a Result of 2015 – 2019 Implementation Schemes

Effects Development actions and activities Water Resources and • Pollution from accidental spills and run off quality Air quality • increase in atmospheric pollutants during construction and operation (nitrogen deposition, dust) Recreational Pressure and • construction and operation of new developments (noise, air, Disturbance visual disturbance) • recreational pressures during operation including improved access (for example, national coastal footpaths) Supporting Habitat (and • direct land take during construction species) loss and • barriers to migration during operation (for example bridge fragmentation construction)

5.3.2 Taking into account the specific vulnerabilities, issues and threats for each Natura 2000 and Ramsar site within the ZoI, an assessment has been made as to whether any of the impacts described in Table 5.1 might arise as a result of the implementation of the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan. The results of this assessment are summarised in Table 5.2. Where insufficient detail is available,

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potential development requirements are described and considered assumptions are made regarding likely impacts.

In Combination Impacts and Effects on Natura 2000 and Ramsar Sites)

5.3.3 Given the uncertainties surrounding the timing and effects of other county level plans and projects, it is not practicable at this stage to identify all the possible plans and projects that may act ‘in-combination’ or to consider the specific nature of likely effects arising.

5.3.4 It is recognised that there is potential for cumulative effects between transportation schemes proposed in the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan and other transport schemes, particularly schemes currently under construction from the previous IP and schemes being progressed under different funding packages. Schemes comprising traffic management measures, bus improvements (stops, services, and information), and pedestrian crossings were not considered likely to give rise to cumulative effects and are not considered further. However, the major Schemes detailed in Table 5.3 below, have been specifically considered for their potential to give rise to cumulative effects.

Table 5.3: Schemes Considered for Cumulative Effects (refer to Figure 5.1)

Scheme Short Description and Stage of Project Potential Cumulative Assumptions Development Effects Scheme 69 - Online upgrade of the Construction starting This scheme was A30 Higher existing 4.5km single early 2015. identified in the first Carblake to lane carriageway to dual EIA Undertaken as Implementation Plan Temple carriageway. part of DCO. (2011-2015), however, Improvement is being delivered HRA undertaken during the 2015 -2019 concluded no Likely Implementation Plan Significant Effects with and is already covered the incorporation of by this HRA. Refer to best-construction Table 3.1. Not practice. considered further for cumulative effects. Scheme 85 A new single lane Currently in This scheme is linked Camborne - carriageway and shared construction, due to be to many of the 2015 - Pool - use footway across the completed end of 2019 Implementation Redruth (East Red River Valley, 2015/ early 2016. Plan schemes as it - West Link) Camborne to provide EIA undertaken as helps improve traffic strategic east-west part of original flow (schemes 25, 26, transport infrastructure. planning permission. 27, 28, 29, 31, 63); bus priority measures (33) and schemes to improve travel for non- car users (23 & 24). However, all of these schemes have been scoped out of further assessment in this HRA (refer to Table 3.1). Not considered further for cumulative effects. Scheme 86 St In order to safeguard the Dredging at Penzance This is considered

IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 28 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015-2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report Mary’s and future of the sea link has commenced. further in Table 5.2 Penzance between Cornwall and with regard to the Harbour the Isles of Scilly, both potential for in- Improvements harbours will be Works to St Mary’s combination effects improved to provide Harbour due to be with Scheme 35 completed in 2015. deeper water berths Penzance TWCN, At St Mary’s the fund is Scheme 61 and supporting the extension EIA and HRA Scheme 62 (cycle and widening of the undertaken as part of paths in proximity to quay, together with MMO Licence. Marazion Marshes). enhancements to passenger facilities. The project’s funding partner (DfT) is also supporting complementary capital dredging and highway improvements at Penzance. Scheme 87 Complementing Delivery of the project Scheme is on the Truro Eastern Langarth Park and Ride, is underway with eastern side of Truro Park and Ride allows an extension to completion for whereas schemes (P&R) the Truro service that will Summer 2015. proposed within the intercept trips from the 2015 -2019 east and north of Truro, Implementation Plan thus reducing the EIA undertaken as are on the western side existing traffic demand part of original so spatially separate planning permission. along the A39 and A390 and are all minor corridor. Comprises a improvement schemes. 1370 space car park. Not considered further for cumulative effects. Scheme 88 Involves construction of Delivery of the project No cumulative impacts A391 approximately 1.6km of is underway with with minor Carluddon new 40mph carriageway, completion for improvement scheme which will tie into the Summer 2015. in proximity: Scheme 9, existing A391 at either Larcombe Road end. The road pedestrian crossing improvement will bypass EIA undertaken as improvement. the settlement of part of original Carluddon and the planning permission. double mini roundabouts that provide access to Penwithick and the Eden Project. The road improvement includes a new roundabout at the northern end of the scheme and two bridges, whilst also providing a number of new cycle and pedestrian links Scheme 84 Proposals to upgrade the EIA has yet to be Spatially isolated from A30 Carland 8.7 mile section of single carried out as the other schemes so to Chiverton carriageway on the A30 scheme is in very cumulative effects are Cross between Carland Cross early stages of considered unlikely. and Chiverton Cross feasibility. Not considered further roundabouts from single for cumulative effects. to dual, two lane carriageway.

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5.3.5 In addition, it is possible to outline at a strategic level the broad types of effects that may arise from the implementation of other plans and projects. Some of the effects may occur as a result of a given Scheme, but may also occur or be magnified as a result of a wider range of development actions and activities arising from the implementation of other plan and projects. Where appropriate, a strategic assessment of the potential for cumulative effects to arise has been provided in Table 5.2.

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Table 5.2: Potential Impacts and Likely Significant Effects

Possible Impacts Arising from Scheme14 Scheme Location in In- Scheme Name and relation to Direct Habitat Hydrological Air Quality Combination Detail Noise and Nature 2000 Loss/ Changes Changes Visual Recreational Assessment Vibration Site(s) in ZoI Degradation/ (Quality/ (Emissions Impacts Pressure Disturbance Fragmentation Flow) /Dust)

9. Larcombe Road: St. Austell Clay No direct habitat N/A It is considered unlikely that N/A Recreation is It is not Provision of pits SAC is loss will occur at (qualifying significant effects will arise if (qualifying not identified considered upgraded located > 900 the SAC. species are construction best-practice species are as an impact that the Pedestrian Crossing m. Schemes are not not affected measures are employed (refer not affected pathway for Schemes, at and section of cycle located within by noise or to Table 5.4, Mitigation by visual the SAC15. this distance, link to join former china clay vibration Principles 26, 04). However, impacts). No No direct could act in- Larcombe Road to workings which impacts). No in recognition of that Likely habitat loss combination to existing cycle way may provide Likely Marsupella can be found on Significant will occur. No result in Likely alongside A391. suitable Significant recently disturbed ground, Effects. Likely Significant 83. St. Austell substrate for Effects. and the timescales for Significant Effects upon Traffic Management Marsupella and it delivery are not currently Effects. St. Austell Scheme is therefore known, an assessment of the Clay Pits SAC. considered construction footprint for unlikely that Marsupella will be required at areas containing the detailed design stage. It Marsupella is therefore not possible to colonies (which conclude No Likely Significant may provide Effects at this stage. metapopulation support to the SAC) will be lost. However, in recognition of that Marsupella can be found on recently disturbed 14 Taking into account the incorporation of mitigation principles as provided in Table 5.4 and summarised in Table 5.5 15 Cornwall Local Plan: Habitats Regulations Assessment, March 2013, URS for Cornwall Council IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 31 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report

ground, and the timescales for delivery are not currently known, an assessment of the footprint for Marsupella will be required at the detailed design stage. It is therefore not possible to conclude No Likely Significant Effects at this stage.

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14. Bodmin Camel River Camel No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is possible Table 5.3 has Trail Extension and SAC is situated loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying that there will scoped out 17. TWCN: Walking to the west of Given location, best-practice measures, in particular, species are be an other major and cycling link Bodmin. The and Mitigatino prevention of pollution events during not affected increase in the transport between the Camel extension of the Principles 02, 03 construction at the River Camel or tributaries by visual number of Schemes that Trail and Camel Trail and (Table 5.4), (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Principles 26, impacts). No visitors to the may act in Lanhydrock to TWCN is to degradation and 04). In addition, taking into account that the Likely SAC as a combination create a town wide connect to the fragmentation current footprint is situated > 1000 m from Significant result of a new with Bodmin network. existing trail also considered SAC, No Likely Significant Effects are Effects. section of Cycle further into unlikely. No identified. NMU trail Networks. Bodmin and Likely Significant providing extend the Effects. better access cycle network from Bodmin within Bodmin, to the SAC. > 1000 m from However SAC the SAC. is not identified as being vulnerable to recreational disturbance

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on the basis that the interest features that may be vulnerable are largely inaccessible16. 15. Church Square: River Camel No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not It is not Remove roundabout SAC is situated loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered and provide left in to the west > Given scale and best-practice measures taking into species are likely that this that this minor left out junction. 1500 m. distance, consideration that the current footprint is not affected Scheme will and localised degradation and situated > 1500 m from SAC. Therefore on the by visual lead to improvement fragmentation basis of the location provided for the Scheme, impacts). No increased Scheme, at also considered No Likely Significant Effects are identified. Likely access and this distance unlikely. No Significant recreation at from the River Likely Significant Effects. the SAC. No Camel SAC, Effects. Likely could act in- Significant combination to Effects. result in Likely Significant Effects. 39. St Marys Fal and Helford No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not It is not School: The SAC is situated loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered improvement and or > 1400 m Given scale and best-practice measures taking into species are likely that this that this minor provision of distant. distance, consideration that the current footprint is not affected Scheme will and localised infrastructure for degradation and situated > 1400 m from SAC. Therefore on the by visual lead to improvement highway/pedestrian fragmentation basis of the location provided for the Scheme, impacts). No increased Scheme, at safety at this also considered No Likely Significant Effects are identified. Likely access and this distance specific location. unlikely. No Significant recreation at from the Fal Likely Significant Effects. the SAC. and Helford Effects. SAC, could act in-combination to result in Likely Significant Effects.

16 Cornwall Local Plan: Habitats Regulations Assessment, March 2013, URS for Cornwall Council IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 34 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report 44. Arch Hill: Fal and Helford No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not It is not Signalisation of the SAC is situated loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered A390/A39 junction > 600 m At 600 m distant, best-practice measures taking into species are likely that this that this minor at Arch Hill to distant. degradation and consideration that the current footprint is not affected Scheme will and localised manage cumulative fragmentation situated > 600 m from SAC. Therefore on the by visual lead to improvement growth and directly also considered basis of the location provided for the Scheme, impacts). No increased Scheme, at unlock houses. unlikely taking No Likely Significant Effects are identified. Likely access and this distance into account Significant recreation at from the Fal scale of Effects. the SAC. No and Helford Scheme. No Likely SAC, could act Likely Significant Significant in-combination Effects. Effects. to result in Likely Significant Effects. 46. Treliske Carrine No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not It is not Junction: Common SAC loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered Signalisation and is situated > Given scale and best-practice measures taking into species are likely that this that this minor widening of the 1200 m distant. distance, consideration that the current footprint is not affected Scheme will and localised junction to improve degradation and situated > 1200 m from SAC. Therefore on the by visual lead to improvement capacity. fragmentation basis of the location provided for the Scheme, impacts). No increased Scheme, at also considered No Likely Significant Effects are identified. Likely access and this distance unlikely. No Significant recreation at from Carrine Likely Significant Effects. the SAC. No Common Effects. Likely SAC, could act Significant in-combination Effects. to result in Likely Significant Effects.

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47. Walking and Details of This Scheme will N/A (qualifying It is considered N/A Human It is not Cycling network Schemes not update the species are not unlikely that disturbance is considered (phase 1): Delivery available; existing network. affected by noise or significant effects will identified as that this of critical walking however, this There will be a vibration impacts). No arise with the an existing improvement and cycle links has been presumption Likely Significant incorporation of pressure at Scheme on an along the western identified as a against land-take Effects. construction best- the SAC. existing corridor, giving network within practice measures However, the network could priority to buses, improvement designated sites (refer to Table 5.4, upgrading and act in- reducing public with small-scale (refer to Table Mitigation Principles, improvement combination to transport journey land-take only. 5.4, Mitigation 26, 04). of an existing result in Likely time and supporting It is not Principles 01, No Likely Significant network is Significant modal shift from possible to 02, 03). Effects are identified. unlikely to Effects. new developments. identify the No Likely result in Improvement route in its Significant additional schemes. entirety. The Effects as a pressure. No western result of habitat Likely corridor falls loss, Significant within proximity degradation, Effects. of Carrine fragmentation. Common SAC.

48. Chyvelah Road - Carrine No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not It is not Bus Gate: Delivery Common SAC loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered of a bus gate at is situated > Given scale and best-practice measures taking into species are likely that this that this minor Threemilestone and 1300 m distant. distance, consideration that the current footprint is not affected Scheme will and localised inbound bus lanes degradation and situated > 1300 m from SAC. Therefore on the by visual lead to improvement along the corridor fragmentation basis of the location provided for the Scheme, impacts). No increased Scheme, at giving priority to also considered No Likely Significant Effects are identified. Likely access and this distance buses. unlikely. No Significant recreation at from Carrine Likely Significant Effects. the SAC. No Common Effects. Likely SAC, could act Significant in-combination Effects. to result in Likely Significant Effects.

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50. Newquay Plymouth No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A It is not Table 5.3 has Growth area: Sound and loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction considered scoped out Delivery of Phase 1 Estuaries SAC Given location best-practice measures considering that the likely that this other major NSR. Provides is situated > and distance of current footprint is situated > 2000 m from infrastructure transport southern access to 2000 m from scheme from SAC/SPA. Therefore on the basis of the Scheme will Schemes that Growth Area (before the central SAC, location provided for the Scheme, No Likely lead any may act in bridge). Unlocks location of degradation and Significant Effects are identified. additional combination employment space. Phase 1. fragmentation recreation with Phase 1. also considered pressures at unlikely No the SAC. Likely Significant Effects.

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51. Saltash cycle network: To implement town wide walking and cycling enhancements to encourage modal shift and healthy active lifestyles. New cycle stands and possible improvements to links onto Tamar. Details of Schemes not available. It is not possible to identify the route in its entirety and its proximity to Plymouth Sound Estuaries SAC and Tamar Estuaries SPA. It is therefore not possible to conclude no Likely Significant Effects at this strategic level. Notwithstanding the need for a project-level HRA, there are a number of mitigation measures that can be exploited at the detailed design stage to ensure that LSE are avoided at the SPA. Specifically, that there will be a presumption against land-take within designated sites (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Principles 01, 02, 03) and in addition, construction best-practice measures will be integrated into the Scheme design (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Measures 26, 04) to avoid indirect impacts. It is also considered likely that LSE as a result of disturbance can be avoided with the use of carefully designed mitigation measures which will be based on evidence acquired through survey (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Principles 1,14). The preferred location will ensure that disturbance impacts do not arise and/or that engineering solutions are exploited at the detailed design stage to avoid visual impacts and direct users away from sensitive areas by use of landscape design or artificial screening (Table 5.4, Mitigation principle 05).

59. Saltash Station Plymouth No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects SAC: N/A It is not It is not Enhancements: Sound SAC is degradation or will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered Station facility situated > 200 fragmentation best-practice measures (refer to Table 5.4, species are likely that this that this minor provision. m to the east will occur. No Mitigation Principles 26, 04) on the basis that not affected Scheme will and localised No land take and west. Likely Significant the current footprint is situated > 200 m from by visual lead to improvement required. Tamar Effects. SAC/SPA. Therefore on the basis of the impacts). No increased Scheme, at Estuaries SPA location provided for the Scheme, No Likely Likely access and this distance is located > 350 Significant Effects are identified. Significant recreation at from m to the east. Effects. the SAC. No Plymouth Likely Sound Significant Estuaries SAC Effects. and Tamar Estuaries SPA could act in- SPA: Impacts combination to are not result in Likely considered Significant likely to arise Effects. at this distance at an existing station. No Likely Significant Effects. 35: Penzance Limited preliminary design has been undertaken and as such full details of these Schemes are not available. It is not possible to identify TWCN: To the routes /construction footprints in their entirety. However, these Schemes are proposed in close proximity to Marazion Marsh SPA. It implement town IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 38 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report wide walking and is therefore not possible to conclude no Likely Significant Effects at this strategic level. cycling Notwithstanding the need for a project-level HRA, there are a number of mitigation measures that can be exploited at the detailed design enhancements to stage to ensure that LSE are avoided at the SPA. Specifically, that there will be a presumption against land-take within designated sites encourage modal (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Principles 01, 02, 03) and in addition, construction best-practice measures will be integrated into the shift and healthy Scheme design (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Measures 26, 04) to avoid indirect impacts. It is also considered likely that LSE as a result active lifestyles. of disturbance can be avoided with the use of carefully designed mitigation measures which will be based on evidence acquired through 61. Goldsithney to survey (refer to Table 5.4, Mitigation Principles 1,14). The preferred location will ensure that disturbance impacts do not arise and/or that Marazion B3302: engineering solutions are exploited at the detailed design stage to avoid visual impacts and direct users away from sensitive areas by use Off road of landscape design or artificial screening (Table 5.4, Mitigation principle 05). walking/cycle route, partly on existing highway, partly off- line on third party land. and 62. Mounts Bay to Marazion cycle path: Provide cycle/shared use path across dunes and car park with associated cycle parking 65. Carkeel Full details of No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects SAC: N/A It is It is not Village to Tamar Scheme not loss, will arise with the incorporation of construction (qualifying considered considered View: Footway available. It is fragmentation or best-practice measures (refer to table 5.4, species are that that this minor provision. This not possible to degradation will Mitigation Principles 26, 04) on the basis that not affected improvements and localised does not require identify the occur. No Likely the current footprint is likely to be situated > by visual to an existing improvement new land take, route in its Significant 200 m from SAC/SPA. impacts). No footpath would Scheme, at comprising entirety and its Effects. Likely be unlikely to this distance improvement to proximity to Significant change the could act in- existing resources Plymouth Effects. volume of use combination to rather than Sound SAC in any result in Likely

IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 39 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015- 2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report construction of new and Tamar SPA: Likely significant Significant ones. Estuaries SPA. Significant way. No Effects. However, Effects are Likely Carkeel is considered Significant situated > 200 unlikely as a Effects. m distant at its result of closest point. improvement works to an existing footpath > 200 m distant. 68. Truro Station & Fal and Helford No direct habitat It is considered unlikely that significant effects N/A Impacts are It is not St Francis Street: SAC is situated loss will occur. will arise with the incorporation of construction not considered Wheeling channels > 1000 m Given scale and best-practice measures considering that the considered that this minor within station and distant. distance, current footprint is situated > 1000 m from likely to arise and localised on-highway degradation and SAC. Therefore on the basis of the location for this improvement pedestrian fragmentation provided for the Scheme, No Likely Significant localised Scheme, at improvements also considered Effects are identified. Scheme type this distance unlikely. No at this from St. Fal Likely Significant distance. and Helford Effects. SAC could act in-combination to result in Likely Significant Effects.

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5.4.1 Table 5.2 identifies the likelihood of occurrence of significant effects as a result of the impacts identified. It is considered that Likely Significant Effects can be avoided for the majority of the Schemes listed in the 2015 – 2019 Cornwall Implementation Plan.

5.4.2 There are a number of environmental control measures that it will be necessary to employ to ensure adverse impacts upon the environment are avoided (in the first instance) or minimised. These will include the reduction of air quality emissions to below critical threshold levels as identified by Air Pollution Information System (APIS) and others. The control of water abstraction and discharge of water is required via the Water Framework Directive17, the consideration of impacts on designated sites is covered under the Habitats Regulations, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), and national and location planning policy. These control measures will ensure that impacts are avoided or minimised.

5.4.3 In addition to the environmental control measures, a number of Mitigation Principles have been developed within the Implementation Plan (individually referenced against each Scheme in Table 5.2) and these are listed in Table 5.4 below. Table 5.5 summarises which Schemes the Mitigation Principles are particularly relevant to for the avoidance of Likely Significant Effects (for example, as a result of location and scale). It will be necessary for each Mitigation Principle to be developed within each project-level HRA and become embedded in the project design as further details become available.

Table 5.4: Relevant Mitigation Principles Embedded in SEA and LTP

Proposed Mitigation Principle 1 Appropriate environmental assessment should be undertaken on an individual project level where appropriate. Note that for some of the larger schemes in the Implementation Plan, statutory or non-statutory EIA has already been undertaken. 5 Any new land take required should be kept to the absolute minimum for practical operation of the scheme; where possible existing in-use land and infrastructure should be used to achieve this. 11 Detailed design of any new infrastructure should avoid or minimise impacts on both designated and undesignated environmental features such as trees and hedgerows. Landscape appraisal should be used where necessary. 14 Appropriate ecological surveys and mitigation should be undertaken as part scheme design and prior to construction. 23 Drainage schemes should include SuDS wherever possible. 25 Collaboration with environmental organisations should be considered, particularly where schemes are close to areas of environmental interest e.g. designated sites, habitat, to ensure opportunities for study and conservation are explored. 26 Construction should be undertaken in line with a Construction Management Plan which should include measures to manage construction traffic, reduce environmental impacts and make the most of opportunities for enhancement such as landscape and habitat planting. CMPs should also encourage the use of best practice construction methods and equipment.

17 Water Framework Directive (2000): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0060:EN:HTML

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01 Development will not be located within any Natura 2000 site (or supporting habitat) so that no direct habitat loss will occur 02 Wherever possible works will be avoided where there are direct transmission pathways to Natura 2000 or Ramsar sites (such as downstream of a new road). 03 Buffer zones will be provided between construction/improvement works and Natura 2000 and Ramsar sites (the size and extent of which should be dependent upon the nature of impact and the sensitivity of receptors). 04 The CEMP will detail control measures required to avoid impacts on Natura 2000 or Ramsar sites as a result of noise and visual disturbance and air and water quality. 05 Detailed design of projects in proximity to Natura 2000 or Ramsar sites that are vulnerable to disturbance impacts will, if deemed necessary on the basis of survey information and consultation with Natural England, ensure that the location avoids impacts or that screening is designed in to the scheme to avoid impacts.

5.4.4 It has not been possible to conclude no Likely Significant Effects for the following Schemes due to insufficient detail at this time to enable a more in-depth analysis to the degree required for appropriate assessment. It will only be possible to undertake this level of assessment once specific projects are proposed and/or once sufficient detail is available at the plan level to enable a thorough and robust analysis to be carried out.

· 9. Larcombe Road

· 51. Saltash Cycle Network

· 62. Mounts Bay to Marazion cycle path

· 61. Goldsithney to Marazion cycle path

· 35: Penzance TWCN

5.4.5 As a result, the HRA for these Schemes is deferred to project level under these particular circumstances:

· The HRA of the IP cannot reasonably assess the effects on a European site in a meaningful way.

· The HRA of any projects will be required as a matter of law or Government policy; and

· The results of the project level HRA will be able to inform changes in a proposal (including rejecting it outright) if necessary.

5.4.6 An assessment of any likely significant effects will be made and full recommendations for mitigation will be provided within each project/plan-level HRA. These will provide measures to reduce the potential for any development to result in impacts upon the Natura 2000 network or Ramsar sites. The following over-arching mitigating statements apply:

IP2_HRA_Screening v4 Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff April 2015 for Cornwall Council - 42 - CONNECTING CORNWALL: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015-2019 Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report (a) Any development that would be likely to have a significant effect on a European site either alone or in combination with other plans or projects would not be in accordance with the Local Transport Plan and would not, therefore, have the benefit of the presumption in favour accorded via S.38 of the 2004 Act at application stage;

And

(b) Any development that would be likely to have a significant effect on a European site, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects, will be subject to assessment under Part 6 of the Habitats Regulations at project application stage. If it cannot be ascertained that there would be no adverse effects on site integrity the project will have to be refused or pass the tests of Regulation 61 and 62, in which case any necessary compensatory measures will need to be secured in accordance with Regulation 66.

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Table 5.5: Relevant Mitigation Principles for Implementation Plan Schemes (highlighted measures 01 – 05 are those particularly relevant to a given Scheme due to Scheme’s location and scale).

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All Schemes X X X X X X X X X X X X

9. Larcombe X X X X Road

14. Bodmin X X X Camel Trail Extension

17. TWCN X X X

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35: Penzance X X X X X TWCN:

47. Walking and X X X X Cycling network (phase 1): 49. A38 X Cornwall Gateway (Carkeel):

51. Saltash X X X X X cycle network:

59. Saltash X Station Enhancements:

61. Goldsithney X X X X X to Marazion B3302:

65. Carkeel X Village to Tamar View:

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