Rampion Offshore Wind: Environmental Statement

Abstract

E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Ltd (E.ON) is proposing the development of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (‘the Project’) off the Sussex coast. As a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under section 14(3) of the Planning Act 2008 and, owing to the size and nature of the project, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been undertaken in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009.

This document is an Environmental Statement (ES) produced as a result of the EIA process and is being submitted in support of an application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, including associated development, to the Secretary of State under Section 37(3)(d) of the Planning Act 2008.  

Section 1 – Introduction

Section 2a – Project Description Offshore

Section 2b – Project Description Onshore

Section 3 – Alternatives

Section 4 – Planning Policy

Section 5 – EIA Methodology

Section 6 – Physical Environment

Section 6b – Physical Environment

Section 7 – Benthos and Sediment Quality

Section 8 – Fish and Shellfish Ecology

Section 9 – Nature Conservation

Section 10 – Marine Mammals

Section 11 – Marine Ornithology

Section 12a – Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 12b – Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 12c – Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 12d – Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 12e – Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 13 – Marine Archaeology

Section 14 – Shipping & Navigation

Section 15 – Telecommunications

Section 16 – Aviation

Section 17 – Socio-Economics (Offshore)

Section 18 – Commercial Fisheries

Section 19 – Other Marine Users

Section 20 – Agriculture and Soils

Section 21 – Air Quality

Section 22 – Ground Conditions

Section 23 – Surface Water, Hydrology and Flood Risk

Section 24 – Ecology

Section 25 – Archaeology & Cultural Heritage

Section 25b – Archaeology & Cultural Heritage

Section 26 – Landscape and Visual Impact

Section 27 – Noise and Vibration

Section 28 – Socio-Economic

Section 29 – Transport

Section 30 – Carbon lifecycle

Section 31 – Cumulative, Secondary Impacts and Impact Interactions

Section 32 – Environmental Management

Section 33 – Amended Development Area