Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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Galloper Wind Farm Substation
General Management Specific Management Actions
operations take place at regular intervals.
Encourages an uneven age structure,
through thinning and by natural
regeneration or replanting.
Arable
Control sycamore regeneration to prevent
restocked trees being inhibited.
Maintain all newly planted areas until
established.
Identify and manage all hazardous trees
by recording within Tree Risk
Identification and Management Plan.
Trees are typically felled, pruned, or
further monitored on 6 monthly basis.
The ILMP says that the bulk of the arable land is of limited ecological value and that
management will focus on maximising the ecological value through the
establishment and maintenance of hedgerows. (Paragraphs 6.50 and 6.52)
Conclusion
Broadleaved woodland, acid grassland, heathland, arable farmland and hedgerows are
all existing land uses and habitats in the area and appropriate to local landscape
character and biodiversity. The plant communities and land uses have been strongly
influenced by the dry, acidic soils. Proposals for new planting and habitat creation
should be informed by these factors, and by the principles and objectives set out in the
management plans for the Sizewell Estate Integrated Land Management Plan.
2.1.6. Sizewell Estate Landscape Management Plan, May 1996
This management plan was prepared to satisfy the Conditions and Undertakings
attached to the Consent for Sizewell B power station. It was intended to demonstrate
Nuclear Electric’s commitment to the establishment and maintenance of the agreed
landscape scheme for the land in its ownership (the Estate).
The report records Sizewell Wents as follows:
� Area: 5.0 ha.
� Species: Scots pine, sweet chestnut, larch and sycamore.
� Management objectives: Manage as mixed woodland for landscape and wildlife.
It does not give any more relevant information than that provided in the more recent
Sizewell Estate Integrated Land Management Plan discussed above.