Environmental considerations

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being undertaken to understand and identify the likely significant effects during the construction, operation and decommissioning phases of the project.

This involves gathering data on the existing environment via site surveys and desk based sources and undertaking a series of assessments of the potential impacts. Where necessary, measures will be proposed to mitigate predicted adverse effects.

The results of the EIA will be provided in an Environmental Statement which will form part of the final application documents.

Preliminary Environmental Information Report

We published our Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) for the statutory consultation, as well as a non-technical summary of the PEIR which can be found here. This provides details of our ongoing assessments and surveys and reports on our early stage work.