Haddockston Golf Course Extension EIA Scoping Report

3 The Environmental Statement
3.1 GENERAL STRUCTURE
3.1.1 The structure of the ES will follow the requirements of Schedule 4 of the EIA Regulations 1999 and other
relevant good practice guidance. Essentially the ES will comprise three main parts – a non-technical summary (NTS),
the main ES text and figures (including a summary table of the environmental impacts and schedule of mitigation), and
the ES technical appendices.
3.1.2 The front-end of the ES will comprise:
A Non-Technical Summary (NTS);
Introduction;
Scheme description;
Description of the site and its context; and
A summary of relevant planning policy.
3.1.3 The back-end of the document will present an assessment of cumulative effects, a schedule of environmental
commitments (mitigation measures) and a set of EIA Summary tables.
3.2 THE KEY ISSUES
3.2.1 The proposed development will require further consideration in relation to a number of environmental topics
as part of the EIA. These are:
Noise and Vibration (see Chapter 4).
Ecology and Nature Conservation (see Chapter 5).
Landscape and Visual Impacts (see Chapter 6).
Soils, Geology and Contamination (see Chapter 7).
Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Flood Risk and Drainage (see Chapter 8).
3.2.2 The order in which these issues are presented above is in no way indicative of the relative importance of one
topic over any other. Each issue will be considered to the appropriate level of detail in the ES, using the information
collated in producing this Scoping Report and the Scoping Opinion from the Renfrewshire Council, as well as any
further information from consultees.
3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS TO BE SCOPED OUT
3.3.1 Following initial assessment, the following environmental topics have been scoped out of further assessment
as part of the EIA:
Air Quality (see Chapter 9).
Traffic and Transport (see Chapter 10).
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (see Chapter 11).
Further discussion of why it is considered that these topics should be scoped out of further assessment is presented in
the relevant sections.
3.4 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS
3.4.1 Within the ES, the assessment of impacts for each topic listed as requiring further consideration above will
take into account the environmental effects of both the construction and operational phases of the scheme.
Furthermore a number of criteria will be used to determine whether or not the potential effects of the development are
‘significant’. These significance criteria include:
International, national and local designations or standards;
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