2011, Royal Haskoning, Kentish Flats Extension, Environmental Statement

Royal Haskoning was commissioned by Vattenfall to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the offshore and onshore elements of the project. The Environmental Statement (ES) is the principal reporting document of the EIA process. The ES is prepared in order to support the consent application process for the wind farm extension and is required under the Infrastructure Planning Regulations (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 (which transpose the EIA requirements of the EU Directive (EIA Directive) 85/337/EEC (as amended by Directive 97/11/EC and Directive 2003/35/EC). (Further detail regarding the legislative background is in Section 3 Legislation and Regulatory Context). This ES is divided into three main elements, the non-technical summary, environmental statement text and figures, and the appendices.