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Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Strategy Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Outline Landscape and Ecological Management Strategy Applicant: Norfolk Vanguard Limited Document Reference: 8.7 Pursuant to: APFP Regulation 5(2)(q) Date: 28 February 2020 Revision: Version 4 Author: Royal HaskoningDHV Photo: Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Document Reference: 8.7 February 2020 For and on behalf of Norfolk Vanguard Limited Approved by: Ruari Lean and Rebecca Sherwood Date: 28th February 2020 For and on behalf of Royal HaskoningDHV Drafted by: Gordon Campbell Approved by: Jon Allen Date: 28th February 2020 February 2020 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 8.7 Page i Date Issue Remarks / Reason for Issue Author Checked Approved No. 01/05/18 01D First draft for Norfolk Vanguard AG/GC/JP ST JA Limited review 25/05/18 01F Final for submission AG/GC/JP ST JA 02/05/19 02F Second ‘final’ draft taking into account GC JA JA changes identified during the examination 06/09/19 03F Third ‘final’ draft taking into account GC JA JA changes identified during the examination 28/02/2020 04F Fourth ‘final’ draft taking into account GC JA JA changes requested by North Norfolk District Council February 2020 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 8.7 Page ii Table of Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 1 2 Structure of OLEMS ................................................................................................ 2 3 Aims and Objectives ............................................................................................... 4 4 Embedded Mitigation ............................................................................................. 6 5 Pre-construction Surveys ...................................................................................... 13 6 Landscape Mitigation ............................................................................................ 15 6.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 15 6.2 Baseline ............................................................................................................... 15 6.3 Removals ............................................................................................................. 17 6.4 Aims of landscape planting ................................................................................... 18 6.5 Landscape Planting Species and Growth ................................................................ 20 6.6 Landscape Management Scheme(s) ....................................................................... 21 6.7 Relationship with National Grid Substation Infrastructure ..................................... 22 7 Statutory Designated Sites .................................................................................... 25 7.1 Norfolk Valley Fens SAC and Booton Common SSSI ................................................ 25 7.2 River Wensum SAC and SSSI .................................................................................. 26 7.3 Paston Great Barn SAC and SSSI ............................................................................ 27 7.4 Dillington Carr, Gressenhall SSSI ............................................................................ 29 7.5 Pigney’s Wood LNR ............................................................................................... 30 7.6 Other statutory designated sites ........................................................................... 30 7.7 Ancient Woodlands .............................................................................................. 31 8 Non-Statutory Designated Sites ............................................................................ 33 8.1 County Wildlife Sites and Roadside Nature Reserves ............................................. 33 9 Habitats and Species ............................................................................................. 35 9.1 Woodland ............................................................................................................ 35 9.2 Hedgerows ........................................................................................................... 36 9.3 Grassland ............................................................................................................. 38 9.4 Watercourses and Ponds ...................................................................................... 39 9.5 Arable Land .......................................................................................................... 40 9.6 Badgers ................................................................................................................ 41 9.7 Bats ...................................................................................................................... 43 February 2020 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 8.7 Page iii 9.8 Water Voles.......................................................................................................... 45 9.9 Otter .................................................................................................................... 47 9.10 Great Crested Newts ............................................................................................. 48 9.11 Reptiles ................................................................................................................ 51 9.12 White-clawed crayfish .......................................................................................... 52 9.13 Other invertebrates .............................................................................................. 53 9.14 Fish ...................................................................................................................... 54 9.15 Protected Flora ..................................................................................................... 55 9.16 Invasive Non-Native Species ................................................................................. 55 10 Birds ..................................................................................................................... 57 10.1 Baseline ............................................................................................................... 57 10.2 Embedded Mitigation ........................................................................................... 59 10.3 Additional Mitigation ............................................................................................ 60 11 Timings ................................................................................................................ 65 12 Monitoring and Compliance .................................................................................. 66 12.1 Ecological Clerk of Works ...................................................................................... 66 12.2 Post-Construction Monitoring ............................................................................... 66 13 Licensing Requirements ........................................................................................ 67 13.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 67 13.2 Great Crested Newt Mitigation Licence ................................................................. 67 13.3 Bat Mitigation Licence .......................................................................................... 68 13.4 Licence to Interfere with a Badger Sett .................................................................. 68 13.5 Draft Water Vole Mitigation Licence...................................................................... 69 14 Summary .............................................................................................................. 70 15 References ........................................................................................................... 67 February 2020 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 8.7 Page iv Tables Table 1 Embedded mitigation measures for the project 6 Table 2 Extent of pre-construction surveys required for each receptor 14 Table 3 Habitat footprints within the onshore project area 58 February 2020 Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm 8.7 Page v Glossary of Acronyms BAP Biodiversity Action Plan BCT Bat Conservation Trust CIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information Association CoCP Code of Construction Practice CWS County Wildlife Site DCO Development Consent Order Defra Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EcIA Ecological Impact Assessment ECoW Ecological Clerk of Works EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Ecological Management Plan EPS European Protected Species ES Environmental Statement ha Hectare HDD Horizontal Directional Drilling HVAC High Voltage Alternating Current HVDC High Voltage Direct Current JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee LBAP Local Biodiversity Action Plan LNR Local Nature Reserve m Metre NBSG Norfolk Barbastelle Study Group NNR National Nature Reserve NPP Norfolk Ponds Project NWT Norfolk Wildlife Trust OLEMS Outline Landscape Environmental Management Strategy PEIR Preliminary Environmental Information Report PMoW Precautionary Method of Working RNR Roadside Nature Reserve SAC Special Area of Conservation SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest SuDS Sustainable Drainage
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