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Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm ………………………………………………………..…… Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Review of Potential Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Date: June 2018 Document No: 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Rev: 02 CONFIDENTIAL Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Document Number 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Review of Potential Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Project Rev 02 Company: Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Asset: Array Farm Limited Project: Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Sub Project/Package: Farm Document Title or Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Review of Potential Description: Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Document Number: 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Contractor Ref No: The document Originator shall complete this Cover Sheet and may give guidance below on any actions required by the recipient(s). The document Checker and Approver must not be the same person. The Document Author and Approver must not be the same person. The Approver must not be less senior than the Author. This document and any information therein are confidential property of Triton Knoll and without infringement neither the whole nor any extract may be disclosed, loaned, copied or used for manufacturing, provision of services or other purposes whatsoever without prior written consent of the Triton Knoll, and no liability is accepted for loss or damage from any cause whatsoever from the use of the document. Triton Knoll retains the right to alter the document at any time unless a written statement to the contrary has been appended 02 13 June 2018 Updated and Issued to BEIS N. Clargo T. Golding P.Pickett (TK) (GoBe)/S.Kazer (GoBe) (GoBe) 01 25 May 2018 Issued for Information to BEIS N. Clargo (GoBe) T. Golding P.Pickett (TK) (GoBe) Rev No. Date Status/Reason for Issue Author Checked by Approved by Page 2 of 63 Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Document Number 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Review of Potential Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Project Rev 02 CONTENTS 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Background to the Project ...................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Purpose of this report ............................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Approach ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Consultation ............................................................................................................................ 8 2 Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm: Report to Inform the Habitats Regulations Assessment .......... 9 2.1 Original Assessment ................................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Screening of Impacts ............................................................................................................. 10 2.2 Implications of the NMC Application .................................................................................... 15 3 Triton Knoll Electrical System: Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment .................................. 16 3.1 Original Assessment .............................................................................................................. 16 3.2 Screening of Impacts ............................................................................................................. 17 3.3 Implications of the NMC Application .................................................................................... 18 4 Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm: Greater Wash pSPA Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessment 19 4.1 Original Assessment .............................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Screening of Impacts ............................................................................................................. 20 4.3 Implications of the NMC Application .................................................................................... 21 5 Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Southern North Sea Candidate Special Area of Conservation (SNS cSAC): Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment ............................................................................... 22 5.1 The Assessment .................................................................................................................... 22 5.2 Screening of Impacts ............................................................................................................. 23 6 Amendments to Designated Sites ASsessed ................................................................................. 25 6.1 Relevant Designated Sites ..................................................................................................... 25 6.2 Consideration of the Changes to the Designated Sites......................................................... 27 7 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 41 8 References .................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix I ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Page 3 of 63 Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Document Number 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Review of Potential Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Project Rev 02 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 Location of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm and Triton Knoll Electrical System .... 6 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1-1 Changes to the original consented project within the NMC Application ........................... 6 Table 1-2 Existing assessments and the Natura 2000 sites considered within them ......................... 7 Table 2-1 Screening of the impacts of the TKOWF on Natura 2000 sites as assessed in the Report to inform the Habitats Regulations Assessment (2012) and the implications of the changes sought by the NMC Application ................................................................................................................................... 10 Table 3-1: Screening of the impacts of the TK Electrical System on the Inner Race Bank and North Ridge SCI as assessed in the Report to inform Appropriate Assessment (2015) and the implications of the changes sought by the NMC Application .............................................................................................. 17 Table 4-1: Screening of the impacts of the TKOWF on the Greater Wash pSPA as assessed in the Greater Wash pSPA Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessment (2017) and the implications of the changes sought by the NMC Application ............................................................................................................ 20 Table 5-1: Screening of the impacts of the TKOWF on the Southern North Sea cSAC as assessed in Southern North Sea cSAC Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment (2018)...................................... 23 Table 6-1 Summary of the Change in Site Designation (kittiwake)...................................................... 29 Table 6-2 Summary of the Relevance for Black-legged kittiwake ........................................................ 30 Table 6-3 Summary of the Change in Site Designation (gannet) ......................................................... 34 Table 6-4 Summary of the Change in Site Designation (northern fulmar) .......................................... 38 Page 4 of 63 Non Material Change Application: Consolidated Screening Document Number 2505-TKN-CON-K-RA-0032 Review of Potential Impacts on Natura 2000 Sites Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Project Rev 02 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview This report has been prepared to inform the Non-Material Change (NMC) application submitted by Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (TKOWFL) to reduce capacity of the site to 900MW. The report provides a summary of the assessments completed to date for the additional Natura 2000 sites that have been brought forward since Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (TKOWF) was consented. 1.2 Background to the Project Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (TKOWF) is located off the east coast of England, approximately 32km from the Lincolnshire coast and 50km from the coast of north Norfolk, with the export cable landfall located at Anderby Creek on the Lincolnshire coast (Figure 1-1). The footprint of the consented development area is approximately 145km2. TKOWF has progressed through two separate consent applications, the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Array (TK Array) which was granted development consent on 11 July 20131 (TK Array DCO), and Triton Knoll Electrical System (TK Electrical System), which was granted development consent on 5 September 20162 (TK Electrical System DCO). The TK Array and the TK Electrical System are being brought forward as a single development by Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (TKOWFL). References to TKOWF in this document should be read as a reference to both the TK Array