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Environmental Report Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Transmission Works December 2012 Aberdeen City and Shire and its businesses play a major role in the energy revolution. AREG has been supported by the Energising Aberdeen Fund of Aberdeen City Council. The Fund represents a £22.25 million investment in the future of Aberdeen over five years by the Scottish Government. Technip 17 Technip is a world leader in the fields of project management, engineering and construction offering innovative solutions to the global energy industry. 18 With 23,000 employees, integrated capabilities and proven expertise in underwater infrastructure, offshore facilities and large processing units and plants on land, Technip is a key contributor to the development of sustainable solutions for the energy challenges of the 21st century. 19 Through its Aberdeen based operating centre, Technip provides best-in-class subsea products and services to oil and gas companies operating offshore UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and West Coast of Ireland. Further to its established subsea business, Technip is rapidly developing capability to support the growing offshore wind sector. 1.4 Project Team 20 The environmental assessment has been managed, and this ER prepared, by SLR. SLR is a multi-disciplinary consultancy and a leading planning and EIA consultant to the renewable energy industry in the United Kingdom. 21 SLR is a registered Environmental Impact Assessor and Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). The company has significant experience in the preparation of planning applications and undertaking environmental assessment and EIA for a wide variety of projects including renewable energy, minerals, waste, and infrastructure developments. 22 SLR has drawn upon the expertise of a predominantly in-house team of appropriately qualified and experienced specialists comprising town planners, engineers, hydrogeologists, archaeologists, ecologists and other environmental specialists for the majority of the technical assessments presented in this ER. 23 SLR has worked closely with LDA Design in respect of the landscape and visual assessment of the Proposed Development. 1.5 Purpose of the Environmental Report 24 The main aim of the ER is to ensure that Aberdeenshire Council is able to assess the accompanying planning application in the full knowledge of any likely significant effects on the environment, which are likely to arise as a result of the Proposed Development. 25 The Proposed Development on its own does not constitute EIA development as it falls below the relevant thresholds set out in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (‘EIA Regulations’). Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Page 8 of 211
Environmental Report Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Transmission Works December 2012 26 However, recent case law 1 and subsequent amendments to the EIA Regulations (2011) suggest that extensions or amendments to existing EIA development could be subject to the same Regulatory controls as the main Schedule 1 or 2 development. 27 This Proposed Development could be considered as an ancillary part of the offshore application for AOWF (EOWDC) currently being considered by Scottish Ministers. AOWFL therefore considers that the Proposed Development should therefore fall under Part 13 of Schedule 2 of the EIA Regulations (2011) and therefore requires to be screened as an EIA project. 28 As discussed further in Chapter 4, AOWF commenced early consultation and requested a scoping opinion as if Section 14 of the EIA Regulations (2011) (Request for a scoping opinion) applied. 29 The Scoping Opinion concluded 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. 30 AOWF has chosen to proceed with a professional environmental appraisal to EIA standards to ensure that any significant impacts were identified and mitigated appropriately, and it was agreed that the information would be presented as a Environmental Report, rather than a formal Environmental Statement (refer to Chapter 4: Environmental Appraisal Process, Scoping and Consultation Responses). 1.6 Limitations and Technical Difficulties 31 No significant technical difficulties were encountered when undertaking the environmental assessment. 32 Where other constraints arose in undertaking any of the technical assessments reported in this ER, such matters are reported within the relevant assessment to which they refer. However, none of these issues have prevented the accurate assessment of potential environmental impacts or the identification of appropriate mitigation measures. 1.7 Structure of the ER 33 The initial scoping opinion from Aberdeenshire Council in October 2012 has informed the structure of the ER and the full results of this are set out in chapter 4 34 Volume 1 provides a non-technical summary (NTS) of the ER. The purpose of the NTS is to ensure that the findings of the environmental assessment can be more readily disseminated, and the conclusions are easily understood by non-experts. 35 Volume 2 of the ER is a written report and provides detailed appraisal on the environmental assessment process and findings. This has been set out as follows: 1 R (Baker) v Bath and North East Somerset Council and Hinton Organics (Wessex) Limited [2009] EWHC 595 (Admin) Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Page 9 of 211
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