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9 Cumulative Effects 59 9.1 Introduction 59 9.2 Cumulative Effects with the Site Preparation Works 59 9.3 Cumulative Effects with the Hinkley Point C Project 60 9.4 Cumulative Effects with Other Plans and Projects 61 10 Conclusion 62 Hinkley Point C Preliminary Works Non Technical Summary Temporary Jetty Development ii November 2010
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 NNB Generation Company Limited (part of EDF Energy) is seeking consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for the development of a temporary jetty and associated onshore infrastructure at Hinkley Point, Somerset (i.e. the ‘jetty development’). These works are proposed as ‘Preliminary Works’ to facilitate the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point – Hinkley Point C. 1.1.2 Consent will be sought by way of a Harbour Empowerment Order (HEO) under the Harbours Act 1964 (as amended) and licences under the Food & Environment Protection Act 1985 (i.e. FEPA licences). 1.1.3 In addition to the jetty development, EDF Energy is proposing site preparation works to clear and level the site and provide the necessary infrastructure to facilitate the construction of Hinkley Point C. Key features of the site preparation works include site clearance, earthworks and drainage, which together with the jetty development form Preliminary Works to the construction of Hinkley Point C. EDF Energy is seeking consent for the site preparation works by way of grant of planning permission from West Somerset Council under the Town & Country Planning Act 1990. 1.1.4 Since the jetty development and site preparation works are both Preliminary Works to the Hinkley Point C Project they are being treated as distinct but related projects. 1.1.5 EDF Energy will separately be seeking a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) to construct and operate Hinkley Point C. 1.1.6 This document provides a Non Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Statement (ES) produced in support of the HEO and FEPA licences applications for the jetty development (the ES can be found in Volumes 2 to 4 inclusive of the submission). The ES is the formal report of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the potential impacts of the jetty development’s construction, operation, dismantling and restoration phases (i.e. the phases that would occur if the DCO is granted for the Hinkley Point C Project). The ES also reports on the potential impacts of the jetty development’s removal and reinstatement phase (i.e. the phase that would occur if the DCO is not granted for the Hinkley Point C Project). 2 PROJECT BACKGROUND 2.1 Hinkley Point C 2.1.1 The Hinkley Point C site was nominated for new nuclear build by EDF Energy in 2009 and is identified in the Government’s revised draft National Policy Statement (NPS) for Nuclear Power Generation as one of eight sites in England and Wales that are potentially suitable for the deployment of nuclear reactors by 2025 (Department for Energy and Climate Change, October 2010). The NPS makes it clear that all eight sites are needed, and that it is in the public interest to give priority to sites where new nuclear power stations can be developed significantly earlier than 2025. Hinkley Point C is the only site capable of being developed by 2018, which accords with Government policy on early deployment (see paragraphs 2.2.1 and 6.4.2 for further details). Hinkley Point C Preliminary Works Non Technical Summary Temporary Jetty Development 1 November 2010
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