ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL - HARBOUR AUTHORITY Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Intertek Energy & Water Consultancy Services Exchange House, Station Road, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7DW, United Kingdom Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement DOCUMENT RELEASE FORM Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority P2214_RN5054_Rev1 Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement Author/s Emma Storey, Emma Langley Project Manager Authoriser Emma Langley Eric Houston Rev No Date Reason Author Checker Authoriser Rev 0 08/06/2020 Draft for client review ES ESL EH Rev 1 16/06/2020 Final ES ESL EH Intertek Energy & Water Consultancy Services is the trading name of Metoc Ltd, a member of the Intertek group of companies. I P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement CONTENTS DOCUMENT RELEASE FORM I GLOSSARY IV 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Consultation 1 2. STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS 2 3. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE MASTERPLAN IN LIGHT OF OTHER REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES 3 3.1 Alternatives Considered 3 3.2 Summary of Findings for the Adopted Masterplan 4 3.3 HRA Assessment Findings 5 4. INCORPORATING THE FINDINGS FROM THE SEA INTO THE MASTERPLAN 7 4.1 How Environmental Considerations have been integrated into the Masterplan 7 4.2 How the Environmental Report has been taken into Account 10 5. HOW CONSULTEES VIEWS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITHIN THE FINALISED MASTERPLAN 18 6. MONITORING MEASURES 58 REFERENCES 60 II P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Tables Table 3-1 Masterplan Options Assessed within the SEA Environmental Report 3 Table 4-1 Environmental considerations and how they were taken into account 7 Table 4-2 Mitigation Measures 12 Table 5-1 Consultation comments and description of how they have been taken into account 19 Table 6-1 SEA monitoring framework for the Masterplan 58 III P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement GLOSSARY AA IMO Appropriate Assessment International Maritime Organisation BWM JNCC Ballast Water Management Joint Nature Conservation Committee CA km Competent Authority Kilometres CAR LNG Controlled Activities Regulations Liquefied Natural Gas COMAH LPG Control of Major Accident Hazards Liquefied Petroleum Gas ECoW LSQ Ecological Clerk of Works Local Specific Qualities EIA LSE Environmental Impact Assessment Likely Significant Effect EMEC m European Marine Energy Centre Metres EPS mm European Protected Species Millimetres FRA MOD Flood Risk Assessment Ministry of Defence GIS MPA Geographic Information System Marine Protected Areas GWDTE MS-LOT Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team HEPS NNS Historic Environment Policy for Scotland Non-native species HES NMP Historic Environment Scotland National Marine Plan HMPA NSA Historic Marine Protected Area National Scenic Area HMS NVC Her Majesty's Ship National Vegetation Classification HRA OBRC Habitats Regulation Appraisal Orkney Biodiversity Records Centre IV P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement OHBS SEA Orkney Historical Boat Society Strategic Environmental Assessment OIC SEPA Orkney Islands Council Scottish Environment Protection Agency OICHA SHEP Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority Scottish Historic Environment Policy OIITS SMRU Orkney Inter Isles Transport Study Sea Mammal Research Unit OLDP SNH Orkney Local Development Plan Scottish Natural Heritage PPS SPA Plan, Programme or Strategy Special Protection Area PMF SPP Priority Marine Feature Scottish Planning Policy pSPA SSF Proposed Special Protection Area Scottish Sea Farms RBMP STS River Basement Management Planning Ship-to-Ship RET UK Road Equivalent Tariff United Kingdom RSPB UKMCC Royal Society for the Protection of Birds United Kingdom Maritime Component Command RYA WFD Royal Yachting Association Water Framework Directive SAC XR Special Area of Conservation Extinction Rebellion V P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement 1. INTRODUCTION This SEA Post Adoption Statement has been prepared on behalf of Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority (OICHA) to comply with Section 18 of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 and as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1. This document provides a summary of the responses received from consultation on the draft Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 and Environmental Report; consulted on during Summer 2019. The document explains: ▪ The reasons for adopting the Final Masterplan; ▪ How the key findings from the SEA and responses from consultations have been taken into account in the preparation of the final Masterplan; ▪ Details how environmental considerations have been integrated; and ▪ Identifies proposals for monitoring the implementation of the Masterplan. 1.1 Consultation As part of the consultation public meetings were held to present the Draft Masterplan and ‘drop-in’ sessions held to enable members of the public to view the Draft Masterplan and accompanying SEA Environmental Report, ask questions and make comment. The Draft Masterplan and Environmental Report were also available online and in hard copy for a period of six weeks between 10th June and 22nd July 2019. A separate consultation report has been prepared – Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 (Fishers Advisory Ltd, 2020). The report provides an overview of the stakeholder engagement and participation activities carried out during the development of the Masterplan and covers: ▪ Consultation strategy. ▪ Stakeholder engagement – summary. ▪ Addressing community consultation comments. 1 P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement 2. STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 has been subjected to a process of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), as required under the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005. This has included the following activities: ▪ Taking into account the views of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Ministers (Historic Environment Scotland (HES)) regarding the scope and level of detail that was appropriate for the Environmental Report. ▪ Preparing an Environmental Report on the likely significant effects on the environment of the draft Plan, Programme or Strategy (PPS) which included consideration of: ▪ The baseline data relating to the current state of the environment; ▪ Links between the PPS and other relevant strategies, policies, plans, programmes and environmental protection objectives; ▪ Existing environmental problems affecting the PPS; ▪ The plan's likely significant effects on the environment (positive and negative); ▪ Measures envisaged for the prevention, reduction and offsetting of any significant adverse effects; ▪ An outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives chosen, and ▪ Monitoring measures to ensure that any unforeseen environmental effects will be identified, allowing for appropriate remedial action to be taken. ▪ Consulting on the Environmental Report ▪ Taking into account the Environmental Report and the results of consultation in making final decisions regarding the PPS ▪ Committing to monitoring any potential significant environmental effects of the implementation of the PPS. This will also identify any unforeseen adverse significant environmental effects and to enable taking appropriate remedial action. 2 P2214_RN5054_Rev1 | 16 June 2020 Orkney Islands Council - Harbour Authority Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Post Adoption Statement 3. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE MASTERPLAN IN LIGHT OF OTHER REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES 3.1 Alternatives Considered An initial long list of Masterplan development options was derived from stakeholder discussion and workshops, internal discussions with OICHA and staff, market assessment and desk-based research and review. A number of these options were screened out of further environmental assessment, as they did not meet the objectives of the Orkney Harbours Masterplan or were not feasible. All options, included in the initial long list of potential options, were considered to have the potential to result in a negative impact on the environment. Any option included within the Orkney Harbours Masterplan will have some impact on the environment to varying extents, therefore environmental appraisal of the options was not considered in the initial shortlisting phase. Based on this, a high-level assessment to select the preferred options mainly focused on their technical appraisal. Many of the options rejected initially were either technically