Volume 2 Written Statement Full (PDF 4 MB) - Vattenfall

Environmental Report
Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Onshore Transmission Works
December 2012
196 The Aberdeenshire Council’s Scoping Opinion (see Appendix 4B) concludes
that the Council consider “that this development would not require an EIA.”
The response gives an indicative list of matters which should be addressed in
an accompanying report, and makes reference to responses from other
consultees.
197 The Scoping Opinion concludes that there have been no significant concerns
raised through the consultation process and that provided consultees
comments are taken on board and have been considered in the supporting
information, the submission of an application is encouraged.
198 Accordingly, and although AOWF wished to proceed with a professional
environmental appraisal to EIA standards to ensure that any significant
impacts were identified and mitigated appropriately, it was agreed that the
information would be presented as a Environmental Report, rather than a
formal Environmental Statement.
199 The initial scoping request was circulated to a large number of statutory and
non-statutory consultees. Copies of scoping responses from these consultees
are presented in Appendix 4C. Table 4.1 below provides a summary of the
main responses received during this scoping process and where in the ER
they are addressed. The issues highlighted in the table are arranged in order
of topic and are not attributed to individual consultees.
TABLE 4.1
Summary of Scoping Responses Received
Consultee Issues Relevant Section
Marine Scotland (15 th Development does not go beyond MHWS and n/a
October 2012)
therefore have no comment
Aberdeen Western Do not object to this application
n/a
Peripheral Route (18 th
October 2012)
Scottish Water
(23 rd October 2012)
Aberdeenshire Council –
Scientific Officer (23 rd
October 2012)
Aberdeen City Council –
Planning (24 th October 2012)
University of Aberdeen –
Entomology (24 th October
2012)
Historic Scotland (30 th
October 2012)
Advised there are Scottish Water waste water assets
in the area that may be affected by the proposed
development. It is therefore requested that these
assets are protected from the risk of contamination
and damage.
The proposal may be impacted by a number of
potentially contaminated and contaminated sites
which are not considered in the scoping report.
These sites may affect the design and/or location of
the installation. Remedial works may be required.
No comment
The assessment should refer to potential impacts on
seabirds.
No assets within HS statutory remit in the survey
area
ZTV would need to address potential indirect impacts
on SAMs
Cable route would not impact of HS assets
Only Temple Stones (scheduled ancient monument)
would theoretically be visible – needs to be confirmed
and considered in the assessment.
These matters are
addressed in Chapter 6
of this ES
These matters are
addressed in Chapter 6
of this ES
n/a
These matters are
addressed in Chapter 7
of this ER
These matters are
addressed in Chapter 9
of this ER
Chapter 4
ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL
PROCESS, SCOPING AND
CONSULTATION RESPONSES
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