Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm Consultation Report PINS Document Reference: A5.1 Planning Act 2008, s37(7) Date: May 2018 Reports Consultation Report May 2018 Reports Consultation Report Report Number: A5.1 Version: Final Date: May 2018 This report is also downloadable from the Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm website at: www.hornseaproject3.co.uk Ørsted 5 Howick Place, Prepared by: Emily Woolfenden London, SW1P 1WG Checked by: Andrew Guyton, Jennifer Brack, Felicity Browner, Sarah Drljaca, Henry Burrows, Oliver Palasmith © Orsted Power (UK) Ltd, 2018. All rights reserved Accepted by: Sophie Banham Front cover picture: Kite surfer near a UK offshore wind farm © Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Ltd., 2018. Approved by: Stuart Livesey i Reports Consultation Report May 2018 Table of Contents 8.3 Statutory Consultation (Phase 2.A)............................................................................................................ 34 8.4 Further Statutory Consultation (Phase 2.B) ............................................................................................... 41 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1 8.5 Focussed Statutory Consultation (Phase 2.C) ........................................................................................... 44 2. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 9. Phase 2: Summary of responses .................................................................................................................. 46 2.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 9.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 46 2.2 Structure of this Consultation Report ........................................................................................................... 2 9.2 Overall ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 2.3 Legislative Context ...................................................................................................................................... 2 9.3 Offshore ..................................................................................................................................................... 51 2.4 Ørsted .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 9.4 Onshore ..................................................................................................................................................... 62 2.5 Project overview .......................................................................................................................................... 3 10. Statements of Common Ground ................................................................................................................... 73 2.6 Hornsea Project One and Hornsea Project Two consultation ...................................................................... 4 11. Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 74 3. Hornsea Three consultation ............................................................................................................................ 6 12. References ................................................................................................................................................... 75 3.2 Structure of this Consultation Report ........................................................................................................... 6 4. Consultation under the EIA and Habitat Regulations ...................................................................................... 8 List of Tables 4.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 Policy and Legislation .................................................................................................................................. 8 Table 3.1: Timeline of pre-application consultation activities. ................................................................................ 7 4.3 Screening for EIA development and obtaining a Scoping Opinion ............................................................... 9 Table 4.1: NPSs relevant for Hornsea Three. ...................................................................................................... 10 Table 4.2: Summary of compliance with Infrastructure Planning (EIA) Regulations 2009. .................................. 10 4.4 Meeting the requirements of the EIA Regulations ........................................................................................ 9 Table 4.3: Expert Working Groups ...................................................................................................................... 12 4.5 Habitats Regulation Assessment ............................................................................................................... 11 Table 5.1: Publications advertising the SoCC. .................................................................................................... 16 4.6 EIA and HRA Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 11 Table 5.2: Summary of compliance with the SoCC. ............................................................................................ 16 4.7 Transboundary Consultation ...................................................................................................................... 12 Table 6.1: List of meetings held with landowner representatives. ....................................................................... 23 5. Statement of Community Consultation.......................................................................................................... 14 Table 6.2: Parish Council meetings held to date. ................................................................................................ 23 Table 6.3: List of parishes in each local authority invited to meetings. ................................................................ 24 5.1 Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 7.1: Phase 1.A community consultation event timetable. .......................................................................... 25 5.2 Statutory Requirements and Guidance ...................................................................................................... 14 Table 7.2: Phase 1.A consultation materials. ...................................................................................................... 26 5.3 Defining the Consultation Zone.................................................................................................................. 14 Table 7.3: Summary of Phase 1.A Consultation responses. ............................................................................... 27 5.4 Summary of the SoCC rationale ................................................................................................................ 14 Table 7.4: Phase 1.B community consultation event timetable. .......................................................................... 29 5.5 Consultation on the draft SoCC ................................................................................................................. 15 Table 7.5: Phase 1.B consultation materials. ...................................................................................................... 30 Table 7.6: Summary of Phase 1.B consultation responses. ................................................................................ 30 5.6 Final SoCC ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Table 8.1: List of local authorities identified under section 43 of the 2008 Act. ................................................... 35 5.7 Publication of the SoCC ............................................................................................................................. 16 Table 8.2: Phase 2.A community consultation event timetable. .......................................................................... 38 5.8 Statement of Compliance with SoCC ......................................................................................................... 16 Table 8.3: Phase 2 consultation materials. .......................................................................................................... 38 5.9 Additional community consultation activities .............................................................................................. 17 Table 8.4: List of publications under section 48 for statutory consultation on the PEIR......................................