Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

2890_mitigation
2890_mitigation
August 2011
Galloper Wind Farm Substation
Contents
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Report Structure ............................................................................................................................................. 2
2.0 Baseline ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
3.0 Principles of Mitigation ....................................................................................................................................... 11
4.0 Proposals.................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.1. Agreement of the landscape mitigation strategy with SCDC, SCC and EDF ....................... 13
4.2. Proposals submitted with the Development Consent Order ..................................................... 15
4.3. Profiled landform around substation .................................................................................................. 15
4.4. Sizewell Wents wood ................................................................................................................................. 16
4.5. Cable corridors, cable sealing compounds and gantries .............................................................. 16
4.6. Hedgerows ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.7. Fields ................................................................................................................................................................. 17
4.8. Woodland and hedgerow planting mixes ......................................................................................... 17
5.0 Additional Mitigation Area ................................................................................................................................ 19
Appendices
Appendix 1. Sizewell Estate Integrated Land Management Plan Map 6 Land Use/Habitat
Appendix 2. Maximum Heights of GWF Substation drawing GWF_583_R1
Appendix 3. Correspondence with SCDC, SCC and EDF regarding the agreed Landscape
Mitigation Strategy
Appendix 4. Drawings
Appendix 5. Drawing 25456/003/100A showing landform without the ‘additional
mitigation area’
Appendix 6. Drawing 25456/003/101A 100A showing landform with the ‘additional
mitigation area’