Ayrshire Shoreline Management Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report July 2018 / IBE1107Rp0003 rpsgroup.com/ireland Ayrshire Shoreline Management Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Client North Ayrshire Council / South Ayrshire Council Project Title Ayrshire Shoreline Management Plan Document Title IBE1107Rp0003_SEA_Environmental_Report_F01 Document No. IBE1107Rp0003 DCS TOC Text List of Tables List of Figures No. of This Document Appendices Comprises 1 1 152 1 1 6 Rev. Status Author(s) Reviewed By Approved By Office of Origin Issue Date Richard D01 Draft Danielle King Malcolm Brian Belfast 12/01/2018 Bingham F01 Final Danielle King Richard Malcolm Brian Belfast 27/07/2018 Bingham rpsgroup.com Copyright Copyright – North Ayrshire Council / South Ayrshire Council. All rights reserved. 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VI 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ...................................................................... 1 1.3 STUDY TEAM ................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 SCREENING FOR SEA ...................................................................................................... 2 1.5 SCOPING FOR SEA .......................................................................................................... 3 1.6 SEA GUIDANCE ............................................................................................................... 5 1.7 STATUTORY CONSULTEES FOR SEA ................................................................................. 5 1.8 APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT............................................................................................. 5 2 AYRSHIRE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ................... 7 2.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 LOCATION AND EXTENT .................................................................................................... 7 2.3 OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................... 9 3 METHODOLOGY AND CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................ 11 3.1 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 11 3.2 SEA OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................... 12 3.3 COMPATIBILITY OF OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................... 15 3.4 CONSULTATIONS ............................................................................................................ 15 3.4.1 Proposed Consultation on Draft Plan and SEA Environmental Report.......... 17 3.5 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 18 3.6 GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE ..................................................................................................... 19 3.7 TEMPORAL SCOPE ......................................................................................................... 23 4 BASELINE AND RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ................................................... 24 4.1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 24 4.2 BIODIVERSITY, FLORA & FAUNA ...................................................................................... 24 4.3 POPULATION & HUMAN HEALTH ...................................................................................... 29 4.4 GEOLOGY, SOILS & LANDUSE ......................................................................................... 30 4.5 WATER .......................................................................................................................... 31 4.6 CLIMATE ........................................................................................................................ 31 4.7 MATERIAL ASSETS ......................................................................................................... 32 4.8 CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL & ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE ........................................... 33 4.9 LANDSCAPE & VISUAL AMENITY ...................................................................................... 34 4.10 EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PLAN .................................... 34 5 REVIEW OF RELEVANT, PLANS, PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES ................................... 37 5.1 INTERACTION WITH OTHER RELEVANT PLANS AND PROGRAMMES ..................................... 37 6 PROPOSED MANAGEMENT POLICIES / ACTIONS ............................................................. 39 6.1 DEVELOPMENT OF SHORELINE MANAGEMENT POLICIES ................................................... 39 IBE1107Rp00003 I Rev F01 Ayrshire SMP SEA Environmental Report 6.2 POTENTIAL ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE POLICIES .................................................................... 42 7 ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................................... 45 7.1 DO NOTHING ................................................................................................................. 45 7.2 SUB-CELL 6B1 ............................................................................................................... 48 7.3 SUB-CELL 6B2 ............................................................................................................... 55 7.4 SUB-CELL 6C1 .............................................................................................................. 60 7.5 SUB-CELL 6C2 .............................................................................................................. 66 7.6 SUB-CELL 6C3 .............................................................................................................. 73 7.7 SUB-CELL 6C4 .............................................................................................................. 79 7.8 SUB-CELL 6C5 .............................................................................................................. 86 7.9 SUB-CELL 6C6 .............................................................................................................. 90 7.10 SUB-CELL 6D1 .............................................................................................................. 97 7.11 SUB-CELL 6D2 ............................................................................................................ 103 7.12 SUB-CELL A1 ............................................................................................................... 107 7.13 SUB-CELL A2 ............................................................................................................... 114 7.14 SUB-CELL A3 ............................................................................................................... 120 7.15 SUB-CELL A4 ............................................................................................................... 126 7.16 SUB-CELL GREAT CUMBRAE .......................................................................................... 132 7.17 CUMULATIVE / IN-COMBINATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS............................................... 137 8 MITIGATION AND MONITORING ......................................................................................... 139 8.1 MITIGATION ................................................................................................................. 139 8.1.1 General Mitigation ........................................................................................ 139 8.1.2 Mitigation by Environmental Impact ............................................................. 140 8.1.3 HRA Mitigation.............................................................................................. 144 8.2 MONITORING ............................................................................................................... 145 9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................ 148 10 NEXT STEPS ......................................................................................................................... 150 11 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 152 IBE1107Rp00003 II Rev F01 Ayrshire SMP SEA Environmental Report LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Overview of SEA Process ..............................................................................................