Abstract
This chapter of the Environmental Statement (ES) presents a summary of the key environmental issues associated with the Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm (Thanet Extension), as identified via the impact assessment work carried out to date. The content of this summary section is taken from the individual chapters contained in Volume 2 of the ES.
The potential impacts of the proposed development were identified and then assessed by considering both the magnitude (which may include spatial extent, duration and frequency) and the sensitivity (which may consider the vulnerability, recoverability and importance of the receptor) for each potential impact.
In order to provide a full summary of the potential effects of the offshore components of Thanet Extension, all impacts have been listed in summary tables below in Section 0, Table 15.1 to Table 15.13. 15.1.5.
Where proposed, additional mitigation measures to address the key issues is included and the significance of the residual effect is provided. There are a range of embedded mitigation measures (built into the project design) which have been drawn from the impact assessment process. The assessment of effects has therefore taken into account of all measures that form part of the proposed development process and to which VWPL is committed.